The film - Road to Boston - is being produced by Hipwell International Production Services and will shoot in parts of Pall Mall, Park Road and Wattle and Mackenzie streets over a number of days from January 17 to 21.

Production team members have been in discussions with the City of Greater Bendigo about securing the filming locations.

Council tourism and major events manager Terry Karamaloudis said while the film was a good opportunity for Bendigo, it would come with challenges.

"Inevitably there is going to be a degree of interruption to someone's daily routine, we don't take that lightly," Mr Karamaloudis said. "There always degree of planning that goes into something like this.

"(Closing) any street or any road at any time is always going have a degree of disruption. It's a matter of making sure there are good communications in place with residents, businesses and other potential stakeholders that may be affected.

"It is the event organiser's responsibility to do that consultation and we support with the processes around that. We want to ensure we have a smooth occasion that also minimises disruption to regular habits of all stakeholders."

Location manager John Greene said the film's production team had already began working with people to ensure disruptions were minimal.

"It is quite a lot of work. A lot of thought and preparation has gone into this through meeting with council, VicRoads and key stakeholders to get traffic management plans made up to make sure it all works," he said.

"We have already gone to residents and put out between 600 and 700 notifications to people. There will be boards put up about road closures.

"After extensive meetings with council and a number of key stakeholders, Bendigo has welcomed us with open arms and we are appreciative of (council's) assistance so far."

"The problem is not so much about the area's practicality, it's making sure backgrounds and modern infrastructure can't be seen."

Mr Karamaloudis said closing streets or areas of Bendigo for filming purposes was not unprecedented.

"Two years ago, we were in Pall Mall filming sequence for a Japanese beer. I can't recall any hassles (from it)."

"When the Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay (came through) the entire central grid of the city closed down on Valentine's Day.

"With all the extras the company is bringing in, there will be several hundred people in the precinct. It will look fairly busy as it's needed to look like there's a marathon in progress."

Mr Greene said it would be a challenging shoot because of the scale of recreating a marathon in the 1940s.

"That adds to the difficulty of shooting film," he said. "Normally we might dress 50 or 60 metres of a street and shoot from different angles but because it's a marathon, most locations are all fluent with the movement with camera on a tracking vehicle.

"The actors well be running 800m at marathon pace, which is about 20km an hour. That's added a degree of difficulty."

Mr Greene said the film, which is currently shooting in Korea, had gathered momentum in the past few months.

Geelong, Ballarat and Melbourne will also feature in the film's production.

"We did a location survey in August and are keen to shoot here," Mr Greene said.

"The whole Australian element will be about 30 minutes of the film and replicate the marathon and the runner as he navigates his time in the race."

Mr Greene said the period-era streets in Bendigo suited the style the filmmakers were after.

"We are able to turn those heritage, period (buildings) into 1947 Boston," he said.

"We will also go to Vic Roads and seek exemptions for American cars to drive on the right-hand side.

"There might be a couple of interiors to shoot and we may end up finding a building to replicate the Boston Hotel. We're just waiting on the schedule and on Bendigo Bank (about using) the Old State Trustees."

Mr Karamaloudis said the film's production team searched other countries before deciding on regional Victoria for a shooting location.

"They decided Bendigo is strikingly similar the streetscapes in the lower Bridge Street parts of Boston," he said. "Then it was a matter of all their ducks lining up.

"It is fortuitous for our city. Other than being beautiful all year round for us, we are actually able to attract international standard filming to the city.

The economic benefits of hosting a film shoot would help the local economy according to Mr Greene.

"During filming, on any night there will be between 120 and 150 people staying in Bendigo," he said.

"That would be close to $20,000 in accommodation plus the food, fuel and (other spends) involved in us being here.

"We are working with Film Victoria and the Regional Location Assistance Fund that applies to filming. We hope to all work together to encourage more regional spending.

"The aim is capitalise on the visual of (regional Victoria's) locations but also able to spend here as well. Victoria has rich locations and rich resources. Major towns like Bendigo have everything we need to sustain a shoot."