Girl with the Pearl Earring - Another film due for Wellington

TOM FITZSIMONS

Last updated 12:57 04/11/2011

 

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THE GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING: A solid offering starring Scarlett Johanssen and Colin Firth.

Wellywood will play host to another international film shoot next year - a new movie from the director of Girl With a Pearl Earring.

British director Peter Webber has announced that he will film Emperor in New Zealand from January. Filming will be split between Auckland and Wellington, with some scenes also shot in Japan.

Emperor is set at the end of World War II immediately after the Japanese surrrender. It will focus on an American general who falls in love with a Japanese woman while deciding whether to prosecute the Japanese Emperor Hirohito, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Film New Zealand said it hosted Webber, along with Emperor's producers, on a reconnaissance trip earlier this year that convinced them they should film in the country.

"This success highlights New Zealand's on-going ability to attract first class filmmakers and producers," said Film NZ chief executive Gisella Carr.

New Zealanders participating in the production would include production designer Grant Major and costume designer Ngila Dickson, both Oscar winners, she said.

The Dominion Post

Anna Karenina film casts Oxford students

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Hannah Grosskopf on Friday 4th November 2011

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Open castings were held in Cowley on Saturday to find extras for the new Anna Karenina blockbuster that will be released next year.

The film is being made by Joe Wright, the director of Atonement and Pride and Prejudice, and will star Keira Knightley and Jude Law. Part of the filming will take place at a heritage railway centre near Didcot Parkway station which will serve as a mock Russian location.

For this section of the production the filmmakers wanted several extras ideally of Russian or Eastern European descent. The casting session was entirely open to the public but the producers did also specifically contact the Oxford University Russian Society to encourage students to attend.
Second year English student, Esme Hicks, told Cherwell that she went along to the auditions because of the prospect of “good pay and something to put on my CV and the opportunity to see a proper big-dog film director at work.”

Karis Alpcan, a Univ History and German student, explained the audition process, “When we got there, we queued for about an hour, then we had to fill in a form with our basic information, had our measurements taken and then had our photos done by a photographer there. The process took about 10 minutes.”

Those that are selected to take part in the filming will be paid £100 for each of the four days of filming which will begin on the 11th November

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Colin Firth to shoot part of movie near Burlington

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Updated at 07:10 AM today

BURLINGTON, N.C. -- Actor Colin Firth will shoot part of his new movie, "Arthur Newman, Golf Pro," in Alamance County later this month.

The Times-News of Burlington reported Firth and his co-star, Emily Blunt, will also be shooting parts of the film in the Wilmington and Raleigh-Durham areas.

The film is about a man who hates his job and is hated by his ex-wife and stages his death and forms a new identity. He meets a woman also fleeing her past.

Rebecca Clark with the Piedmont Triad Film Commission says she's happy the filming is occurring in the area. She says anywhere the crew films, it will be spending money and thus help the economy.


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Colin Firth to shoot part of new movie in Alamance County

 

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Burlington, N.C. — Actor Colin Firth will shoot part of his new movie, "Arthur Newman, Golf Pro," in Alamance County later this month.

The Times-News of Burlington reported (http://bit.ly/uf1ikF) Firth and his co-star, Emily Blunt, will also be shooting parts of the film in the Wilmington and Raleigh-Durham areas.

The film is about a man who hates his job and is hated by his ex-wife and stages his death and forms a new identity. He meets a woman also fleeing her past.

Rebecca Clark with the Piedmont Triad Film Commission says she's happy the filming is occurring in the area. She says anywhere the crew films, it will be spending money and thus help the economy.