The trade publication Variety says Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix will star in the film, which the Globe described as a " 'contemporary story' with academics, graduate students, and middle- and working-class folks.' "

Woody Allen has chosen Rhode Island as the location of his next film, the Rhode Island Film & Television Office confirmed Monday morning.

Steven Feinberg, the office's executive director, said that a Boston Globe report on the subject is accurate.

"The production will happen this summer," Feinberg said in an email to The Journal. "That is all I can share at this point per the request of the producer."

Allen, who for years shot only in New York City -- think "Annie Hall" or "Manhattan" -- more recently has made a series of movies in Europe ("Match Point," "Midnight in Paris," "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"). Now, The Globe says, C.P. Casting in Boston is holding auditions for the new Allen film.

The trade publication Variety says Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix will star in the film, which the Globe described as a " 'contemporary story' with academics, graduate students, and middle- and working-class folks.' "

The original version of this story was posted June 2, 2014, at 10:39 a.m.