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New ABC Series ALASKA DAILY With Hilary Swank Stages a Fire at a Diner Set in Cloverdale
Crew from ABC’s new Thursday night series Alaska Daily built a diner in a parking lot to set it on fire last night, drawing a crowd of spectators in Cloverdale.
‘Anchorage Fire & EMS’ were on the scene to deal with the blaze at “Rita’s Diner”.
Big time action for #AlaskaDaily @yvrshoots @WhatsFilming @WhatsFilmingON @cbcnewsbc @CityNewsVAN @CTVVancouver @GlobalBC @theprovince @VancouverSun @JanetBrown980 pic.twitter.com/jpFjxXXNOn
— Paul Orazietti (@Paradeguy) August 11, 2022
Alaska Daily stars Hilary Swank as a disgraced New York City journalist, who ends up working at a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska,.
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Episode director: Spotlight and Stillwater’s Tom McCarthy.
Cast: Hilary Swank, Jeff Perry, Matt Malloy, Meredith Holzman, Grace Dove, Pablo Castelblanco, Ami Park, Craig Frank.
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Crew spent three days building “Rita’s Diner”.
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In order to set it on fire.
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New showrunner: Peter Elkoff.
Production Company: Anchorage Daily News Productions Ltd.
Producers: Tom McCarthy’s Slow Pony Productions, Fox 21 Television Studios, Hilary Swank.
Alaska Daily premieres Thursday, October 6th at 10 p.m. on ABC.
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