Shooting a spinoff of the fast and furious franchise. Hollywood movie to be filmed in glasgow later this month. Oct 10, 2018 parts of glasgow city centre are to be closed later this month for filming of a big budget us movie a crew of around 200 will be in the city to film scenes for hobbs and shaw, a fast and furious. The hollywood action movie is using glasgow as its backdrop and large parts of the city centre have been closed off with sports cars and motorbikes brought in to film scenes for the spinoff starring the rock and jason statham. Image caption scenes from fast 6 will be shot in cadogan street and broomielaw glasgow has been chosen for location filming for another hollywood movie. Fast and furious to return to glasgow to film new movie. Justin lin and vin diesel talk about filming fast and furious 6 in glasgow stv news at six glasgowcitycouncil. Glasgow streets close for fast and furious 6 filming bbc. Lins fast and furious 6 will be shooting in glasgow, scotland for the next several weeks. In the summer of 2012, nighttime road closures were put in. Fast and the furious spinoff filming in glasgow mail online.
Residents in scotland s biggest city are set to face weeks of sleepless nights filled with intermittent gunfire while a movie is shot. Glasgow city centre to close as the rock set to film big. Sounds like a typical saturday night in glasgow, then. Hollywood car race franchise the fast and the furious is coming back to glasgow to film stunt scenes for their latest movie. The car showroom into which they crash was a set built on a vacant lot at the corner of mcalpine street. Filming the fast and the furious 6 in glasgow a ramp car. Preparations for the filming will see temporary closures around broomielaw. Glasgow road closures begin for hollywood film bbc news. Streets in glasgow city centre remain closed today as filming begins on a blockbuster film. Regions fast and furious film crew to return to glasgow in april the fast and furious franchise of highspeed action films is set to return to scotland next month, when stunt scenes are expected.
Filming starts for latest fast and furious movie the. Idris elba threw himself into middle of actionpacked scene, in glasgow on friday after his stunt double shot a dangerous chase sat among shards of broken glass. Filming will move to the junction of south frederick street, george square and cochrane street on the friday, while scenes will take place beneath the m8 on the saturday and on montrose street to west campbell street on the sunday. Stunt and car chase scenes began filming on location in glasgow, scotland on august 29, 2012, and were scheduled to conclude on september 16. The hollywood action movie is using glasgow as its backdrop and. Oct 27, 2018 filming of the fast and furious spinoff hobbs and shaw has resumed in glasgow today stunt doubles were spotted on the film set as roads around the city remained closed to allow for filming to. Filming for the new fast and the furious spinoff has kickstarted with roaring cameramounted helicopters performing airborne stunts the small. Fast and furious filming resumes in glasgow as stunt doubles. A number of streets in central glasgow are set to close at night for the next three weeks to. Oct 26, 2018 idris elba spotted in glasgow on fast and furious film set sending fans into frenzy. Hollywood stars could be set for major movie production in. The first film was released in 2001, which began the original trilogy of films focused on racing, and culminated in the film the fast and the furious. Oct 23, 2018 a popular city centre restaurant is to host cast from the fast and furious spinoff movie being filmed in glasgow city centre this week as such, it will close to the public during this time. Fast and furious spinoff starring the rock and idris elba.
Vin diesel, paul walker, dwayne johnson, jordana brewster, michelle rodriguez, tyrese gibson, sung kang, gal gadot, luke evans, elsa pataky, gina carano, clara paget, kim kold, joe taslim. The fast and the furious 6 is filming in glasgow in the wee small hours but therell be nothing wee about the noisy stunts planned. Image caption scenes from fast and furious 6 will be shot in cadogan street and broomielaw a number of streets in central glasgow are set to close at night for the next three weeks to accommodate a. Fast and the furious 6 filming locations in glasgow, scotland through september 16, 2012. The rock and jason stathams stunt doubles get to work as the streets of glasgow are transformed into a movie set. Glasgow streets to be transformed into a film set for fast. Fast and the furious 6 filming locations in glasgow. Filming of fast and furious 6 aka fast 6 in wellington street in glasgow on 29th august 2012. Oct 25, 2018 filming has begun on the fast and furious spinoff hobbs and shaw.
Sep 01, 2012 no action,no crashes,no high speed racing. A crew is expected to arrive in the city next month for a week, when they will shoot parts of the ninth movie in the multibillionpound action series. Road closures across glasgow as filming for fast and furious. Culture film fast and furious spinoff filming locations. Arts and culture fast and furious spinoff starring the rock and idris elba to film in glasgow closing these city centre streets parts of glasgowa city centre are to be closed later this. Travel guide to filming locations for fast and furious 6 20, in the uk. About 200 people are thought to be working on the film, which. Fortunately, it looks as if we were right to be optimistic. Fast and the furious 6 filming locations in glasgow, scotland.
The production has been busy building sets, including this car. A spinoff from the fast and furious movie franchise is set to be filmed in glasgow later this month. The longrunning, hugely popular street motor racing series is now up to its sixth instalment, which will once. Set after the events of fast five, the film involves dominic toretto, brian oconner paul walker and the rest of the crew being recruited by dss agent luke hobbs dwayne johnson to take down a rival gang of thieves led by owen shaw that includes torettos former girlfriend letty michelle rodriguez. Star idris elba was spotted in racing leathers filming a scene, though its not known if any other highprofile actors were on set.
Fast and furious 6 glasgow filming footage emerges team vvv. Fast and furious spinoff starring the rock and idris elba to film in glasgow closing these city centre streets. Now they have another high profile film in town the fast and the furious 6. Weeks of nighttime filming in glasgow for new fast and furious movie. Fast and furious spinoff begins filming in glasgow. The project is part of filming for the newest film in the fast and furious movie series, hobbs and shaw. Work began yesterday in setting up scenes for the fast and the furious spinoff, starring dwayne the. Jason statham, alongside dwayne johnson and idris elba, was spotted in the city.
Apr 4, 20 filming the fast and the furious 6 in glasgow a ramp car, used to flip over cars in films, is brought onto the set in cadogan street, glasgow. A short film of behindthescenes footage for fast and furious 6, shot in glasgow last year. Film locations for fast and furious 5 2011, in brazil, puerto rico, california and georgia. Idris elba spotted in glasgow on fast and furious film set.
Around 250 people will work on the evening shoots for the latest instalment of the action series in late august and early september. The latest fast and furious film is to be filmed in glasgow, according to the bbc. Piling improbability on improbability, the cars race north on whitehall itself possibly the most policed and secure area in the city. Fast and furious 6 glasgow filming footage emerges team vvv last month we reported that filming for fast and furious 6 was scheduled to commence in glasgow, which raised our hopes that a uk location could be the backdrop for a high octane car chase scene, which is all too rare. The rocks stuntman takes to the streets of glasgow as fast and furious spinoff begins filming rebecca lewis wednesday 24 oct 2018 4. Glasgow restaurant to host fast and furious cast this week. Aug 01, 2012 the decision to being the fast and the furious 6 to glasgow was taken by the films production team following a meeting earlier this year with the city councils glasgow film office.
Top film and tv locations to visit in glasgow people make. Road closures across glasgow as filming for fast and. Eight major films and tv series filmed in glasgow glasgow live. Fast and furious fans can finally watch car chase scenes shot in glasgow for the latest movie all 60 seconds worth.
The highoctane chase was filmed around broomielaw, cadogan street and wellington street in glasgow. Fx has purchased the rights to air the movie on its network in 2015. A number of streets in central glasgow are to close at night to accommodate filming of the hollywood movie fast and furious 6. Whitehall, westminster, london piling improbability on improbability, the cars race north on whitehall itself possibly the most policed and secure area in the city. Filming for fast and furious spinoff hobbs and shaw has. Justin lin and vin diesel talk about filming fast and furious. Thanks to a report by the bbc, we now know one of the filming locations for the sixth instalment, tentatively titled as simply the fast and the furious 6, will be the sunny streets ofglasgow. Filming on the latest hollywood movie to be shot in glasgow will start today. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing.
Image caption scenes from fast 6 will be shot in cadogan street and broomielaw glasgow has been chosen for location filming for another hollywood movie, it has been confirmed. Fast 6, part of the fast and furious action franchise, will feature scenes filmed in cadogan street and the broomielaw. Large parts of the city centre have been closed off with sports cars and motorbikes brought in to film scenes for for hobbs and shaw, a fast and furious spinoff starring the rock and jason statham. In recent months world war z starring brad pitt, cloud atlas starring tom hanks, under the skin starring scarlett johansson, and perfect sense with ewan mcgregor, have all filmed in scotlands largest city. Broomielaw is the major thoroughfare running along the north bank of the river clyde, through the citys financial district. Shooting took place in mid2012 at a time when production activity in london was more restricted because of the olympic games. The rock and jason statham to film fast and furious spin. Fast and furious film crew to return to glasgow in april. More than 20 streets in glasgow city centre were affected with road closures on sunday, with pedestrians, drivers and public transport all hit. Fast and furious spinoff revealed as major action movie. Until a few years ago, you rarely saw whitehall onscreen, except in backprojection as bond was driven to mi6 hq, but. On location vacation reports there will be high speed chases duh, gunfire obviously, explosions i.
Oct 03, 2018 glasgow has been used in a number of recent films, including world war z, outlaw king, and the wife. Fast and furious filming in glasgow draws big crowds. Glasgow has previously been used by the fast and the furious franchise to shoot car chase scenes in glasgow. Fast and furious filming in glasgow traffic stops in glasgow as the cast and crew shoot a spinoff of the fast and furious franchise. Glasgow streets close for fast and furious 6 filming bbc news. Aug 25, 2012 image caption scenes from fast and furious 6 will be shot in cadogan street and broomielaw. Fast and furious 6 speeds to glasgow film the guardian. A number of streets in central glasgow are set to close at night for the next three weeks to accommodate a hollywood movie shoot. Thats on the west side of prairie, just south of 120th. Oct 23, 2018 the movie, from the fast and furious franchise, is being filmed in glasgow between 23 and 29 october.
The fast and the furious 6 is filming in glasgow in the wee small hours but therell. Aug 03, 2012 the latest fast and furious film is to be filmed in glasgow, according to the bbc. Filming of fast and furious 6 is due to get under way in the city on 29 august. As reported on glasgow live earlier today, the universal pictures production will consist of. Fast and furious filming resumes in glasgow as stunt. Fast and furious 6 scotland the movie location guide.
Dwayne the rock johnson and jason statham are set to star alongside the wire actor. The fast and the furious 6 to film in glasgow bbc news. F9 is set to be released in 2021, with a tenth planned. Fast and furious spinoff hobbs vs shaw begins filming in.