Christian Bale movie films at Old Economy Village in Ambridge

Scott Tady, Beaver County Times
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AMBRIDGE — Check out Ambridge hosting yet another movie shoot.

A film crew for "The Pale Blue Eye" spent Thursday and Friday at Old Economy Village in Ambridge, capturing footage for the 1830s-set Netflix film starring Oscar-winner Christian Bale, Gillian Anderson ("The X-Files") and Harry Melling from the "Harry Potter" movies.

A crew member carries equipment at Old Economy Village where filming for the Netflix movie "The Pale Blue Eye" took place Friday in Ambridge.
A crew member carries equipment at Old Economy Village where filming for the Netflix movie "The Pale Blue Eye" took place Friday in Ambridge.

Melling portrays Edgar Allan Poe in the horror-thriller that also has filmed at Westminster College and at the covered bridge at McConnell's Mill Park in Lawrence County.

Bale was here: Christian Bale movie to be filmed at Westminster College

Scott Cooper is director, having previously worked with Bale in Beaver County sites in Koppel and Raccoon Creek State Park for 2013's "Out of The Furnace."

A lighting crew sets up lights and reflector panels for a scene in the granary at Old Economy Village for the filming of the Netflix movie, "The Pale Blue Eye" Friday in Ambridge.
A lighting crew sets up lights and reflector panels for a scene in the granary at Old Economy Village for the filming of the Netflix movie, "The Pale Blue Eye" Friday in Ambridge.

Ambridge has become Beaver County's "Hollywood on The Ohio," with two TV series shooting in the borough last year. Those were the Showtime drama "American Rust" starring Jeff Daniels as a police chief, and the Amazon Prime baseball drama-comedy "A League of Their Own" scheduled to premiere this year.

Katherine Heigl's 2012 film "One For The Money" put Ambridge on the map for Hollywood location scouts, who later selected the borough for two seasons of Netflix's crime drama "Mindhunter." The Ambridge Do It Best Home Center was used for Jason Momoa's "Sweet Girl" in a scene that ended up on the cutting-room floor.

Actors and crew took over much of Old Economy Village for the filming of the Netflix movie, "The Pale Blue Eye" Friday in Ambridge.
Actors and crew took over much of Old Economy Village for the filming of the Netflix movie, "The Pale Blue Eye" Friday in Ambridge.

"The Pale Blue Eye" tells the tale of a seasoned detective (Bale) investigating some murders, assisted by a military cadet who will become legendary horror author Poe.

Equipment trucks lined Church Street for the filming of the Netflix movie, "The Pale Blue Eye" at Old Economy Village, Friday in Ambridge.
Equipment trucks lined Church Street for the filming of the Netflix movie, "The Pale Blue Eye" at Old Economy Village, Friday in Ambridge.

Famed actor Robert Duvall also is in the cast for the film based on a novel by Louis Bayard.

Actors and crew took over much of Old Economy Village for the filming of the Netflix movie, "The Pale Blue Eye" Friday in Ambridge.
Actors and crew took over much of Old Economy Village for the filming of the Netflix movie, "The Pale Blue Eye" Friday in Ambridge.

Scott Tady is the local Entertainment Reporter for The Beaver County Times and Ellwood City Ledger. He's easy to reach at stady@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @scotttady.

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