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Reporter's notebook: Filming soon

Dust off that tracksuit, New Mexico, because we’re going running with the devil.

The New Mexico Film Office has announced that “Running with the Devil,” a film starring Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne, will begin production in mid-March.

The Albuquerque Journal reported filming in the state will be in the Albuquerque area.

The film “draws on (writer-director) Jason Cabell’s real-life Navy Seal experiences when assigned to work with the (Drug Enforcement Agency) in Colombia’s coca drug fields,” according to the press release.

Ninety New Mexico crew members and 30 New Mexico actors and stunt performers are working on the film, the release said.

The devil was not immediately available for comment.

— Staff Writer Eamon Scarbrough