HOLLYWOOD action is wrapping up at Stanley as filming for The Light Between Oceans comes to an end.

The DreamWorks Studio film is an adaptation of M. L. Steadman's best-selling novel of the same name and stars Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz, of The Mummy, and X-Men star Michael Fassbender.

Filming in Tasmania began last Monday and small scenes will still be shot today and tomorrow.

Shooting has involved more than 100 cast and crew, including many locals and Alicia Vikander, Weisz and Fassbender.

Most shoots have been filmed in the main street, down at the recently rebuilt wharf and at Highfield House.

Today scenes are expected to be shot on The Nut, the town's icon.

Circular Head Tourism Association president Clint Walker said there had been a festive vibe in the town.

"But it's on the wind-down now and people are starting to leave town," he said.

The town was transformed for the shooting, with the bitumen being covered with gravel, the street signs, bins and metal railings taken down and buildings covered with facades to make it look like the 1920s - the time when the story is set.

Horses-drawn carts and bullocks wandering down the main street have been a regular sight in the town for the past week.

But for those wanting to get a sneak peek at the film and the stars, it hasn't been that easy.

Many parts of town have been restricted, with media not even being allowed on set.

However, Deputy Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Trade Adam Brooks were able to meet some of the locals, who have been cast as extras, on Wednesday.

The state government said it had provided $75,000 to help facilitate the filming opportunity at Stanley and it was expecting the production team to spend about $1 million on Tasmanian good and services.

The Light Between Oceans producer Jeffrey Clifford, whose credits include No Strings Attached and I Love You, Man, said Stanley offered the elements needed to film the story, which was why the town was chosen.

"We have a beautiful, unspoiled seascape, and a town with authentic buildings that fits the period and blends seamlessly with the other places we've filmed," he said.

Many parts of the film have been shot in New Zealand.

The movie follows the story of a lighthouse keeper and his wife who are faced with a moral dilemma when a boat washes ashore with a dead man and a two-month-old infant.

The novel sets the story on a remote Australian island in the years following World War I.

The film is being directed by Derek Cianfrance.

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