Georgia to co-host Fast and Furious 9 filming
The decision to select Georgia to be one of the shooting locations was made during a visit of Hollywood filmmakers in Tbilisi earlier in Spring. Photo: Fast and Furious 9 official Facebook page.
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A part of Fast and Furious 9, an upcoming Hollywood action film, will be shot in Georgia.
The first film was released in 2001 and began the initial trilogy of films. The trilogy was followed by other parts with two final films planned to be released in 2020 and 2021.
Maximum 31,4 mln lari ($10,979,020/€9,788,345) will be spent on the filming in Georgia. Georgian movie studio Enkeny Films will shoot the movie.
Take a look at one of the film trailers:
The decision to select Georgia to be one of the shooting locations was made during a visit of Hollywood filmmakers in Tbilisi earlier in Spring.
Georgianjournal reports about 200 guests will visit Georgia during the filming and various streets of Tbilisi will be used as film sets.
Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, and Michelle Rodriguez will participate in Fast and Furious 9 directed by Justin Lin.
Pre-production on the ninth movie was launched in February 2019 in London.
Vin Diesel marked the filming start with a video on the set on June 24.
The Scottish city of Edinburgh and Indian province of Krabi are also in the list of the locations to host filming of the blockbuster.
The Georgian National Film Center (GNFC) released the first trailer of Shindisi, a film about 17 soldiers who died during the August 2008 Georgia-Russia war.
Short film The Animal (in Georgian ‘Tskhoveli’) produced by Georgian film director Amiran Dolidze has been selected for the Locarno Film Festival. The news was announced during a press conference in Bern, Switzerland today where the Locarno festival programme was presented.
Georgian director Dito Tsintsadze’s latest work Inhale-Exhale has won the Shanghai International Film Festival. Debuting in the competition at the major regional festival, the film is Tsintsadze’s first work in two decades shot solely in Georgia, and follows a story by acclaimed Georgian author Nestan (Nene) Kvikinadze.
Georgia is hosting a number of officials from Hollywood film producing companies HBO and Universal Pictures. They have come to Georgia to learn more about the country’s unique filming environment.
Locations, dates of Hollywood film announced
The streets of the Georgian capital of Tbilisi will soon be torn up by the shooting of a 10-minute segment for Fast and Furious 9, the filming of which begins August 19.
Some streets in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi will be closed, as the shooting of a 10-minute segment for Hollywood production Fast and Furious 9 is starting. Shooting is being overseen by Georgian production company Enkeny Films within the state programme ‘Film in Georgia’.
Traffic on Rustaveli Avenue will be restricted starting today until September 1, due to the scheduled shooting of a part of the Hollywood movie Fast and Furious 9, announces Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Another episode of Hollywood franchise Fast and Furious 9 will be shot by a Belgian helicopter in addition to eight UK-owned unmanned aerial vehicles in Georgia, announces the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency (GCAA).
Freedom Square in the centre of the Georgian capital of Tbilisi is among the scenes, which are in the spotlight of the first teaser of Hollywood film Fast and Furious 9.