Film project wrapping up in Yarmouth
The film project at Cape Forchu’s Leif Ericson trail is drawing to a close.
The Lighthouse, a thriller directed by Robert Eggers, stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson.
Film executives have not supplied Leland Anthony, warden for the Municipality of Yarmouth, with a specific date for when the barricade, established on April 4 at John’s Cove beach, will be removed, but he said on Monday he expects it won’t be long.
He understands that people would like to visit the lighthouse property, which is a popular attraction in Yarmouth County.
“My understanding is that as soon as the film has been screened to make sure they don’t have to reshoot any scenes, then they are going to start taking things apart,” Anthony said, adding that it would take five days for the film review.
“I would think that the outer barricade would come down but that they’d still have to barricade the Leif Ericson park because they have to take things in and out.”
A sign at the entrance to the trail says it will be closed until May 11.
A temporary lighthouse, light- house keeper’s home, foghorn building and boat house that were built for the film set must now be dismantled and the site restored to the condition it was in before the public can access the trail again.
Anthony said he believes the film crew was finished at the Yarmouth airport, where another set was built inside a large hangar.
He said the lighthouse lens and much of the furnishings from the Cape Forchu set are being transported to Halifax for more interior scenes.
Anthony said he never had the chance to meet the actors, and he was a little disappointed that local media hadn’t been invited to see the site.