The North Shore is seeing stars.
Filming for “The Outskirts,” a movie scheduled to be released in theaters next year, will take place on the Great Neck and Port Washington peninsulas throughout the next few weeks.
“We could not have dreamt of better places for this story,” producer Claude Dal Farra said of the North Shore.
Filming for the movie began in Great Neck on Wednesday, according to production supervisor Nick Bernstein.
The movie tells the story of Mindy (Eden Sher) and Jodi (Victoria Justice), who are the subjects of a humiliating prank by the high school bully, Virginia (Ashley Rickards).
Mindy and Jodi get revenge on the school’s bullies by bringing together the outcasts of the school.
Other actors and actresses slated to appear in the movie include Peyton List, Avan Jogia, William Peltz and Ted McGinley.
Sher has appeared on TV shows such as “Weeds”, “The O.C.” and “The Middle.” Justice has appeared on several kids shows on Nickelodeon such as “Victorious” “iCarly” “Zoey 101.”
Justice, who also sings, is working on her debut album, which is scheduled to be released later this year.
The movie is being filmed in several places throughout Great Neck and Port Washington, including at Great Neck North High School located at 35 Polo Road.
Farra said the movie’s producers looked at several high schools in the area before picking Great Neck North.
“We looked at dozens of schools and Great Neck North High School has it all,” he said. “Also, the people working at the school were absolutely amazing to work with.”
He said the film’s stars have taken time from their busy schedule to meet their fans outside the school.
“The kids and teenagers in town spend hours outside the school looking at what we do and how we do it. They are eager to learn how movies are made,” Farra said. “As filmmakers, what we want to see is the audience connect to the movie and this is what is already happening here on set in Great Neck.”
The film is also being taped at the homes of residents in Great Neck and on the streets of Port Washington.
Mitchell Beckerman, deputy mayor of the village of Great Neck, said on Tuesday that the studio has agreed to pay the village $10,500 to film on village property until Aug. 6. The studio will pay the village an additional $1,500 a day if it needs to use village property beyond Aug. 6, Beckerman said.
Farra said the studio producing the movie, BCDF Pictures, picked Great Neck and Port Washington because they “are always trying to stay as local as we can.”
“We visited a lot of towns in New York State, and Great Neck and Port Washington were just perfect on so many levels,” he said.
Farra said filming will take place at the two locations for “a few more weeks” before filming wraps up.
“After that we have months of work to turn it into what we hope will be a hit next year,” he said.
