Richard Gere and Joan Allen fans hoping to linger on Hope Street next week to get close to the stars will have to wait. Filming, scheduled for this coming Monday, Feb. 25, has been postponed.

Parts of downtown Bristol's historic district were due to be closed to traffic this coming Monday in anticipation of another round of filming for "Hachiko: A dog's story." But on Wednesday, Bristol Police Lt. Nick Guercia said location managers with the film told him they won't be in town that day. He doesn't know when they will, he said.

During a December meeting with the Downtown Bristol Merchants Association, location manger Colin Walsh said the Hope Street shots would mostly be used in transition scenes for Mr. Gere's and Hachiko's daily downtown trek from their house — a home on High Street already filmed, to the train station, which is being filmed in Woonsocket.


This isn't the first time downtown filming has been delayed. Crews were originally supposed to be downtown on Friday, Jan. 18, but that date was delayed because of inclement weather and the fact that the cast and crew were behind schedule.