An Apple TV+ collection filming in Baltimore stopped manufacturing Friday after a number of folks threatened the producers and tried to extort cash from them, Baltimore police mentioned.
A spokesperson for the Baltimore Police Division mentioned the crew was filming round 4 PM within the downtown space when the producers had been approached by a number of folks. The group claimed in the event that they didn’t cease filming they’d come again and shoot somebody, police mentioned.
Nonetheless, they mentioned no violence would happen in the event that they had been paid an unspecified quantity. Producers determined to halt filming and search a brand new location. Native information outlet The Baltimore Banner reported that drug sellers tried to extort $50,000 from the manufacturing, which producers declined to pay.
The Apple+ collection stars Natalie Portman and has been filming in Baltimore for the previous a number of months.
The collection relies on a ebook by former Baltimore Solar reporter and creator Laura Lippman, and in addition stars Baltimore native Moses Ingram, who just lately appeared within the Obi-Wan Kenobi collection.
