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Video: On 'Neighborhood Watch' Set

Lights, cameras, action—Marietta Square was alive Friday when hundreds of Cobb residents came out to see Hollywood in motion.

of Friday evening and early Saturday.

Filming occurred in front of the , which was renamed the Adair Bakery & Cafe for the production, in the alley behind and as well as various spots around the square.

There were 150 crew members, 50 extras from the area and three cast members working on the square Friday night.

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A boy on a skateboard who is being chased by aliens and is eventually abducted was the scene shot on the square.

In the the Twentieth Century Fox production Neighborhood Watch, Ben Stiller teams up with three other members of his community to form a neighborhood watch group, which is the last hope to save the neighborhood and world from being destroyed.

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Movie Insider has the film coming out in theaters on July 27, 2012.


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