Ping-Pong Summer Filming Wraps This Weekend

OCEAN CITY -- After a little over a month at locations all over the Ocean City area, the shooting of the independent film Ping-Pong Summer is expected to wrap up this weekend.

In September, the coming-of-age film, set in Ocean City in the mid-1980s, started shooting at locations all over the resort area. The film’s plot involves a teenager vacationing in Ocean City with his family when he discovers a love of ping-pong and rap music. The film’s leading stars include Susan Sarandon, Lea Thompson and John Hannah, for example, but the main characters are relatively unknown including lead actor Marcello Conte and Ocean City’s own Emmi Shockley, who plays Conte’s summer teen crush.

The film’s photography is expected to wrap tomorrow with just a handful of scenes still to shoot. On Wednesday, film crews set up shop at the intersection of 33rd Street and Coastal Highway to shoot a scene involving Conte, Shockley and other young cast members near Anthony’s Beer Wine and Deli.

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