Lights, Camera, Action: Filming Scheduled In Newark This Week

NEWARK, NJ — A production company will be capturing video footage in Newark this week, the latest project in a growing trend that’s taking place in New Jersey’s largest city.

Filming will close several streets in the city on Thursday, Dec. 14 and early Friday, Dec. 15, according to the Newark Department of Public Safety. Drivers are advised to anticipate delays and to plan alternate routes.

The list of street closures includes:

• Halsey Street between Bleeker Street and Academy Street
• Bleeker Street between Washington Street and Halsey Street
• Linden Street between Washington Street and Halsey Street
• Warren Street between Washington Street and Halsey Street
• Prudential Drive between Broad Street and Halsey Street
• Cedar Street between Broad Street and Halsey Street
• New Street between Broad Street and Halsey Street

In addition, the following streets will have brief, intermittent closures from 8 p.m. on Thursday to 4 a.m. on Friday:

• Academy Street between Broad Street and Washington Street
• Raymond Blvd. between Broad Street and Washington Street

The name of the production company and/or project involved in this week’s filming wasn’t immediately available.

Newark has been seeing a moviemaking renaissance in the city over the past few years since emerging from the pandemic. Read More: Film Renaissance In Newark Keeps Booming

Boosted by nearly $2 million in tax incentives from the state’s Film and Digital Media Tax Credit Program, Warner Brothers studios filmed several segments of the blockbuster comic book-inspired movie, “Joker,” in Newark in 2019.

• Read More: Tax Breaks Helped Bring 'Joker' Movie To Newark
• Read More: Newark Becomes Gotham City For 'Joker' Movie (VIDEOS)

Newark issued only 15 film permits in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, as opposed to 57 permits in 2019. But filming rebounded big-time in 2021, with several well-known shows and movies choosing the city as a location, including "The Equalizer," "Law & Order" and "Wu-Tang: An American Saga."

• See related article: Newark Film Permits: See What Shows Came To The City Last Year
• See related article: Halle Berry Debuts New Netflix Movie Partly Filmed In Newark
• See related article: A 'Big Deal' For Newark: New TV Show Will Film At Symphony Hall

Lately, the city has seen additional filming that includes “Isle of the Dead,” the upcoming spinoff of AMC’s mega-hit show, “The Walking Dead,” which captured footage near the NJ Transit subway at the corner of Broad Street and Raymond Boulevard.

The amount of filming taking place in Newark will only increase in late 2024, when a huge TV and movie studio is expected to be completed in the city. The new studio – done in partnership with Lionsgate – will create 600 jobs and produce more than $800 million of "annual economic impact," officials say.

• See related article: Huge Movie Studio Coming To Newark; 600 Jobs Expected, NJ Gov. Says
• See related article: Film Industry Is Rebounding In New Jersey, Including Newark

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