PRODUCTION FILE // UTICA
THE SEQUEL THAT NEVER SHOT HERE
A 2016 web page announced a film. The film did not announce itself.
Production
FOTB III
Location
UTICA, NY
Scene
2016
Roll / Take
NONE / ∞
▮ PRODUCTION OFFICE — LINE CLOSED
CH 6 · ARCHIVE BAND
STATUSFILM NEVER ARRIVED
LEGACY RECORDRECOVERED
CALL SHEETNEVER ISSUED
CRAFT SERVICESNOT OBSERVED
ORIGINAL DATE2016-07 (approximate — month inferred from the earliest surviving third-party citation)
CURRENT OPERATORUNRELATED
RECORD ADDRESS:
/archive/0716-utica-fob3/
In 2016 a page at this address announced, under a headline resembling “Father of the Bride III to Be Filmed in Utica, New York — Find Out Plot Details,” that a beloved comedy sequel would shoot in Utica, New York. Residents shared it. A local radio station checked. There was no production office, no permits, no catering truck idling on Genesee Street.
A fabricated local-interest story claiming a major film sequel would shoot in Utica, New York. It belonged to a mass-produced template ("[famous film] to be filmed in [your town]") that the same network ran across hundreds of locations. No production ever came.
The street is still there. The film is not. This file is kept open in case it ever turns up.
PRODUCTION FILE 0716-UTICA-FOB3 · NO FOOTAGE EXISTS
LOCATION SCOUT: NEGATIVE
FRAME NOT RECOVERED
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CONTEXT — SURVIVING THIRD-PARTY RECORDS
- → Lite 98.7 — "‘Father of the Bride III’ Rumored to Be Filming in Utica" (2016)
- → BuzzFeed News — on the "film sequel filming in your town" hoax template (Dec 16, 2016)
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CANONICAL ADDRESS
This is the canonical address for the record.