Are you ready for Hurricane Harvey: The Movie? Local production company to begin filming in mid-February

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Hurricane Harvey is returning -- but there's no need to evacuate.

Houston-based Street Corner Films is set to begin filming "Harvey," a movie set during the disaster, next month at various locations around town. Directing is Michael Sterling.

"Harvey," starring Antrone Harris ("Drop Dead Diva"), April Grant, Cara Cochran, and Tabitha Grant, will start its 10-day shoot Feb. 17. Producer and casting director Nkem DenChukwu -- who was stuck in her house for four days and almost ran out of food during the storm -- says the idea of the film is to show how everybody put their differences aside to help each other, no matter their race or class.

DenChukwu says they have the cooperation of the Saldivar family who lost six family members during Harvey. Brothers Sammy and Ric Saldivar will play themselves.

DenChukwu is aiming to release "Harvey" on the anniversary of the hurricane but there is no distributor lined up yet so it may land in theaters or on TV or streaming.

While the speaking parts have been cast, there may be a need for extras. Email manager@nkemdenchukwu.com for more details.

There's one thing she wants viewers to take away from the project. "That regardless of the storm we face in life, there is hope," she said by phone. "With Harvey, strangers became neighbors and friends. It still gives us hope."

Another shot-in-Houston film DenChukwu produced, "Lone Star Deception," starring Eric Roberts, is also due out later this year.