ANAHEIM – Hollywood crews have descended on Disneyland to shoot scenes for the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures’ “Tomorrowland.”

Crews will be shooting all day Tuesday and Wednesday at the It’s a Small World attraction.

The movie will star George Clooney, who plays an inventor in the science-fiction mystery. But the 52-year-old Oscar winner won’t be on set, Disneyland officials said.

All of the filming will take place in the area of It’s a Small World, already closed to park visitors, said Kevin Rafferty Jr., a Disneyland spokesman. Visitors will also find the Disneyland Railroad, which passes behind It’s a Small World, closed for the shoot, he said.

“Guests won’t be able to see any of the filming,” Rafferty said.

Additionally, the “Mickey and the Magical Map” stage show, next to It’s a Small World, will be canceled both days, he said. Mickey’s Toontown will remain open, but guests will be redirected around the makeshift movie set. Filming will be completed before the park opens on Thursday.

On Monday, film crews were erecting tall, blue screens and had brought in lighting and other equipment around It’s a Small World, which has been closed since the end of the winter-holiday season for the removal of Christmas decorations.

Curious park guests snapped some pictures and asked park employees for details.

“It’s really cool that they’re going to film a movie here,” said Heather Ramirez, 42, an annual pass holder from Buena Park. “Too bad George (Clooney) won’t be here. I would have come back tomorrow just for a chance to see him.”

“Tomorrowland” stars Clooney as grizzled inventor Frank Walker. It’s being touted as one of the big releases for 2015. It co-stars Hugh Laurie, from TV’s “House.” Clooney, Laurie and the other actors have filmed scenes over the past few weeks in Vancouver, Canada and Valencia, Spain. The movie shares its name with the futuristic-themed lands found at Disney’s various theme parks.

(It’s a Small World is in Fantasyland.)

Last year, crews and Tom Hanks shot scenes over several days on Main Street, U.S.A. for “Saving Mr. Banks.” Only two other sanctioned movies have shot at least some scenes at Disneyland: 1962’s “40 Pounds of Trouble,” starring Tony Curtis, and 1996’s “That Thing You Do” starring Hanks.

Officials had not said whether crews would return to the park to shoot additional scenes of “Tomorrowland.”

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