![Albany Area Is Becoming Hollywood East: New Mohammad Ali Movie Being Shot [VIDEO]](http://townsquare.media/site/81/files/2012/05/90096020.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Albany Area Is Becoming Hollywood East: New Mohammad Ali Movie Being Shot [VIDEO]
Everybody sing "Hurray For Albany-Wood, da-da-ta-da-da-da-ta-Albany-Wood". Excuse me, but I'm very excited about our state capital quickly becoming a movie capital of the world. Aren't you?
Yet ANOTHER movie is being shot in our area. Man, first we get our very own Silicon Valley, next our own Hollywood.
This movie will be about the "Greatest, the Prettiest, the self-professed Awesomest Fighter of All Time", Mohammad Ali (aka Cassius Clay -which shows how old I am. I remembered that)
If you'd like more information about the movie, our very own movie expert, Terry O'Donnell, from our sister station Crush FM has his own article on it.
The excitement is building for this new flick. Some folks are also excited in a more negative way, because their favorite pathways to their offices might be detoured. Here is the info that we have about that as I write this.
Roads are detoured in downtown Albany on:
Washingtton Ave between Dove and Eagle Street
Pine Street between Eagle and Lodge
Greyhound terminal between Hamilton and Dallius Street
(please listen to 'GNA for updates or changes to this list)
And if you are interested in trying out for a spot as an extra for this movie, our good buddy John Gray from WXXA, Fox 23 has the scoop
Someday in a future article, I will tell you the story of the time yours truly was an extra in a movie shot here in the early 80's. It was called the Bostonians, and starred the late Christopher Reeve. Somewhere at home I have a video clip of my 2 second movie debut. (As Kenny Chesney would say - "Don't Blink" (or you'll miss it)
Will you try out for the movie? If you do, let us know how it goes!
More From 107.7 WGNA
![Spend Your ‘Summer In The City’ With Palace Theatre’s Free Movies](http://townsquare.media/site/81/files/2024/06/attachment-WGNA.COM-2024-06-19T151759.566.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Netflix Looking For Actors To Film New Movie In Upstate NY](http://townsquare.media/site/81/files/2024/05/attachment-WGNA.COM-2024-05-28T205632.519.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![After Being Shuttered For Years, Saratoga County Movie Theater Reopens](http://townsquare.media/site/81/files/2024/03/attachment-WGNA.COM-2024-03-11T191206.517.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![All Movies Are $4 This Weekend at Theaters Across NY State!](http://townsquare.media/site/81/files/2023/08/attachment-WGNA.COM-2023-08-23T185036.567.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![16 Celebrities You Might Run Into because They Live in Upstate New York](http://townsquare.media/site/79/files/2021/11/attachment-Untitled-design-26-e1637423868587.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Don’t Miss These 10 Capital Region Christmas Movie Screenings](http://townsquare.media/site/964/files/2022/11/attachment-Christmas-Movie-Calendar.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Marvel Fan? Here’s Where To See The Real Upstate NY Avengers Base](http://townsquare.media/site/964/files/2022/09/attachment-Avengers-Upstate-Cover.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![The Gilded Age Filming In Troy! Do You Recognize These Scene Locations?](http://townsquare.media/site/79/files/2022/08/attachment-Blue-and-Pink-Pet-Adoption-Advocacy-Video-Presentation-2022-08-15T131514.857.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Here’s Your Upstate Filming Location Guide for HBO’s ‘Gilded Age’](http://townsquare.media/site/964/files/2022/08/attachment-Gilded-Age-S2-Cover.jpg?w=980&q=75)