FinestKind

Right on schedule, the Brian Helgeland-directed movie "Finestkind" began filming in Fairhaven on April 20. The first set was on location at the local fisherman's bar Rasputin's. Crews began setting up Tuesday for the Wednesday shoot, and parts of Bridge and Main streets were closed to traffic in the morning to make room for a number of production tents and vans...

Dustin Manley comes from a long line of fishermen. "My grandfather was a very important figure in the fishing industry for sure," he said. "He was a scalloper out of New Bedford for 40 years. His whole life. That's all my family does...

In between major stories about the New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge getting a redesign and parking at the Noah's Place Playground remaining free for another summer, the Paramount Pictures film Finestkind is quietly staying in the headlines here on the SouthCoast. ...

The Hollywood cast of the movie 'FinestKind' starring Jake Gyllenhaal will be fed breakfast from a small mom-and-pop restaurant in Fairhaven while filming.

The sleepy little seaside town of Fairhaven is becoming quite the destination for Hollywood moviemakers. On the heels of February's filming of the Paul Giamatti movie The Holdovers at Fairhaven High School, another major motion picture will be filmed in town starting in just a few weeks. As you first he...