Casting Call For Adam Sandler Movie Filming In Massachusetts

DANVERS, MA — Happy Madison, Adam Sandler's production company, will hold an open casting call Saturday for a film being shot this summer in Danvers and other North Shore locations. Producers will look for actors, models and talent between the ages of 5 and 95 and "all shapes/sizes" from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Marblehead Community Center at 10 Humphrey Street in Marblehead.

"The theme is Halloween. Feel free to come in original costumes," the casting call said. If you can't make the casting call, you can email a current photo, a description including your height and weight and a description of your car to halloweenextras@gmail.com.

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The Danvers Zoning Board of Appeals approved two special permits Monday that will allow the Netflix production to shoot scenes inside two houses on Ledgewood Drive. The scenes are for a film called "Hubie Halloween," and will be shot sometime between July 8 and August 30. Producers did not release the exact dates in an effort to curb traffic from curiosity-seekers.

Sandler has filmed several movies in the region, most notably "Grown Ups" and its sequel, both of which made use of several well-known North Shore locations.

Casting calls for "Hubie Halloween" describe the film as a "good-natured but eccentric community volunteer finds himself at the center of a real murder case on Halloween night." The synopsis of the film on the application to Danvers officials reads "Despite his devotion to his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts (and its legendary Halloween celebration), Hubie Dubois is a figure of mockery for kids and adults alike. But this year, something really is going bump in the night, and it's up to Hubie to save Halloween."

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