Governor Bill Richardson Announces The Spy Next Door to be filmed in New Mexico
Contact: New Mexico Film Office (505) 476-5600SANTA FE—Governor Bill Richardson announced today that the action/comedy, The Spy Next Door, starring Jackie Chan, will be filmed in New Mexico.
The production will be shot in and around Albuquerque in November and December. They expect to hire approximately 150 local crew members and over 600 actors, including principal and background talent. Jackie Chan plays a man who is asked to baby-sit his neighbor's children and winds up having to protect them from secret agents after one the kids accidentally downloads a code. The film will be produced by Relativity Media and directed by Brian Levant (Are We There Yet?, Snow Dogs, The Flintstones, and Beethoven). Since Governor Richardson took office, over 100 major film and television projects have shot in the state, adding over $2 billion dollars in economic impact.
