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From NJ.com:
The massive old Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital is "open" for business again, and its top doctor may be Hugh Laurie, star of TV's "House."
Crews from the popular Fox TV show spent today re-making the abandoned state hospital in Parsippany into the fictional Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital. They are expected to shoot some background scenes for next year's episodes of the popular series Wednesday morning.
Officials from Universal Studios were tight-lipped about their plans at Greystone and whether any stars of the show might be on hand today. They said the set would be closed to the public. Police also said the road leading to the hospital would be temporarily closed.
Steve Gorelick, executive director of the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission, also had little to say about the show's filming today.
"They told us they really don't want any publicity about what they are doing," said Gorelick. "We have to honor that."
Greystone opened in 1876 as a state-of-the-art mental health facility. It eventually turned into a massive, nearly half-million-square-foot ruin. Only the center portion of the old hospital, which housed the administration, remained open in recent years. It was abandoned last year when a new Greystone opened nearby.
Just what to do with the spooky old structure is being pondered by historians, local and county officials and the state Treasury Department, which now holds the title to the building.
"House" is a medical drama, whose hero -- Laurie -- is billed as an "irreverent, controversial doctor who trusts no one, least of all his patients." The Emmy-winning drama celebrated its 100th episode on Feb. 2.
Greystone had a previous encounter with celluloid fame in the mid-1990s when Meryl Streep and Leonardo DiCaprio came there for three days to film "Marvin's Room."
From NJ.com:
The massive old Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital is "open" for business again, and its top doctor may be Hugh Laurie, star of TV's "House."
Crews from the popular Fox TV show spent today re-making the abandoned state hospital in Parsippany into the fictional Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital. They are expected to shoot some background scenes for next year's episodes of the popular series Wednesday morning.
Officials from Universal Studios were tight-lipped about their plans at Greystone and whether any stars of the show might be on hand today. They said the set would be closed to the public. Police also said the road leading to the hospital would be temporarily closed.
Steve Gorelick, executive director of the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission, also had little to say about the show's filming today.
"They told us they really don't want any publicity about what they are doing," said Gorelick. "We have to honor that."
Greystone opened in 1876 as a state-of-the-art mental health facility. It eventually turned into a massive, nearly half-million-square-foot ruin. Only the center portion of the old hospital, which housed the administration, remained open in recent years. It was abandoned last year when a new Greystone opened nearby.
Just what to do with the spooky old structure is being pondered by historians, local and county officials and the state Treasury Department, which now holds the title to the building.
"House" is a medical drama, whose hero -- Laurie -- is billed as an "irreverent, controversial doctor who trusts no one, least of all his patients." The Emmy-winning drama celebrated its 100th episode on Feb. 2.
Greystone had a previous encounter with celluloid fame in the mid-1990s when Meryl Streep and Leonardo DiCaprio came there for three days to film "Marvin's Room."
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