The crew was filming in downtown Baltimore around 4pm on Friday when they were approached by several people. The group made multiple threats and said they would come back and shoot someone if the production didn’t stop filming, a police spokesperson told The Baltimore Banner. The perpetrators said nothing would happen as long as they were paid. According to The Banner, the drug dealers then tried to extort $50,000 from the production, which the producers refused to pay. Instead, it was decided that filming would stop until a new location was found. As of Sunday, it is unknown when she can resume shooting the series. Directed and written by Alma Har’el, the limited series is set in 1960s Baltimore, where an unsolved murder prompts housewife and mother Maddie Schwartz (played by Portman) to rediscover her life as an investigative reporter and puts her on a collision course. featuring Cleo Sherwood, a hard-working woman juggling motherhood, multiple jobs, and a passionate commitment to advancing Baltimore’s Black progressive agenda. Lady in the Lake cast includes Y’Lan Noel (Insecure), Mikey Madison (Better Things) and Brett Gelman (Stranger Things). In June, Moses Ingram stepped in to replace Lupita Nyong’o in the role of Cleo. Portman and Har’el serve as executive producers along with Dre Ryan.
