March 8, 2026, 5:02 a.m. ET
Zombies shuffle through downtown Fort Myers. A group of kids fight to save Cape Coral’s burrowing owls. Dakota Fanning kisses a boy on a Captiva Island beach.
And the cameras are rolling to capture it all.
Film crews have visited Southwest Florida many times over the years, and so have some of Hollywood’s biggest stars: Denzel Washington. Jayne Mansfield. Reese Witherspoon. Sean Connery. Drew Barrymore. Joe Pesci. Jessica Lange. Woody Harrelson. And many more.