Big Movies Shot in Morocco - Page 3

Gag Halfrunt · November 3rd, 2007, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by wonderXman

It was filmed in Florida!

Casablanca wasn't filmed in Florida either. It was made at the Warner Bros. studios in Los Angeles.

wonderXman · November 5th, 2007, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by wonderXman

CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
Shot in Essaouira - +NEW+ ==> 25th Dec 2007
[Out on Oscar Nomations Movie Time]
Another movie shot in Morocco will be nominated for Oscar

Actors include:

Academy Award Winner: TOM HANKS

Academy Award Winner: JULIA ROBERTS

Academy Award Winner: PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN

[Trailer Not available yet...]
until then enjoy Julia:

[TRAILER] Movie Playing This December

wonderXman · November 22nd, 2007, 02:03 AM

RENDITION
Now in Theatres [Buzzed to be nominated for many Oscars including "Best Picture" category]
Shot in Marrakesh, Essaouira, Washington DC & Cape Town

Trailer:

wonderXman · November 22nd, 2007, 02:19 AM

>>>> An Extensive List of Movies Shot in Morocco (including TV series)<<<<

wonderXman · November 22nd, 2007, 04:36 AM

DUBAI TRIES TO COMPETE WITH MOROCCO

Morocco has long established itself as the go-to place for Hollywood and other international productions looking for a secure, affordable location to shoot in the Arab world and Middle East.
While Hollywood, particularly, has shown new-found interest in the region with a series of pics dealing with the wars on terror, Iraq and Afghanistan, 2007 has proven a mixed year for Moroccan studios eager for high-profile projects to lens there.

Jordan, for example, has lured the lion's share of Iraq-set projects with Brian DePalma's "Redacted," Nick Broomfield's "Battle for Haditha" and Kathyrn Bigelow's "Hurt Locker" all shooting there rather than in Morocco.

The Persian Gulf emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi have also stepped up their efforts to attract foreign projects to the Middle East with a series of generous financial incentives.

Ironically, however, it was Dubai's decision to pass on Ridley Scott's politically controversial "Body of Lies," about a CIA agent who's sent to Amman to work with Jordan's intelligence chief to thwart a rumored attack against America, that has seen Moroccan film execs land their highest-profile project of the year.

Pic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, has completed its shoot in capital city Rabat, and is now well into a nine-week shoot in Ouarzazate's CLA Studios, a joint venture between Morocco's Sanam Holding, Dino De Laurentiis and Italy's Cinecitta. "It has been an average year," says Sanam Holding's general manager Ismail Farih. "I have no idea why. You'll have to ask producers."

"Shooting has been down this year," says Zara Ouladbada of Dune Films, which serviced "Charlie Wilson's War" and "Stop-Loss." "It's partly because of the political situation in the region and because of the U.S. dollar. It's always down compared to the euro and this has affected production in Morocco."

It's not been all bad news, however, for filming in the country. TV skein "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," headed by French shingle GMT and also involving Italian pubcaster RAI and Germany's Tele Muenchen shot at the CLA Studios, while the Steve Martin-penned "Traitor," starring Don Cheadle and Guy Pierce, lensed in the country as well.

The BBC brought a clutch of period pieces to Morocco this year, with their bigscreen remake of Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited" and TV skein "The Passion."

Teuton pic "The Baader-Meinhof Complex," about the German terrorist group the Red Army Faction's 1970s terror campaign, is set to lense for 10 days in Morocco starting Nov. 21, while Teuton TV skein "Mogadishu," a fact-based terrorist drama about the 1977 hijacking of a Lufthansa flight, is also coming to the country at the same time. "We were looking for a place that could double as Jordan and Iraq, and Morocco offered us both the facilities, infrastructure and varied locations that we needed," says Christine Rothe, line producer on "Baader-Meinhof" and a seasoned traveler to Morocco. "We looked at other places like Tunisia but it didn't have the right coloring and Israel was way too dangerous."

Biggest of all, arguably, is the imminent arrival of Paul Greengrass' Iraq drama "Imperial Life in the Emerald City," starring Matt Damon. Pic is set to lens in Morocco once it has completed its shoot in Spain, which begins in January. That production is being serviced by Zak Aloui's Zak Prods., which also repped Scott's "Body of Lies" and "The Bourne Ultimatum," the previous Greengrass-Damon collaboration.

"I can't speak for other companies but we've had a good year," says Aloui. "A lot of it has to do with the scripts. Morocco is film friendly and with U.S. policy in the Middle East and Iraq, the region is the hot topic."

A big factor in Morocco's favor is the willingness by authorities to allow filmmakers to tackle hot-potato subject matter at a time when potential rivals such as Dubai are shying away from political fare. "Everything is permitted here, at a very good prices and there are no restrictions at all," says Farih, before adding jokingly, "except for XXX movies."

rocknroll08 · November 24th, 2007, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by wonderXman

DUBAI TRIES TO COMPETE WITH MOROCCO

Morocco has long established itself as the go-to place for Hollywood and other international productions looking for a secure, affordable location to shoot in the Arab world and Middle East.
While Hollywood, particularly, has shown new-found interest in the region with a series of pics dealing with the wars on terror, Iraq and Afghanistan, 2007 has proven a mixed year for Moroccan studios eager for high-profile projects to lens there.

Jordan, for example, has lured the lion's share of Iraq-set projects with Brian DePalma's "Redacted," Nick Broomfield's "Battle for Haditha" and Kathyrn Bigelow's "Hurt Locker" all shooting there rather than in Morocco.

The Persian Gulf emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi have also stepped up their efforts to attract foreign projects to the Middle East with a series of generous financial incentives.

Ironically, however, it was Dubai's decision to pass on Ridley Scott's politically controversial "Body of Lies," about a CIA agent who's sent to Amman to work with Jordan's intelligence chief to thwart a rumored attack against America, that has seen Moroccan film execs land their highest-profile project of the year.

Pic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, has completed its shoot in capital city Rabat, and is now well into a nine-week shoot in Ouarzazate's CLA Studios, a joint venture between Morocco's Sanam Holding, Dino De Laurentiis and Italy's Cinecitta. "It has been an average year," says Sanam Holding's general manager Ismail Farih. "I have no idea why. You'll have to ask producers."

"Shooting has been down this year," says Zara Ouladbada of Dune Films, which serviced "Charlie Wilson's War" and "Stop-Loss." "It's partly because of the political situation in the region and because of the U.S. dollar. It's always down compared to the euro and this has affected production in Morocco."

It's not been all bad news, however, for filming in the country. TV skein "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," headed by French shingle GMT and also involving Italian pubcaster RAI and Germany's Tele Muenchen shot at the CLA Studios, while the Steve Martin-penned "Traitor," starring Don Cheadle and Guy Pierce, lensed in the country as well.

The BBC brought a clutch of period pieces to Morocco this year, with their bigscreen remake of Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited" and TV skein "The Passion."

Teuton pic "The Baader-Meinhof Complex," about the German terrorist group the Red Army Faction's 1970s terror campaign, is set to lense for 10 days in Morocco starting Nov. 21, while Teuton TV skein "Mogadishu," a fact-based terrorist drama about the 1977 hijacking of a Lufthansa flight, is also coming to the country at the same time. "We were looking for a place that could double as Jordan and Iraq, and Morocco offered us both the facilities, infrastructure and varied locations that we needed," says Christine Rothe, line producer on "Baader-Meinhof" and a seasoned traveler to Morocco. "We looked at other places like Tunisia but it didn't have the right coloring and Israel was way too dangerous."

Biggest of all, arguably, is the imminent arrival of Paul Greengrass' Iraq drama "Imperial Life in the Emerald City," starring Matt Damon. Pic is set to lens in Morocco once it has completed its shoot in Spain, which begins in January. That production is being serviced by Zak Aloui's Zak Prods., which also repped Scott's "Body of Lies" and "The Bourne Ultimatum," the previous Greengrass-Damon collaboration.

"I can't speak for other companies but we've had a good year," says Aloui. "A lot of it has to do with the scripts. Morocco is film friendly and with U.S. policy in the Middle East and Iraq, the region is the hot topic."

A big factor in Morocco's favor is the willingness by authorities to allow filmmakers to tackle hot-potato subject matter at a time when potential rivals such as Dubai are shying away from political fare. "Everything is permitted here, at a very good prices and there are no restrictions at all," says Farih, before adding jokingly, "except for XXX movies."

Nice article, could you provide us with the source of the article. Given UAE's immense financial capacities, it is going to be very hard for Morocco to keep monopolizing the film shootings. Nevertheless, as the article points out... the focus of movies on Middle East problems... is providing a lot of opportunities for everyone.
On the other hand, the movie Kingdom I think was filmed in UAE... so at the end of the day the pie is large enough for everyone.

wonderXman · November 24th, 2007, 08:17 PM

Here is the >>Source<<

While yes Dubai has the financial capacities to buy up producers to go shoot there! it also lacks natural diversity of Morocco. As well as studios that have had the expertise of working on high profile big budget movies.

As well as pretty much most Arab countries that are hot topic: Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypte, Algeria, Sudan, Somalia... can easily be captured in Morocco! as well as you can find Moroccans that look as people from those countries and also can blend into accents of those countries easily!

I don't think some guy from Dubai will find it easy to imitate maghrebi accent! while it's easy for a Moroccan to imitate Khalijis or any other arab accent... that's just one factor!

I hope that this competitveness make Moroccans dealing with this industry improve themselves and bring it!

Also one ironic thing is these Hollywood movies use virgin Moroccan actors and they look so professional onscreen, a thing you rarely see by famous Moroccan actors on Moroccan movies.

wonderXman · December 28th, 2007, 05:42 AM

THE VALLEY OF ELAH
Shot partly in Marrakesh - NOW PLAYING...

Trailer:

Rockin Moroccan · January 3rd, 2008, 01:09 AM

HOME OF THE BRAVE
Filmed in Morocco - Release Date: 12.05.2007

Trailer:

Rockin Moroccan · January 3rd, 2008, 01:32 AM

LE LEGIONNAIRE
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Filmed in Morocco - Release date: December 3, 1998

Rockin Moroccan · January 3rd, 2008, 01:51 AM

ARMOUR OF GOD II: OPERATION CONDOR
Starring: Jackie Chan
Filmed in Madrid, Spain and Morocco. - Release date: 1991

wonderXman · January 5th, 2008, 03:08 PM

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>>>>WATCH WHOLE MOVIE HERE<<<<.

glamourhollywood · January 9th, 2008, 11:57 PM

I am new here in this forum and i am really fond of cinema. But i wanna add another shooting in morocco: Body Of Lies directed by Ridley Scott and starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Russel Crowe and Carice Van Houten.This shooting has ended in december in ouarzazate, now the movie is in post-production. Here a photo preview of the film.

Rabat_M6_lover · January 10th, 2008, 12:29 AM

glamourhollywood you are welcome here
are you morrocan ?

glamourhollywood · January 10th, 2008, 01:26 PM

hi thanks for your welcome and to answer to your question i am not moroccan but i live in morocco. I wanted to join this forum because i really like the world of cinema.

Rabat_M6_lover · January 10th, 2008, 01:53 PM

ok dear you are welcome here
sorry lol but where do tou from ?

glamourhollywood · January 10th, 2008, 06:45 PM

I live in Casablanca but if someone knows any news about an upcoming shooting in morocco could you please post it. And thanks again for your welcome. But i have learnt that angelina jolie is going to come in morocco for the need of a new sam mendes' movie. Well i have completely forgotten, i come from belgium.

Rabat_M6_lover · January 11th, 2008, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by glamourhollywood

I live in Casablanca but if someone knows any news about an upcoming shooting in morocco could you please post it. And thanks again for your welcome. But i have learnt that angelina jolie is going to come in morocco for the need of a new sam mendes' movie. Well i have completely forgotten, i come from belgium.

ok in october decaprio was shooting her film her in rabat sal about iraq
i see him he's old man

lol
about angelina we must get the news from hollywod not here

i know that alooooooooooot of american stars love morocco and many of them have houses in tanger and marakech

wonderXman · January 11th, 2008, 04:33 AM

Yes Angelina is set to shoot a Movie in Morocco: This April 2008.
Moreover, the movie like "Babel" is about Morocco. It's about a love story in Agadir.

There are rumors though that the role changed to "Anne Hathaway".

For the article about Angelina's movie: click here

Rabat_M6_lover · January 11th, 2008, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wonderXman

Yes Angelina is set to shoot a Movie in Morocco: This April 2008.
Moreover, the movie like "Babel" is about Morocco. It's about a love story in Agadir.

There are rumors though that the role changed to "Anne Hathaway".

For the article about Angelina's movie: click here

aha so it's in agadir

golli in april the high way marakch agadir should be innaugured no ??

November 22nd, 2007, 02:03 AM	#43
wonderXman X Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Morocco Posts: 184	RENDITION Now in Theatres [Buzzed to be nominated for many Oscars including "Best Picture" category] Shot in Marrakesh, Essaouira, Washington DC & Cape Town Trailer: __________________ >>Little Minds talk about people. Average Minds talk about Events. Great Minds talk about ideas.<< ONCE YOU GO BLACK, YOU NEVER GO BACK! BUT ONCE YOU GO MOROCCAN YOUR [BEEEEEP] GETS BROKEN :D "if you believe everything you read, better not read" - Japanese Proverb Last edited by wonderXman; November 22nd, 2007 at 02:09 AM.

November 22nd, 2007, 02:19 AM	#44
wonderXman X Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Morocco Posts: 184	>>>> An Extensive List of Movies Shot in Morocco (including TV series)<<<< __________________ >>Little Minds talk about people. Average Minds talk about Events. Great Minds talk about ideas.<< ONCE YOU GO BLACK, YOU NEVER GO BACK! BUT ONCE YOU GO MOROCCAN YOUR [BEEEEEP] GETS BROKEN :D "if you believe everything you read, better not read" - Japanese Proverb

November 22nd, 2007, 04:36 AM	#45
wonderXman X Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Morocco Posts: 184	DUBAI TRIES TO COMPETE WITH MOROCCO Morocco has long established itself as the go-to place for Hollywood and other international productions looking for a secure, affordable location to shoot in the Arab world and Middle East. While Hollywood, particularly, has shown new-found interest in the region with a series of pics dealing with the wars on terror, Iraq and Afghanistan, 2007 has proven a mixed year for Moroccan studios eager for high-profile projects to lens there. Jordan, for example, has lured the lion's share of Iraq-set projects with Brian DePalma's "Redacted," Nick Broomfield's "Battle for Haditha" and Kathyrn Bigelow's "Hurt Locker" all shooting there rather than in Morocco. The Persian Gulf emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi have also stepped up their efforts to attract foreign projects to the Middle East with a series of generous financial incentives. Ironically, however, it was Dubai's decision to pass on Ridley Scott's politically controversial "Body of Lies," about a CIA agent who's sent to Amman to work with Jordan's intelligence chief to thwart a rumored attack against America, that has seen Moroccan film execs land their highest-profile project of the year. Pic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, has completed its shoot in capital city Rabat, and is now well into a nine-week shoot in Ouarzazate's CLA Studios, a joint venture between Morocco's Sanam Holding, Dino De Laurentiis and Italy's Cinecitta. "It has been an average year," says Sanam Holding's general manager Ismail Farih. "I have no idea why. You'll have to ask producers." "Shooting has been down this year," says Zara Ouladbada of Dune Films, which serviced "Charlie Wilson's War" and "Stop-Loss." "It's partly because of the political situation in the region and because of the U.S. dollar. It's always down compared to the euro and this has affected production in Morocco." It's not been all bad news, however, for filming in the country. TV skein "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," headed by French shingle GMT and also involving Italian pubcaster RAI and Germany's Tele Muenchen shot at the CLA Studios, while the Steve Martin-penned "Traitor," starring Don Cheadle and Guy Pierce, lensed in the country as well. The BBC brought a clutch of period pieces to Morocco this year, with their bigscreen remake of Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited" and TV skein "The Passion." Teuton pic "The Baader-Meinhof Complex," about the German terrorist group the Red Army Faction's 1970s terror campaign, is set to lense for 10 days in Morocco starting Nov. 21, while Teuton TV skein "Mogadishu," a fact-based terrorist drama about the 1977 hijacking of a Lufthansa flight, is also coming to the country at the same time. "We were looking for a place that could double as Jordan and Iraq, and Morocco offered us both the facilities, infrastructure and varied locations that we needed," says Christine Rothe, line producer on "Baader-Meinhof" and a seasoned traveler to Morocco. "We looked at other places like Tunisia but it didn't have the right coloring and Israel was way too dangerous." Biggest of all, arguably, is the imminent arrival of Paul Greengrass' Iraq drama "Imperial Life in the Emerald City," starring Matt Damon. Pic is set to lens in Morocco once it has completed its shoot in Spain, which begins in January. That production is being serviced by Zak Aloui's Zak Prods., which also repped Scott's "Body of Lies" and "The Bourne Ultimatum," the previous Greengrass-Damon collaboration. "I can't speak for other companies but we've had a good year," says Aloui. "A lot of it has to do with the scripts. Morocco is film friendly and with U.S. policy in the Middle East and Iraq, the region is the hot topic." A big factor in Morocco's favor is the willingness by authorities to allow filmmakers to tackle hot-potato subject matter at a time when potential rivals such as Dubai are shying away from political fare. "Everything is permitted here, at a very good prices and there are no restrictions at all," says Farih, before adding jokingly, "except for XXX movies." __________________ >>Little Minds talk about people. Average Minds talk about Events. Great Minds talk about ideas.<< ONCE YOU GO BLACK, YOU NEVER GO BACK! BUT ONCE YOU GO MOROCCAN YOUR [BEEEEEP] GETS BROKEN :D "if you believe everything you read, better not read" - Japanese Proverb

November 24th, 2007, 08:17 PM	#47
wonderXman X Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Morocco Posts: 184	Here is the >>Source<< While yes Dubai has the financial capacities to buy up producers to go shoot there! it also lacks natural diversity of Morocco. As well as studios that have had the expertise of working on high profile big budget movies. As well as pretty much most Arab countries that are hot topic: Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypte, Algeria, Sudan, Somalia... can easily be captured in Morocco! as well as you can find Moroccans that look as people from those countries and also can blend into accents of those countries easily! I don't think some guy from Dubai will find it easy to imitate maghrebi accent! while it's easy for a Moroccan to imitate Khalijis or any other arab accent... that's just one factor! I hope that this competitveness make Moroccans dealing with this industry improve themselves and bring it! Also one ironic thing is these Hollywood movies use virgin Moroccan actors and they look so professional onscreen, a thing you rarely see by famous Moroccan actors on Moroccan movies. __________________ >>Little Minds talk about people. Average Minds talk about Events. Great Minds talk about ideas.<< ONCE YOU GO BLACK, YOU NEVER GO BACK! BUT ONCE YOU GO MOROCCAN YOUR [BEEEEEP] GETS BROKEN :D "if you believe everything you read, better not read" - Japanese Proverb Last edited by wonderXman; November 24th, 2007 at 08:22 PM.

December 28th, 2007, 05:42 AM	#48
wonderXman X Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Morocco Posts: 184	THE VALLEY OF ELAH Shot partly in Marrakesh - NOW PLAYING... Trailer: __________________ >>Little Minds talk about people. Average Minds talk about Events. Great Minds talk about ideas.<< ONCE YOU GO BLACK, YOU NEVER GO BACK! BUT ONCE YOU GO MOROCCAN YOUR [BEEEEEP] GETS BROKEN :D "if you believe everything you read, better not read" - Japanese Proverb

January 3rd, 2008, 01:09 AM	#49
Rockin Moroccan .: Rockin Moroccan :. Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 9	HOME OF THE BRAVE Filmed in Morocco - Release Date: 12.05.2007 Trailer: __________________ Once Moroccan, always Moroccan

January 3rd, 2008, 01:32 AM	#50
Rockin Moroccan .: Rockin Moroccan :. Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 9	LE LEGIONNAIRE Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Filmed in Morocco - Release date: December 3, 1998 __________________ Once Moroccan, always Moroccan

January 3rd, 2008, 01:51 AM	#51
Rockin Moroccan .: Rockin Moroccan :. Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 9	ARMOUR OF GOD II: OPERATION CONDOR Starring: Jackie Chan Filmed in Madrid, Spain and Morocco. - Release date: 1991 __________________ Once Moroccan, always Moroccan

January 9th, 2008, 11:57 PM	#53
glamourhollywood Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 5	We have forgotten I am new here in this forum and i am really fond of cinema. But i wanna add another shooting in morocco: Body Of Lies directed by Ridley Scott and starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Russel Crowe and Carice Van Houten.This shooting has ended in december in ouarzazate, now the movie is in post-production. Here a photo preview of the film. Last edited by Redalinho; January 10th, 2008 at 12:08 AM.

January 10th, 2008, 12:29 AM	#54
Rabat_M6_lover BANNED Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 5	glamourhollywood you are welcome here are you morrocan ?

January 10th, 2008, 01:26 PM	#55
glamourhollywood Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 5	hi thanks for your welcome and to answer to your question i am not moroccan but i live in morocco. I wanted to join this forum because i really like the world of cinema.

January 10th, 2008, 01:53 PM	#56
Rabat_M6_lover BANNED Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 5	ok dear you are welcome here sorry lol but where do tou from ?

January 10th, 2008, 06:45 PM	#57
glamourhollywood Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 5	I live in Casablanca but if someone knows any news about an upcoming shooting in morocco could you please post it. And thanks again for your welcome. But i have learnt that angelina jolie is going to come in morocco for the need of a new sam mendes' movie. Well i have completely forgotten, i come from belgium.

January 11th, 2008, 04:33 AM	#59
wonderXman X Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Morocco Posts: 184	Yes Angelina is set to shoot a Movie in Morocco: This April 2008. Moreover, the movie like "Babel" is about Morocco. It's about a love story in Agadir. There are rumors though that the role changed to "Anne Hathaway". For the article about Angelina's movie: click here __________________ >>Little Minds talk about people. Average Minds talk about Events. Great Minds talk about ideas.<< ONCE YOU GO BLACK, YOU NEVER GO BACK! BUT ONCE YOU GO MOROCCAN YOUR [BEEEEEP] GETS BROKEN :D "if you believe everything you read, better not read" - Japanese Proverb

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