West Seattle traffic alert: “Rolling slowdowns” for film crew

April 20, 2010 at 2:01 pm | In West Seattle news, West Seattle traffic alerts | 13 Comments

From SDOT:

Drivers may encounter congestion on the West Seattle Bridge on Thursday, April 22, while a film crew works from noon to 3 p.m. and again from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. There will be “rolling slowdowns” on the bridge from First Avenue South to Southwest Avalon Way in both the eastbound and westbound directions.

Filming is also scheduled Thursday for the Alaskan Way Viaduct from East Marginal Way South to the Western Avenue off-ramp, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. The filming will affect only northbound traffic on the viaduct.

13 Comments

  1. A film that is actually being shot in Seattle instead of in Vancouver, BC! Cool!

    Comment by RobertSeattle — April 20, 10 2:05 pm #

  2. Do we know what type of film yet?

    Comment by Twiggie — April 20, 10 2:55 pm #

  3. Anybody know what flick this is for?

    (edit: I’m 1 minute slower than Twiggie :P )

    Comment by Mr. Matt — April 20, 10 2:56 pm #

  4. Another instalment of America’s Worst Driver?

    http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Americas_Worst_Driver

    Comment by toddinwestwood — April 20, 10 2:57 pm #

  5. SDOT says it doesn’t know, was just asked to issue the advisory, so we’re still looking – TR

    Comment by WSB — April 20, 10 3:05 pm #

  6. Probably just a car commercial. Seattle is a really popular place to film them. I have noticed our city in Honda, VW, and Toyota commercials.

    Comment by ljd — April 20, 10 3:14 pm #

  7. Maybe it’s an adult film.

    Comment by Bender — April 20, 10 3:22 pm #

  8. We can only hope Bender

    Comment by JD — April 20, 10 3:26 pm #

  9. I believe it’s something for a channel based in Japan, of all things. Ichiro and some other really big Japanese tv stars will be shooting on/by the bridge and a few other places. Film production in Seattle is going pretty crazy right now.

    Comment by moxilot — April 20, 10 3:53 pm #

  10. Following an info-trail with the help of our citywide-news partners at the Seattle Times, we’re 90% sure it’s this miniseries for Japanese TV:
    http://www.dailyevergreen.com/story/31302
    .
    Working on official confirmation.
    .
    (edit – I didn’t see Moxilot’s comment before hitting “publish” on this one.)

    Comment by WSB — April 20, 10 3:55 pm #

  11. Hooray for those WSU communication reporting skills!

    Comment by Mayes — April 20, 10 4:21 pm #

  12. I’d love to see the finished miniseries with subtitles. It may not play in other regions, but it could here for historic reasons.

    Comment by dsa — April 20, 10 5:36 pm #

  13. I’m holding out for a remake of McQ.

    Comment by dawsonct — April 21, 10 9:01 am #

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