Hollywood Show Filming Halted after Drug Dealers Extort and Threaten to Shoot Crew in Baltimore

Filming in Baltimore for Natalie Portmanโ€™s new show โ€œLady in the Lakeโ€ was forced to shut down after drug dealers threatened to shoot crew members and tried to extort money from the Hollywood producers, according to police.

A spokesperson for the Baltimore Police Department said the crew was filming around 4 pm in the downtown area when producers were approached by several drug dealers.

The crooks reportedly threatened to shoot up the set and crew if they didnโ€™t stop filming or pay them $50,000.

The studio behind the new Apple TV series, Endeavor Content, said: โ€œFriday afternoon, on the Baltimore set of our production Lady in the Lake, prior to the arrival of the cast and crew, per their call time, a driver on our production crew was confronted by two men, one of whom brandished a gun directed at our driver, and then they fled the location.

โ€œWe are working with the Baltimore Police Department as the investigation is ongoing.

โ€œThe safety and security of our crew, cast and all who work across our productions is our highest priority, and we are thankful no one was injured.

โ€œProduction will resume with increased security measures going forward.

โ€œIt has been a privilege filming โ€˜Lady in the Lakeโ€™ in Baltimore, working with its vibrant community across many areas.

โ€œOur thanks and appreciation to the City of Baltimore, Mayor Brandon M. Scott, the Baltimore Film Office, Maryland Film Office and the Baltimore Police Department for their incredible support as we continue production in the great City of Baltimore and surrounding communities,โ€ the studio said.

According to The Daily Mail:

Lady in the Lake is adapted from the bestselling novel of the same name by Laura Lippman, and stars Portman as a journalist investigating a murder in 1960s Baltimore.ย 

The show also stars Lupita Nyongโ€™o playing โ€˜hard-working woman juggling motherhood, many jobs, and a passionate commitment to advancing Baltimoreโ€™s Black progressive agenda,โ€™ according to Apple.

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