On Saturday, March 28th a tanker truck filled with gasoline will slam into two other cars on I-280 near the King Street onramp. (see map below)
The truck will erupt in a fireball and send thick clouds of smoke billowing into the air. Multiple helicopters will be buzzing about overhead.
NBC Universal will be in town shooting the pilot for a television drama to be named "Trauma". In the pilot the medical trauma team will be responding to a simulated tanker truck crash.
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. The closures, staged fireball and filming have all been approved by the Mayor's office and the production company has all the required permits and licenses.
NBC will be in San Francisco shooting fiery disaster scenes for "Trauma" (the temporary working title). The production team has the full 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,
- Melissa Armstrong, NBC Entertainment,
- Joe Arellano, Deputy Director, Mayor's Communications Office,
- Stefanie Coyote, Executive Director, San Francisco Film Commission,
Thank you to Captain Denis O'Leary, commander of the SFPD Ingleside Station, who thoughtfully provided the details. I'm the one solely responsible for blabbing it to everybody through the blog.
Finally, please remember: Traffic is going to be an absolute mess in that area on Saturday, March 28th. IIf you want to be a bystander your best bet is to arrive in the area on Muni's T-Third lightrail line. The problem with that plan is that we don't know precisely when the scenes will be shot. There will likely be a lot of standing-around to do. A single scene on TV or film often consists of several separate shots.
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2 comments:
Thanks for sharing this. Usually we only hear about these things on TV or the newspapers AFTER it happened.
Considering I live a block from the 280 ramp at King St., I'm happy to know this info. I can avoid walking under the ramp to get to the dog park at the end of the Berry Street.
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