Movie News: Val Kilmer's in town, reality show on Belle Isle, comedy legend Garret Morris

Detroit's been in front of the camera lately with multiple film projects under way in the city.

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A new mobster flick staring Val Kilmer and Christopher Walken is filming in Detroit for the next several weeks. "The Irishman" will be released in 2010 and takes place in Cleveland, but will be shot entirely in the Motor City. They even shot what are likely some of the last moving pictures of Tiger Stadium.

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The 72-year-old comic is in Detroit filming the comedy "Pawn Shop," in which he plays a pawnshop owner whose son, played by WJLB-FM (97.9) radio personality Robert "Foolish" Spearman Jr., acquires a gangster's (Joe Torry) gold chain. Rounding out the cast is Detroit native London "Deelishis" Charles, winner of VH1's "Flavor of Love 2."

While waiting Wednesday night for the film crew to turn a Detroit auto glass and trim shop on Schoolcraft Road into a pawnshop, Morris took some time to reflect.

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Filming of ABC’s reality series “Crash Course” is scheduled June 30-July 12 on Belle Isle.

The production crew for the series will set up on the island’s large concrete paddock.

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