George square in glasgow closed for world war z filming bbc news. Brad pitt talks to crew members as he arrives on set in glasgow to start filming scenes for world war z. One of the most dramatic sequences in the film is the opening, where gerry is stuck in a philadelphia traffic jam with his family. Scotland the movie location guide world war z, glasgow. London brad pitts anticipated arrival in glasgow, scotland, to shoot more footage for postapocalyptic zombie thriller world war z is. Nov 28, 2014 this is the location where the beginning scenes of world war z were filmed. Filming locations for the movie world war z in glasgow. The postapocalyptic horror novel, world war z, by max brooks, has been adapted into a film starring brad pitt and mireille enos and directed by marc forster.
Marc forster director of world war z on set near george square, glasgow. Roads in glasgow city centre will be closed to traffic over the weekend as filming for world war z continues. The production also used malta as a double for israel and turned a helicopter ship into us aircraft carrier the harry s truman. Some scenes of the zombie film starring brad pitt, are being filmed in glasgow due to its. Oct 09, 2011 the postapocalyptic horror novel, world war z, by max brooks, has been adapted into a film starring brad pitt and mireille enos and directed by marc forster. Aug 25, 2011 the postapocalyptic horror novel, world war z, by max brooks, has been adapted into a film starring brad pitt and mireille enos and directed by marc forster. This is the location where the beginning scenes of world war z were filmed. Like many bigbudget hollywood films its costs have been put at between. The 20 zombie thriller, starring brad pitt, was partially shot in glasgow, with the city centre getting a clever makeover to stand in for philadelphia. World war z took the first step towards profitability this weekend as brad pitts. Bradd pitt movie world war z filming crash scene in glasgow s merchant city share this video.
World war z brad pitt during the filming of world war z in george square. World war z 2011 who would have thought that a trip to greggs on your lunch break could lead to rubbing shoulders with the stellar brad pitt. Pedestrians flee as dustcart ploughs into line of stationary traffic on glasgow street. Brad pitt in world war z, which was partially filmed in glasgow with hundreds of extras taking part. The locations for world war z appear to range around the world, but the film was made, apart from second unit shots, in europe fans of the book will be disappointed that the geopolitical observation is largely dumped in favour of bigscale action sequences, and these are danny boylestyle fast zombies rather than oldschool george a romero slow zombies, but its great finally. Filming world war z in and around george square, glasgow august 2011. Expect to see glasgow cathedral looking festive when the christmas film, starrring vanessa hudgens, appears on netflix this december. Brad pitts zombie drama world war z shot extensively across uk filming locations and turned glasgow into philadelphia for an urban shoot of unprecedented scale. The 20 zombie thriller, starring brad pitt, was partially shot in glasgow, with the city centre getting a. The set is mainly on the streets in and around george square in glasgow, with its open space and architecture, substituting for philadelphia. Switched again a sequel to the the princess switch. The brad pitt film world war z was shot here, as were scenes for 2016s florence foster jenkins doubling up as 1940s streets of new york city and trainspotting.
The american city gridlike layout around george square makes it the ideal filming location in glasgow to stand in for an urban, modern american city like philadelphia. Since my sister lives in glasgow ive seen a fair few of these, i remember seeing the set of world war z when filming was going on and seeing one of the explosions filmed for it, pretty weird seeing signs for glasgow landmarks shift into philadelphia ones, although one of the things i remember is that there was a greggs in shot and when the. Top film and tv locations to visit in glasgow people make. An oral history of the zombie war by max brooks is the source material that the film is loosely based on although director, marc foster monsters ball, quantum of solace has taken artistic license on many aspects on the novels plot. World war z took the first step towards profitability this weekend as. A man eats outside a restaurant during the filming of world war z in glasgow, scotland august 18, 2011. The adaptation of world war z, starring brad pitt, will shoot in scotland this august according to the sunday mail, key action scenes will be filmed in glasgow, standing in for the us city of. Check out this short clip to see how the city centre was transformed. Steven spielberg war movie gets green light for filming at. Image caption filming for the movie has been taking place in glasgow city centre. Its a fickle world we live in and the sad reality is, if someone doesnt like the way. World war z filming crash scene in glasgow s merchant city. World war z to be filmed in glasgow with locallysourced. World war z is set in philadelphia but will be filmed in.
Film extras rushed around the set of brad pitts new zombie world war z as they filmed an actionpacked explosion scene in glasgow. A new hollywood blockbuster, in the shape of a first world war epic by steven spielberg and sam mendes, will be filmed in glasgow. Jun 14, 2011 the adaptation of world war z, starring brad pitt, will shoot in scotland this august according to the sunday mail, key action scenes will be filmed in glasgow, standing in for the us city of. The cooperation we had from the glasgow film office and indeed from across the city council made it all possible, and the people of. There is great anticipation in the city ahead of such a huge film coming here. Based on the book world war z by max brooks, the film follows united nations employee gerry lane brad pitt in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic from toppling armies and governments. Jun 23, 20 the zombie apocalypse tentpole faced a lengthy production process, extensive reshoots and an escalating budget.
World war z filming crash scene in glasgows merchant city. World war z filming in city centre glasgow message board. In that film, glasgow acts as a standin for philadelphia, but glasgow has also stood in for san francisco in cloud atlas and for new york city in the house of mirth, suggesting something interesting about the nature of glasgow. Former united nations employee gerry lane brad pitt is called in to help stop the pandemic that has spread around the world. In that film, glasgow acts as a stand in for philadelphia, but glasgow has also stood in for san francisco in cloud atlas and for new york city in the house of mirth, suggesting something interesting about the nature of glasgow. The zombie apocalypse tentpole faced a lengthy production process, extensive reshoots and an escalating budget.
Halle berry filmed cloud atlas 2012 in the city, which was substituting san francisco. Another film that is yettobereleased that filmed at glasgow cathedral early 2020 is the princess switch. For the movie fanatics among us, here are nine movies filmed within 90 minutes of glasgow. Filming of a world war z scene on the streets of glasgow. All that is about to change this year with parts of the city centre undergoing a transformation into a postapocalyptic zombie land for the filming of world war z, featuring director of.
World war z 20 glasgow in scotland was a stand in for the american city of philadelphia in world war z, a zombie end of the world type movie starring brad pitt. Brad pitt will spend most of his summer filming world war z, about zombies invading philadelphia, only he wont be filming in philly, but in glasgow, scotland. Filming starts in glasgow for brad pitt zombie movie bbc. Brad pitt fever heats up on glasgow set of world war z photos. Arts and culture brad pitts world war z gets early glasgow showing the first showing of brad pitts zombie movie world war z is to be at a glasgow cinema two days before its released. The cast and crew of a blockbuster film starring brad pitt will be on location in scotlands biggest city for the next. In 2011, his zombie blockbuster was filmed in and around george square, with many streets being transformed into philadelphia streets. Glasgow beats the world to brad pitt zombie film glasgow times. Eight major films and tv series filmed in glasgow glasgow live. Film locations for world war z 20, in malta, hungary and the united.
George square in glasgow closed for world war z filming bbc. World war z glasgow film set, george square youtube. Filming locations 25 filming dates 2 production dates 1. Jun 21, 20 a muchhyped new film, world war z, opens today. The streets of glasgow will no doubt be a little quieter with the onset of the edinburgh festival this august.
The filming location of world war z in glasgow united kingdom at george square credits. George square, glasgow, strathyclyde, scotland, uk. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The grosvenor, in ashton lane, will stage the showing on june 19 as part of the west end festival. Michael straczynski, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by max brooks. As jeremy kleiner, producer of world war z, said a while back. World war z is the fastpaced, pulsepounding epic of the potential last days of the human race. Why brad pitt brought world war z to glasgow heraldscotland. Gk films, paramount, hemisphere media capital, 2dux. Loads of usspec lhd cars of various sorts and us emergency vehicles my guess from what little i could see from the wrong side of all the barriers was at least 40 civilian and police cars, trucks, fire. Filming of a world war z scene on the streets of glasgow duration. Cochrane street, glasgow, strathclyde, scotland, uk. After being stuck in development for years, world war z found a new life this past spring when additional financing saved the project from.
Youre walking down the street in philly, maybe on south street or near rittenhouse square, only to look up and see brad pitt. Filming for hollywood blockbuster world war z sees the staging of a dramatic crash scene in the centre of scotlands largest city. Streets closed off with props to create usstyle traffic lights, street signs etc. World war z is a 20 american apocalyptic action horror thriller film directed by marc forster, with a screenplay by matthew michael carnahan, drew goddard, and damon lindelof, from a screen story by carnahan and j. Glasgow will host an exclusive screening of brad pitts zombie movie world war z two days before its global release. The first thing i saw upon leaving the train station in glasgow last summer. Jul 19, 2011 the streets of glasgow will no doubt be a little quieter with the onset of the edinburgh festival this august. World war z is an american apocalyptic actionadventure horror movie directed by marc forster, written by matthew michael carnahan, drew goddard, and damon lindelof, and based on the novel of the same title by max brooks. Aug 26, 2011 a scene shot from john street for the movie world war z on george street in glasgow on the friday 26th august 2011. How to become a tv and film extra in scotland the scotsman. We are ready to welcome the world war z production to glasgow. Dramatic world war z crash scene shot in glasgow bbc news.
There is great anticipation in the city ahead of such a. Aug 15, 2011 gordon matheson, leader of glasgow city council, said. Faster zombies, faster change to zombie condition, and zombies who can climb walls. Glasgow film office facilitated the filming of world war z in august 2011. The cooperation we had from the glasgow film office and indeed from across the city council. A scene shot from john street for the movie world war z on george street in glasgow on the friday 26th august 2011. Oct 03, 2018 major action movie to be filmed on streets of glasgow. Gordon matheson, leader of glasgow city council, said. Major action movie to be filmed on streets of glasgow bt. The first time we heard from world war z, he says outside glasgow city chambers, which was a backdrop to the highprofile shoot, was that they were looking for offshore supply vessels, the kind. Glasgow to become gotham city as new batman movie to be.
Filming starts in glasgow for brad pitt zombie movie bbc news. Brad pitts world war z gets early glasgow showing the scotsman. Major action movie to be filmed on streets of glasgow. Aug 27, 2011 image caption filming for the movie has been taking place in glasgow city centre. How brad pitts world war z came back from the dead. Glasgow got picked because it looks like philadelphia. Bradd pitt movie world war z filming crash scene in glasgows merchant city share this video. Brad pitt brings zombie plague to uk filming locations with. George square in glasgow closed for world war z filming.
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