In early May 2026, a massive operation of lorries and high-end filming equipment rolled into Camber's Western car park, marking the arrival of the Hello & Paris production on the East Sussex coast. Camber's wide, flat beach and its rural car park gave the production the open coastal space it needed for what appears to be one of the film's American-set seaside sequences.
On May 19, Whitstable Harbour in Kent was transformed into a Hamptons-style fishing dock for the day. The harbour was dressed with period-appropriate props, set dressing and working boats as cameras rolled throughout. Javier Bardem was spotted buying clams, checking on fish freshness and stopping to greet passersby between takes.
The production's most publicly visible moment came on June 23, when Kate Hudson and Javier Bardem were spotted sharing a kiss on the crosswalk at the intersection of East/West 19th Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan. The Flatiron District's crosswalk – Manhattan's grid stretching in every direction around them – is exactly where a romantic comedy about two people on opposite sides of the Atlantic stages its most public romantic moment.
No release date has been announced for Hello & Paris.
