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Northshore October 2025
Signs indicating Grown Ups 2 filming locationTinseltown takes over Marblehead, again.Sure, marblehead has rugged good looks, but does this North Shore town have what it takes to be a movie star? You bet! Over the years, Marblehead has served as a location for such films as The Witches of Eastwick (1986), The Good Son (1993), Moonlight Mile (2002), and Grown Ups (2010).This summer, Adam Sandler and company came to town to shoot Grown Ups 2, starring Sandler, David Spade, Chris Rock, Kevin James, and Salma Hayek. Marblehead was chosen to "play" a fictional town called Stanton, beating out dozens of other Massachusetts cities. (Swampscott is als
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