“The Discovery” to be shot in R.I.

THE LAST time Robert Redford filmed a movie in Newport it was for "The Great Gatsby" which came out in 1974. Redford, actress Rooney Mara and actor Jason Segel are cast in "The Discovery," which is slated to be shot this month and next in Newport. / COURTESY AVID ASSOCIATES LLC
THE LAST time Robert Redford filmed a movie in Newport it was for "The Great Gatsby" which came out in 1974. Redford, actress Rooney Mara and actor Jason Segel are cast in "The Discovery," which is slated to be shot this month and next in Newport. / COURTESY AVID ASSOCIATES LLC

NEWPORT – Filming for “The Discovery,” a sci-fi love story starring Robert Redford and Rooney Mara, will be shot in Rhode Island.
According to a news release from the R.I. Film & Television Office, principal photography for the movie, which is set in a world in which the existence of the afterlife is scientifically proven, is slated to be shot this month and next in Newport.
The film features Academy Award winner Redford playing a scientist responsible for the afterlife discovery. Mara plays a woman, “tinged by a tragic past,” who falls in love with Redford’s rebellious son, Jason Segel.
The film will be directed by Charlie McDowell.
Rhode Island native Erika Hampson will be co-producing, marking the third film she has produced in the Ocean State. Her previous films were the Golden Globe-nominated production “Infinitely Polar Bear” with Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana, and most recently, “Measure of a Man” starring Donald Sutherland, according to the R.I. Film & Television Office.
Redford returns to Rhode Island decades after his starring role in “The Great Gatsby” (1974). He also is known as the founder of the Sundance Film Festival for independent filmmakers. Mara currently can be seen in the 1950s love story “Carol” opposite Cate Blanchett.
Segel is known for “The Muppets” and “The End of the Tour.”
Said Gov. Gina M. Raimondo, “With our unique locations in close proximity and an organized talent pool of local artists and professional technicians, Rhode Island is the perfect place to make a successful movie. I am pleased that many small businesses will be impacted by this film. This is the type of positive energy that keeps our economy moving forward.”

Randall Rosenbaum, executive director, R.I. State Council on the Arts, congratulated the R.I. Film & Television Office for bringing another major motion picture production to the state.
“Film productions like this help to energize the Ocean State culturally and economically, and provide employment to a number of Rhode Island’s creative workers,” he said.

The Rhode Island Film & Television Office is a government agency under the umbrella of the R.I. State Council on the Arts.

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