Lights! Camera! Allen! Allegany County town hosts Paramount Pictures movie shoot

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Lights! Camera! Allen! Allegany County town hosts Paramount Pictures movie shoot

Paramount Pictures is shooting a full-length feature film in the sparsely populated Town of Allen in northern Allegany County

Madonna Figura Simon
Published 8:45 a.m. ET Apr. 8, 2021 | Updated 6:25 p.m. ET Apr. 8, 2021

Lights! Camera! Allen!

Allen? Yes. Right now, Paramount Pictures is shooting a full-length feature film in the sparsely populated Town of Allen in northern Allegany County. Cast and crew are on location at an Amish farm on a dirt road. The production company is using the Short Tract fire hall as its base camp.

The movie, which could be released next year, is set in a fictional Amish community, which is why Paramount location scouts chose the white, two-story Amish-built farmhouse. The property had been vacant.



Location scouts for Paramount Pictures chose this house in the town of Allen as the location for a movie being shot there this spring. (MADONNA FIGURA SIMON PHOTO)

A nearby barn now houses all of the accoutrements of filmmaking: lights, cameras and sound equipment. Signs above the barn stalls denote spaces for wardrobe and props. A COVID-19 screening area occupies a large space. The set is closed to visitors as part of the movie industry’s pandemic protocols.

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