Ethan Hawke shoots Chet Baker biopic in Sudbury

Hollywood actor Ethan Hawkeis playing legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker in a new film beingshot in Sudbury, Ont.

Born to be Blueis also set to star Callum Keith Rennie (Fifty Shades of Grey).

The majority of the film's production is due to take place in Sudburyand principal photography isunderway.

The City ofSudburysaidBorn to be Blueis filming of exterior scenesin front of theTownehouseTavern onElginStreet, and in the pedestrian underpass betweenElginStreet and Riverside Drive on Oct.23.

Written and directed by Robert Budreau (That Beautiful Somewhere), Hawke has helped to develop the project.

Hawkeis having a banner year. He's generating Oscar buzz for his role in Boyhoodand stars in the upcoming drama The Good Kill,about drone warfare. He's also receiving acclaim for his documentary Seymour: An Introduction,about pianist Seymour Bernstein.

Born to be Blue is one of two films turning Sudbury'sdowntown area into a film set.A Hideaway Pictures film production called30thBirthdayis alsoshooting onportions of Durham and Larch Streets.