Aug 4, 2025 - Culture

Samara Weaving's "Eenie Meanie" zooms through Cleveland

Troy Smith

Inside a moving car, a shirtless man with a bleeding head injury winces in pain while a woman with long blonde hair drives, looking concerned and focused on the road ahead. — Samara Weaving (right) leads "Eenie Meanie." Photo courtesy of Disney/20th Century Studios

Cleveland's movie fun doesn't begin or end with "Superman."

Driving the news: The city is all over the trailer for new Hulu movie "Eenie Meanie." It stars horror movie regular Samara Weaving as a getaway driver trying to save her ex-boyfriend's life.

The movie received a $12.2 million Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit under the working title "Stickshift" and was mostly filmed over a few months in 2023 and 2024, according to Cleveland.com movie critic Joey Morona.
Axios Cleveland also caught some of the filming action in February.

Zoom in: Several scenes in the trailer show Weaving speeding through parts of the Flats, Tremont and Ohio City.

The Cleveland skyline is a backdrop in just about every outdoors shot.

What's next: "Eenie Meanie" premieres Aug. 22.

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