Baby Mama releases in theatres Friday, April 25, 2008. The film shot in New York City from April to July of 2007, and employed over 1700 New Yorkers.

In Baby Mama, we meet the newly promoted vice president for Round Earth Organic Market, Kate Holbrook, played by Tina Fey. Fastidious Kate has her life in order: a job she loves, a guru boss (played by comedy icon Steve Martin) who adores her, a beautiful apartment and financial security. But having put a personal life on the back burner while she concentrated on her career – to the chagrin of her mother – Kate discovers, at age 37, a deep yearning to have a baby. With only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant, Kate visits a pricey surrogacy center, which arranges a meeting between her and her soon to be “Baby Mama”, Angie Ostrowiski, played by Fey’s SNL partner, Amy Poehler.

Poehler and Fey are both improv comedy veterans, and were fan favorites during their stint as co-hosts of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update. Their improvisational ability was welcomed on the set as Writer/Director Michael McCullers is an SNL vet and close friend of both actresses.

McCullers said that working on set, “sometimes working with them is just saying ‘Action,’ and then I watch and see what they do, then I laugh at it, then I say, ‘Cut.’ Every day on the set, they added a little something that made it better, which is a luxury for me.” The film boasts an ensemble cast, including leads Fey, who currently produces and stars in “30 Rock” in NYC, and Amy Poehler, who currently stars in Saturday Night Live in NYC. The film also stars Greg Kinnear, who recently shot the film Unknown in NYC, Maura Tierney, who recently shot the film Diggers in NYC, broadway veteran Holland Taylor, and screen icon Sigourney Weaver, who recently shot The Girl in the Park in NYC. Romany Malco and Dax Shepard are also featured.

McCullers set the story in Fey’s hometown of Philadelphia. She claims to have been “excited my natural Philadelphia accent is finally appropriate.” Still, leaving a young son, devoted husband, and a hit TV show for a shoot in Philadelphia didn’t seem very practical. Thanks to the “Made in NY” tax credit, Fey was able to get the best of both worlds – shooting a majority of the Philadelphia-set picture in New York City, while spending a small number of days in the City of Brotherly Love.

A number of NYC locations filled in for Philadelphia, including

Fort Greene Park,

Brooklyn Ceco on West 15th between 9th and 10th Ave

Druids bar on 10th Ave between 9th and 10th 52nd Street,

Hells Kitchen Park Avenue Plaza on 52nd Street Community Bookstore on 7th Avenue in Brooklyn

Tempo Restaurant in Brooklyn Cobble Hill Park,

Brooklyn Apartment on 80th Street in Upper East Side Gobo on 81st street in UES Grad Street Lamaze Class,

Tribeca Communitea,

Vernon Blvd,

 Long Island City Post Office/Bankruptcy Court,

Cadman Plaza East,

Brooklyn Apostolic Church on 5th Ave between 116 and 117th Streets

Home nightclub,

27th Street,

Meatpacking District Marriott Hotel,

Elmhurst,

Queens Lexington and Grand Avenue,

Brooklyn Rooftop,

East Village Riverside Drive and 93rd Street,

Apartment Building Steiner Studios