Filming of Tom Hanks Movie Happening Today

In a last-minute change of plans, filming for "Captain Phillips," starring Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks, will happen today instead of tomorrow, Sudbury Police Lt. Scott Nix said.

The film will be shot in Sudbury, but will impact Concord residents traveling along Concord Road today. 

Original plans were for film crews to shoot scenes of Hanks driving on Concord Road tomorrow between 9 a.m. and noon.

Nix said instead those scenes will be shot today at about 1 p.m.

Nix said to accommodate the filming efforts, portions of Concord Road will shut down sporadically.

"They would have liked to shut down the road (completely)," Nix said.

Portions of Concord Road will be blocked off from traffic for "3 to 4 minutes at a time," Nix said. "If traffic starts to get backed up, we'll (stop) filming to let traffic through."

Nix also said plans to shoot scenes at have been cancelled. He did not give a reason why.

A call to Innkeeper John Cowden Jr. on Tuesday afternoon was not answered.

"Captain Phillips" is based on a book real-life Capt. Richard Phillips wrote about his rescue from Somali pirates in 2008, titled "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea." The film is scheduled for release March 23, 2013.

The last time a Hollywood movie was filmed in town was for "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner in 2009. A wedding scene was taken at Martha & Mary Chapel.

Hanks won consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for his roles as Andrew Beckett in "Philadelphia" and as the title character in "Forrest Gump."