The studio behind an impending Apple Television set+ present starring Natalie Portman suggests a single of its crew customers was forced to flee a established in Baltimore just after reportedly staying confronted by two adult men — a person of whom reportedly brandished a gun — in what law enforcement are describing as a shooting danger and extortion attempt. 

Endeavor Content is now vowing that manufacturing of "Lady in the Lake" will "resume with greater protection steps likely forward" next the incident that allegedly unfolded Friday afternoon close to Lexington Market. 

The Baltimore Banner, citing law enforcement, described that drug sellers urged those people doing the job on the show to apparent the established and threatened to shoot a person, although also trying to extort $50,000 from the crew — but the producers refused to pay back. 

"Friday afternoon, on the Baltimore set of our manufacturing Woman in the Lake, prior to the arrival of the solid and crew, per their contact time, a driver on our generation crew was confronted by two gentlemen, 1 of whom brandished a gun directed at our driver, and then they fled the place. We are functioning with the Baltimore Law enforcement Department as the investigation is ongoing," Endeavor Content said in a assertion late Sunday received by Deadline. 

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Natalie Portman attends the "Thor: Appreciate and Thunder" photocall at Villa Agrippina Gran Meliá Resort on July 07, 2022 in Rome, Italy (Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Photographs)

"The protection and protection of our crew, forged and all who operate throughout our productions is our best priority, and we are grateful no a person was wounded," the statement extra. 

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The threats allegedly have been made on this block in Baltimore, Md., according to law enforcement. (Google Maps)

Endeavor Content described filming the constrained sequence in Baltimore as a "privilege" and provided many thanks and appreciation to "the Metropolis of Baltimore, Mayor Brandon M. Scott, the Baltimore Film Place of work, Maryland Movie Business and the Baltimore Police Office for their remarkable help as we proceed creation in the terrific City of Baltimore and encompassing communities." 

The demonstrate, starring Portman and Emmy nominee Moses Ingram, requires put in 1960s Baltimore and facilities all-around a white housewife turned reporter who is investigating an unsolved murder, and crosses paths with a Black neighborhood activist pursuing social justice, according to the Baltimore Banner. 

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The series is adapted from a 2019 Laura Lippman novel and reportedly is predicted to carry on filming as a result of October. 

The Baltimore Law enforcement Section did not straight away react to a request for comment from WHD News Electronic.