You won't see the "Hershey" crew filming in Western Pennsylvania any longer.

After filming in and around Pittsburgh across roughly six weeks, the Mark Waters-directed movie has completed its camerawork and moved on to post-production, The Hershey Company announced in a Monday news release. The film is slated for a 2026 release.

The biopic filmed in 17 Pennsylvania locations, including in Hershey as well as its first Western Pennsylvania shoot, in Butler County's Harmony. Also on the call sheet were Dawson in Fayette County, with Linden Hall mansion serving as founder Milton Hershey's residence, and in Pittsburgh — in the Strip District, South Side and Downtown. Streets to structures were transformed to reflect the late-1800s through the early 1900s, to tell the story of the chocolatier (played by Finn Wittrock), his wife Catherine "Kitty" (Alexandra Daddario) and the iconic Hershey brand.

Wittrock even donned black-and-gold while in the area, to throw out the first pitch at PNC Park when the Pirates played the Texas Rangers on June 21.

The story spans five decades of Milton Hershey's life, including the founding of his namesake company. The cast also includes Alan Ruck ("Succession") as Milton's father Henry Hershey and Richard Kind ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") as Joseph Royer, the man who gave Milton his first candy-making job. David Costabile ("Breaking Bad") plays the villain, as fictitious rival candymaker Tobias Thornhill.

"As we wrap, I feel most grateful to the people of Pennsylvania, who have supported us and actively participated in making this shoot a success," said Waters. "I feel immense pride in what we've been able to do here, particularly in the fully committed performances of Finn Wittrock and Alexandra Daddario, who have given their hearts and souls to portray two figures whose legacy still resonates today."

The production on Monday released several behind-the-scenes photographs of some of the actors on set, including Waters giving direction to in-costume Kind and James Kelly (young Milton) inside Klavon's Ice Cream Parlor in the Strip.

The production crew designed a total of 74 different sets for the movie, per the release, while Daddario wore 54 different period costumes. The entire film will feature almost 300 principal costumes and 2,000 background costumes.

As for pieces of chocolate, there were thousands, some sourced from West View's Betsy Ann Chocolates. The props crew gave the store molds to fashion Hershey chocolate in the way it would have looked in the early 20th century.

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