Movie Filming Starts Thursday, Let the Celebrity Sightings Begin!

Lights, camera, action!

Hollywood is set to begin filming in Wilmington Thursday for an upcoming film starring Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.

The movie is titled “Kay’s Baptism,” although IMDB is calling it “Joy” so it remains to be seen what the actual title will be. It begins filming in town from Feb. 19 through Feb. 26. The majority of the movie will be filmed throughout the North Shore.

Filming will take place on Federal Street (residents received a letter earlier in the month alerting them and outlining what it all means). The letter states parts of Federal Street will be closed to non-local residents during these dates to accommodate filming and keep traffic limited in the neighborhood (don’t worry, there will be detours in place).

With filming taking upwards of 12 hours a day, there are sure to be celebrity sightings galore over the next week.

Are you excited to get a glimpse of the actors? If you capture any of them with your trusty camera or phone, send photos to Lizt@patch.com, or post them on our Facebook page so we can share them with readers.