On the nights of April 9 and April 10, the temperature floated in the 30s and 40s. That did not halt the filming of The Weekend on Cape Cod When Everything Changed. A beach wedding scene was to be filmed on those nights. Local extras were asked to park at Mattapoisett’s Park and Ride to be shuttled to the “ultra secret filming location.” Though it was cold, the wardrobe was that of a late-summer/early-fall “country club wedding.”
The location of this shoot was 3 Goodspeed Island Road, the same property originally slated to be the filming location of the Netflix series until the SAG-AFTRA labor strike which began last summer and is still officially ongoing. The location of filming sits on roughly one acre of land on the water with beach access. Along with filming on the property, there were also film crews spotted near the Water St. General Store. The crew will also film at various locations on the Cape itself. The movie will film over 18 total days, according to Noll.
The movie began filming in the last weeks and has drawn much public fascination and wonder as to what locations will be shot and what stars will be spotted. The movie is written by Dalia Rooni (Gen V [movie], NCIS: Los Angeles) and is being directed by Lauren Noll (Gen V [movie], The Heart of Texas). The movie’s principal stars include Joey Lauren Adams (Chasing Amy, Dazed and Confused), Richie Moriarty (Ghosts, What We Do in the Shadows), and Kevin Nealon (SNL, Weeds, Happy Gilmore).
The movie saw fundraising by Lauren Noll through Seed & Spark, where it raised $76,285. According to the project page, an excerpt on the movie’s plot states: “To keep her visa status, a wide-eyed Iranian immigrant accepts a proposal from the son of her billionaire boss. What begins as a green card wedding on Cape Cod becomes so much more when her two closest friends arrive with their own boyfriends and cross-cultural baggage in tow.” The movie takes place, as the title suggests, over the course of one weekend on the Cape and exhibits similarities to 2009’s The Proposal, with it also being a comedy/rom-com.
Already being two weeks through principal photography, the movie is roughly halfway through its filming. Following this and editing, it will likely have a release later this year. Though nothing has been confirmed at this time.
By Sam Bishop
Mr. Bishop, where did you get the notion that the SSGA tor’s strike was “still officially ongoing”? That contract was settled.