- Thanks to Jilly for the link to this article with an update on ‘Ass Backwards’.

As a follow up to this post on Albany’s role in a new movie Sister Spirit and several reader comments and emails asking for more information on the movie, Times Union writer Paul Grondahl brings us this update on Albany’s next movie project.

All Over Albany also had a chat with one of the producers Molly Conners, a Loudonville native, who also co-produced the Oscar-nominated Frozen River. While casting has not been officially released, there have been rumors about Kate Hudson and Jennifer Garner. The movie website IMDb listed cast members Alicia Silverstone, Jon Cryer, Jason Ritter, Amy Sedaris and Melissa Leo under the movie’s original title, “Ass Backwards”. One of the screenwriters is Casey Wilson, a comedy writer, actress and SNL alumna who had small roles in Julie & Julia and Bride Wars. Wilson also is a contributor to popular clip site Funny or Die.

According to Mike Romero, one of the producers, the stars (who apparently have appeared in other feature films) are scheduled to shoot scenes in Albany. “There are a lot of names of stars floating around, some of which are true and some of which are not,” Romero said.

Sister Spirit will be filming in Albany for one more week and then shoot the rest of the film in New York City and Los Angeles. So far the movie has used Albany locations on Hamilton Street, Plastic nightclub on Pearl Street in downtown Albany and several other streets.

Coming off of big dollar productions such as Salt and The Other Guys, Albany’s role in the independent Sister Spirit seems kept rather under wraps, but seems to be generating buzz for the Capital City nonetheless.

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