More movies are gearing up to begin shooting in the Bay State and beyond.

First, Steve Feinberg, executive director of the Rhode Island Film & Television Office, has confirmed Thursday that the new Jack Black (inset) comedy “The Polka King’’ is set to shoot in the Ocean State.

Directed by Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky, who also made “Infinitely Polar Bear’’ in Rhode Island in 2013, “The Polka King’’ tells the story of Jan Lewan, a Pennsylvania polka legend who brought a small town to its knees in a Ponzi scheme. (The movie is based on Joshua Brown and John Mikulak’s documentary “The Man Who Would Be Polka King.’’)

Principal photography for “The Polka King’’ is set to begin in mid-July and continue for a month at various locations around Rhode Island.

Closer to home, producers of the certain-to-cause-controversy “Chappaquiddick’’ have begun scouting locations. Local college campuses are being eyed, and we’re told someone with the film is looking at Lesley University in Cambridge on Friday.

The film, directed by John Curran, stars Jason Clarke as Senator Ted Kennedy, who was at the wheel of a car that plunged off a one-lane bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in 1969. A passenger in the car, Mary Jo Kopechne, died in the accident. Actress Kate Mara is playing Kopechne and Ed Helms is playing Kennedy’s cousin Joe Gargan.

Sam Taylor-Johnson, who directed “Fifty Shades of Grey,’’ was originally on board to direct, but bailed because of a scheduling conflict. Curran’s credits include 2006’s “The Painted Veil.’’

But, wait, there are three more movies due to begin shooting soon in Massachusetts. One is the way-under-the-radar indie thriller “Altar Rock,’’ which is said to be inspired by the Boston Marathon bombings. Andrzej Bartkowiak, a celebrated cinematographer whose credits include “Speed,’’ “The Verdict,’’ and “Prizzi’s Honor,’’ is set to direct, but there are few other details.

Then there’s the “Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Project,’’ a yet-to-be-named movie by the Academy Award-winning director of “The Hurt Locker.’’ The film has been described as a true crime drama set in Detroit amid the riots that erupted in the Motor City in the summer of 1967.

And, finally, we’re told Spanish filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is headed to Boston to direct a film inspired by Henry James’s classic tale “The Turn of the Screw.’’ Fresnadillo directed the scary “28 Weeks Later.’’