{"id":63412,"date":"2015-07-29T18:58:07","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T01:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/?p=63412"},"modified":"2015-07-29T19:11:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T02:11:06","slug":"filming-for-the-csi-series-finale-is-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2015\/07\/filming-for-the-csi-series-finale-is-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Filming For The &#8216;CSI&#8217; Series Finale Is Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nAs CSI Files previously <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2015\/07\/csi-starts-filming-immortality-tomorrow\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>, today marks the first day of shooting for the series finale of <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation<\/i>. The two-hour TV movie is divided up into two episodes, titled &#8220;Immortality, Part 1&#8221; and &#8220;Immortality, Part 2&#8221;. <i>CSI<\/i> creator (and finale writer) <b>Anthony Zuiker<\/b> previously <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2015\/07\/zuiker-it-is-a-love-letter-to-the-fans\/\" target=\"_blank\">described<\/a> the finale as &#8220;a love letter to the fans.&#8221; He also said there is &#8220;a complicated and rich case that brings all of our people back together, and has a very satisfactory conclusion that life will go on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nOriginal leads <b>Marg Helgenberger<\/b> (Catherine Willows) and <b>William Petersen<\/b> (Gil Grissom) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2015\/05\/petersen-helgenberger-return-for-2-hour-csi-finale-danson-joins-csicyber\/\" target=\"_blank\">are back<\/a> for the finale, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2015\/07\/eads-shue-opt-out-of-csi-finale-guilfoyle-clarke-return\/\" target=\"_blank\">along with<\/a> former star <b>Paul Guilfoyle<\/b> (Jim Brass). <b>George Eads<\/b> (Nick Stokes) and <b>Elisabeth Shue<\/b> (Julie Finlay) will not appear in the series-ending storyline, but <b>Melinda Clarke<\/b> is set to reprise her role as the infamous Lady Heather. Catherine&#8217;s daughter Lindsey <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2015\/07\/lindsey-willows-to-appear-in-csi-finale\/\" target=\"_blank\">will be back<\/a> as well, although she will now be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2015\/07\/csi-casts-katie-stevens-to-play-lindsey-willows\/\" target=\"_blank\">played<\/a> by <b>Katie Stevens<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>\nYou can find a set of tweets below, including comments and photos from Zuiker, Helgenberger, <b>Jon Wellner<\/b> (Henry Andrews) and Line Producer <b>Frank Waldeck<\/b>. There&#8217;s also a tweet from <b>Lauri Metrose<\/b>, the Senior Vice President of Communications at CBS Television Studios. When <I>CSI<\/i> launched, Metrose was the Manager of Publicity for CBS Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s the beginning of the end. Off to shoot the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CSI?src=hash\">#CSI<\/a> finale. You guys will love it.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; jonwellner (@jonwellner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonwellner\/status\/626406192537997312\">July 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Day one of shooting the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/csi?src=hash\">#csi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/seriesfinale?src=hash\">#seriesfinale<\/a>!!! Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zuiker\">@zuiker<\/a> and directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LouisMilito\">@LouisMilito<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSI Writers&#39; Room (@CSIWritersRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CSIWritersRoom\/status\/626428922951958528\">July 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It begins&#8230; The first day of shooting for the CSI finale. Stay tuned! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/I9paQxzCp1\">pic.twitter.com\/I9paQxzCp1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anthony E. Zuiker (@zuiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zuiker\/status\/626435152508399616\">July 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First shot! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/FMB27uHOH2\">pic.twitter.com\/FMB27uHOH2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anthony E. Zuiker (@zuiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zuiker\/status\/626439108349444096\">July 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1st day of production on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CSI?src=hash\">#CSI<\/a>.  Very excited to give the show I launched many moons ago a proper farewell. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CSIfinale?src=hash\">#CSIfinale<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Kp69mx1FLl\">pic.twitter.com\/Kp69mx1FLl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lauri Metrose (@LauriMetrose) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauriMetrose\/status\/626465786391957504\">July 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The CSI finale is going to be hardcore&#8230; So to speak. Help this tweet get to 250 favorites. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/csidayone?src=hash\">#csidayone<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/vqu7qRQjRR\">pic.twitter.com\/vqu7qRQjRR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anthony E. Zuiker (@zuiker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zuiker\/status\/626503506275401728\">July 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Billy&#39;s been gone for so long, they misspelled his last name. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/oops?src=hash\">#oops<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CSI?src=hash\">#CSI<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/9uIlue7naD\">pic.twitter.com\/9uIlue7naD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marg Helgenberger (@MargHelgen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MargHelgen\/status\/626526239684071425\">July 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the one and only <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Marghelgenberger?src=hash\">#Marghelgenberger<\/a> is back <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/csi?src=hash\">#csi<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/G1DYWQvW3f\">pic.twitter.com\/G1DYWQvW3f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frank Waldeck (@waldeckvision) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/waldeckvision\/status\/626554401532960769\">July 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why CBS? Why??? <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2AVlOPoEjI\">pic.twitter.com\/2AVlOPoEjI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anthony E. 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