Gilbert, AZ - Mercy Gilbert site of movie filming
January 7th, 2009
Edythe Jensen
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 3, 2006 12:00 AM
Don't panic if you see armed National Guard troops wearing surgical masks going into Mercy Gilbert Hospital on Monday.
They're actors trying to protect the fictitious town of Fleetwood for a British Broadcasting Corp. documentary about bird flu.
The filming of Pandemic will occupy an unopened portion of the hospital's emergency room and some isolation rooms, said Julie Graham, spokeswoman for Catholic Healthcare West, which operates the newly opened hospital at Val Vista Drive and the Santan Freeway.
There will be no closures or disruptions at the hospital during an estimated 12 hours of filming, but actors will have to vacate the isolation rooms if patients need them, Graham said.
It is likely that some hospital patients will get a glimpse of the film's actors in the hallways, she said.
Graham said the firm will pay Mercy Gilbert $1,500 for use of its rooms; the money will go into a foundation for construction of the facility's second wing.
On Sunday in Chandler, filming for another scene will close Dobson Road south of Queen Creek Road from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Producer Marilyn Anderson said the made-for-television show, filmed by Randy Murray Products of Phoenix, will air on the Discovery Channel next year.
Anderson said the company tried to keep news of the filming quiet because the sets are closed and there's no provision for spectators.
They're also taking care not to identify Gilbert or Chandler in the film "because we don't want to scare anybody," Anderson said.
Chandler transportation officials routinely notify the City Council and the public of any temporary road closure in the form of weekly memos.
For this one, the memo mentioned the times of the blockage, detours on Queen Creek and Price roads and the fact that the closure was "to allow for filming of a motion picture."
City officials said they were unaware of the title or subject of the film.
Dan Cook, Chandler's assistant public works director, said the film company was required to pay for police traffic services related to the road closure, but were not charged additional fees.
Gilbert and Chandler residents won't be seeing big explosions and fancy sets like the ones going on along Loop 202 in Mesa in connection with another movie production that started last month and continues this weekend.
The freeway between Higley and Power roads in Mesa will be closed again - from 10:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for the filming of chase scenes in The Kingdom. The movie stars Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman and Chris Cooper, and centers on a four-person team of FBI agents investigating a crime scene in a Middle Eastern country.
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