Ilt Jones is a softly-spoken and unassuming man, originally from North Wales, now carving an enviable career as the go-to Location Manager for action. If your building, football stadium or casino needs blowing up, give him a call and he’ll put it in the movies.
Transformers 3 will spend a day shooting in the Milwaukee Art Museum in mid-July, as it seems the location caught Michael Bay’s eye, reports the Associated Press.
The production team behind Transformers 3, which begins shooting in the next few weeks, has been forced to scale back plans for an extensive shoot in Washington, DC, according to the Washington Post.
Jordan has been in demand for many years as a filming location. However, since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 its expansive desert landscapes have grown in popularity for film and TV projects looking to tackle the war in a safe environment.
Moscow and Chicago are to be used for major action sequences in the second Transformers sequel, according to the official website of director Michael Bay.
New Mexico in the American south-west offers distinctive desert landscapes that have been used recently to striking effect in films such as No Country for Old Men, Terminator: Salvation and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
In February 2000, the Egyptian government decreed that a new film and TV production zone would revitalise the fortunes of a struggling film industry. So how has the Egyptian Media Production City (EMPC) fared in the last decade, in the face of stern opposition