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More information about the Paul Dano movie, For Ellen, became available last week thanks to the Watertown Daily Times. Filmmakers were in Massena, NY last month scouting locations and talking to locals about potential roles in the film.

The movie is about rock star returning to a small town to meet the 6-year-old child he fathered before attaining fame. Dano will play rocker Joby Taylor, Olivia Thirlby will play his girlfriend.

Cornwall, Ontario, native Jen E. Gatien is one of the producers and thought of the north country as a filming location after reading the script. “Having grown up here, I know what the winters are like,” Ms. Gatien said. “Very few films have captured that. There’s a lot of beauty here. I’m really excited about coming back to where I am from to make a film.”

The movie should begin filming at the end of January, beginning of February.