“Caught in the Crossfire” wraps shooting on Tuesday

(Originally posted June 9, 12:28am)

After two weeks of shooting in Grand Rapids, “Caught in the Crossfire” is close to a wrap.

The crime drama stars Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Chris Klein, Adam Rodriguez, Richard T. Jones, and Michael Matthias.

Monday night, crews were shooting a pivotal interrogation scene at Deano’s Production Facilities in Grand Rapids.   Producer R.D. Miller says the movie is a cross between “L.A. Confidential” and “The Usual Suspects” and they will be cutting back and forth between this interrogation scene and the action throughout the movie.

Producer R.D. Miller was hesitant to tell me that the police Captain (Jones) and police Lieutenant (Matthias) are “interrogating the detectives” (Klein and Rodriguez).

Director Brian Miller and Producer R.D. Miller plan to come back with future projects, and we know from our last visit to the set that 50 Cent would like to bring his next project that he’s producing with Forest Whitaker called “Jekyll and Hyde” to Grand Rapids (in August).

The filmmakers say Michigan’s tax incentives (up to 42%) were a big part of their choice to come to the state.  Producer R.D. Miller says “the first thing that brought us to michigan was the 42% tax incentive that the state’s offering, it works out really well for us.  The second thing that brought us to Grand Rapids is the beautiful city, it allows us to make a movie with the feel of a big city without the big city pricing”.

Also Director Brian Miller’s ties to the area as an East Grand Rapids and GVSU grad.   Producer R.D. Miller says they wanted to thank J.Gardella’s Tavern, the Grand Rapids Police Department, and their hotels for help as well.

On set/interview with Producer R.D. Miller:
http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/web_extra_video/Interview_with_Crossfire_producer

Interview with Richard T. Jones:
http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/entertainment/Caught_in_the_Crossfire_wraps_up

Originally posted May 26th:

Rapper/Actor 50 Cent is filming a movie in Grand Rapids

Watch Emily Zangaro’s story from the set: http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/entertainment/Behind_scenes_Caught_in_the_Crossfire

Update: Chris Klein is back in West Michigan.  His last visit was for “American Pie 2″ for scenes shot in Grand Haven.  Klein co-stars with 50 Cent, along with Adam Rodriguez (CBS’ “CSI”) in the crime thriller “Caught in the Crossfire”. 

The crew filmed Memorial Day on Grand Rapids’ 6th Street Bridge.  On Friday, the small budget movie filmed at J. Gardella’s Tavern in downtown Grand Rapids.  Other locations are being kept under wraps to keep crowds away and security tight.

The writer/director for “Caught in the Crossfire”, Brian Miller, is an East Grand Rapids H.S. grad and GVSU alum.

The filming in the Grand Rapids area is scheduled for 3 weeks.

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Originally published 5/22/09:  50 Cent (Curtis James Jackson III) is in town, part of a “smaller budget” police/crime film called “Caught in the Crossfire”, that started production today.

The production crew, out of Los Angeles, is scheduled to be in the Grand Rapids area for 3 weeks.

The Michigan Film Office confirms that the movie has been approved for the state’s film incentives.

The production company hired a local crew and only involved the West Michigan Film Office to solve a few small needs.

Rick Hert of the West Michigan Film Office hopes this will be the first of several back-to-back movies to keep the local production crews busy.

Pre-production on “The Genesis Code” is expected to begin next week.

Another source tells me that the psychological thriller “Stone”, starring Robert DeNiro, Edward Norton, and Milla Jovovich could end up shooting some flashback scenes in the Grand Rapids area… but those details have yet to be worked out.

I’ll have more updates as they come in.

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