Providence, Rhode Island, will be one of the backdrops for a new J.J. Abrams movie that is set to film in the city next week.

"Ghostwriter," starring actors Glen Powell, Jenna Ortega, and Samuel L. Jackson, will be filming Monday on Benefit Street, sources tell NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR .

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Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee says the state is ready for its close-up (again)!

"We're proud to welcome a Warner Brothers production that will showcase our state's beauty and growing place in the film industry," McKee wrote on X . "Big things are reel-ly happening here."

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