Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Filming for TV pilot in S.F. to cause traffic delays

For those of you planning a trip to or around AT&T Park please note the following media announcement regarding street closures and traffic delays.....

MEDIA ALERT -- I-280 N/B KING STREET EXIT TO BE CLOSED SATURDAY MARCH
> 28 - WEDNESDAY APRIL 1ST (WEEKDAY MORNING COMMUTE HOURS
> EXCEPTED) and I-280 S/B KING STREET ENTRANCE TO BE CLOSED SUNDAY MARCH
> 29 from 1 PM - 4 PM FOR FILMING OF TV PILOT IN SAN FRANCISCO
>
> NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON I-280 WILL BE DIVERTED TO 6TH STREET due to the
> closure of the King Street off-ramp at Sixth Street in San Francisco
> on Saturday, March 28 at 5:00 AM through Sunday, March 29 until 10
> p.m. and on Monday, March 30, Tuesday March 31st and Wednesday, April
> 1 from 10 AM - 9 PM each day leaving the exit ramp available after 9
> PM - 10 AM to accommodate the weekday commute hours. Northbound
> traffic will be diverted onto the Sixth Street exit with detours set
> up to Embarcadero.
>
> KING STREET ENTRANCE RAMP FOR SOUTHBOUND I-280 will be closed on
> Sunday March 29th from 1 PM - 4 PM. Southbound traffic will be
> detoured from King Street to MARIPOSA STREET OR SIXTH STREET AT
> BRANNAN.
>
> The closures are to facilitate the filming of action sequences for the
> NBC Universal TV drama pilot "Trauma," which features emergency
> responders working a tanker truck crash.
>
> The simulated freeway crash involving several cars and a tanker truck
> is scheduled for Saturday March 28 and will include aerial helicopter
> activity. The scenes to be filmed on Sunday will include an explosion
> with a fireball and billowing smoke. There will be aerial helicopter
> activity throughout the day.
>
> Throughout filming, there will also be intermittent traffic stoppages
> at the entrance to I-280 S/B at both 6TH Street and KING STREET
> whenever there is a stunt being filmed or a helicopter landing or
> taking off. These brief intermittent stoppages will take place
> randomly during filming on the weekend and on the weekdays between 10
> AM and 3 PM.
>
> The California Highway Patrol, the San Francisco Police and Fire
> Departments and other emergency service departments for the City of
> San Francisco and the State of California have been notified in
> advance of this permitted filming.
>
> NBC is currently shooting "Trauma" (working title) in San Francisco
> with the cooperation of the San Francisco Film Commission, the
> California State Film Commission, CALTRANS, the CHP and the SFPD.
> Dario Scardapane is writer and executive producer of the project,
> which will be directed by executive producer Jeffrey Reiner (NBC's
> "Friday Night Lights"). Peter Berg ("Hancock", "Friday Night
> Lights") and Sarah Aubrey ("Friday Night Lights")are also executive
> producers of the pilot from Universal Media Studios in association
> with Film 44. The stars include Derek Luke ("Notorious"), Cliff
> Curtis ("10,000 B.C"), Anastasia Griffith ("Damages"), Aimee Garcia
> ("George Lopez"), Kevin Rankin ("Friday Night Lights") with Jamey
> Sheridan ("Law & Order: Criminal Intent).
>
>
> MEDIA CONTACTS:
> Jessica Nevarez, Universal Media Studios, 818-777-0543 Melissa
> Armstrong, NBC Entertainment, 818-777-2846 Joe Arellano, Deputy
> Director, Mayor's Communications Office,
> 415-554-6163
> Stefanie Coyote, Executive Director, San Francisco Film Commission,
> 415-554-6241

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