And they say nothing ever happens here.

With Robert De Niro and Al Pachino dining locally and actors’ trailers and catering tables scattered across some of the town’s front and backyards, Milford seems to have become quite a hot bed for pop culture discussion.

The reason behind the star sightings is “Righteous Kill,” an upcoming suspense movie being partially filmed in Milford at Devon’s Star Café. Other Connecticut towns receiving visits from the actors are New Haven, and Norwalk. Norwalk’s police headquarters was chosen for a 10 hour shoot.

The $60 million movie tells the story of police investigators on the trail of a vigilante killer, surprising the audience when the first scene shows one of the investigators as the killer in question.

The appearance of De Niro and Pachino on screen together is called historical by some movie experts. It is the first time that the two actors will be working together throughout an entire motion picture. This is unlike their last film, “Heat” (1995), where their characters only had two scenes together and also unlike “The Godfather, Part II” (1974), where the characters never met face to face.

Also joining these two veteran actors is Martin Scorsese, usually found behind the scenes as director or producer, not in front of the camera. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson will also play a role in the film, which may attract viewers familiar with his musical career.

The sudden interest in Connecticut as a filming location stems from the state’s recently instituted policy, offering a 30 percent business tax credit for movies shot in the state. After July 1, when the policy made its debut, directors like Steven Spielberg began to take some serious notice.

Governor M. Jodi Rell signed the policy in Redding and the act requires the Office of Workforce Competitiveness to establish a film industry workforce training program in the state.

Rell expressed her excitement over the policy, which creates new job opportunities as well as a chance for Milford to become involved in the state’s “burgeoning film industry.”

(Some information courtesy of the Milford Mirror, the New Haven Register, and the BBC.)