Several different roads in the Chinatown and Kakaʻako areas will be closed or experience lane closures over the weekend for the filming of “The Wrecking Crew,” a cop buddy comedy starring Jason Momoa. 

The closures are necessary as the sequences being filmed require the use of the roadway, according to the Honolulu Film Office. 

Below are details about the closures: 

On Saturday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Maunakea Street in Chinatown will be closed between Beretania Street and Pauahi Street. Motorists are asked to use Pauahi Street — which will be reachable from nearby cross streets, including River and Bethel Streets or Nu‘uanu Avenue — to access the makai end of Maunakea Street, on the opposite side of the closure.  

Also on Saturday from 2 p.m. until around 10 p.m., production crews will be filming on a separate portion of Maunakea Street, between Pauahi and Hotel Streets. One lane will remain open, with intermittent holds for traffic to access the remainder of Maunakea Street. Pauahi Street will also remain open, with intermittent traffic holds.

Map showing two separate road closures in Chinatown that are scheduled for different times on Saturday. (Map courtesy of the Honolulu Film Office)

On Sunday from 4 p.m. until around midnight, production crews will return to Maunakea Street, between Pauahi and Hotel Street, to finish filming the scene. Through-traffic on Maunakea Street will not be allowed, and vehicular travel will be restricted to local traffic. 

Map showing lane closures in Chinatown on Sunday. (Map courtesy of the Honolulu Film Office)

Also on Sunday, in the Kakaʻako area, a portion of Queen Street — between Auahi Street and Ala Moana Boulevard — will be closed from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to film a scene in the part of the roadway that is between the IBM Building and the Hokua condominium complex.

Motorists will not be allowed to turn onto Queen Street from Ala Moana Boulevard and are instead asked to access the mauka side of Queen Street from Auahi Street. The production crew will conduct intermittent traffic control for one to three minutes at a time on Auahi Street. Access to the Hokua condominium’s port cochere will be impacted by the filming, and residents are asked to detour to the garage entrance across from the South Shore Marketplace.

Map showing a road closure in Kakaʻako on Sunday. (Map courtesy of the Honolulu Film Office)

According to the Honolulu Film Office, more than 500 people, including extras, have been hired to work on this film project. 

Michelle Broder Van Dyke covers the Hawaiian Islands for Spectrum News Hawaii. Email her at michelle.brodervandyke@charter.com.