The film is based on the life of a polka singer who went to prison for running a Ponzi scheme. Pawtucket's Modern Diner may be one location for filming.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A new Jack Black movie, "The Polka King," will be filmed in Rhode Island this summer. Black's films have included "School of Rock," "Kung Fu Panda" and "Bernie."

Shooting will take place at locations around the state from mid-July through mid-August, the Rhode Island Film & Television Office announced Thursday afternoon.

According to trade journal The Hollywood Reporter, Black produces and stars in the film about the rise and fall of Jan Lewan, a polka singer who went to prison for running a Ponzi scheme. The movie is based on a 2007 documentary made for Court TV.

The movie is written and directed by Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky, who are no strangers to Rhode Island. They collaborated on "Infinitely Polar Bear," filmed in Rhode Island during the summer of 2013 with Mark Ruffalo starring.

"We are thrilled to be back in Rhode Island, home to the best crew and the greatest locations," they said in a press release.

The Modern Diner, at 364 East Ave. in Pawtucket, is being eyed as a possible location for the movie. Diner owner Nick Demou said Thursday that he's been contacted by movie producers, but that arrangements to film at the diner have not yet been finalized.

If a scene is shot at the diner, Demou said, it would probably be sometime in August.

The Modern Diner is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is one of only two Sterling Streamliner diners still in operation.