“Fast & Furious 6” action flick to be filmed in Glasgow August 6, 2012 - 18:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Fast & Furious 6 is to be filmed in Glasgow, it has been confirmed. Around 250 people will work on the evening shoots for the latest instalment of the action series in late August and early September. However, none of the main cast - including Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson or Paul Walker - will be present at the time. Glasgow was chosen by the movie's producers after a meeting earlier this year with the city's Film Office. The scenes will shoot in Cadogan Street and Broomielaw, Digital Spy reports citing BBC News. Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson said: "It is great to see the city attracting another movie of this size so soon after our marvellous success in 2011. "We look forward to seeing the Fast 6 shoots here and giving them a great Glasgow welcome." Glasgow Film Office has stated that recent Hollywood productions - including Brad Pitt's World War Z - have increased the city's economy by £20.15m. Other movies shot in the city include Tom Hanks's Cloud Atlas, Scarlett Johansson's Under the Skin and David Tennant's The Decoy Bride. A sixth and seventh movie in the Fast & Furious series were confirmed by Vin Diesel last December. The film was previously rumoured to be shooting some scenes in Southend-on-Sea. Similar to the previous movie, the project will be known as Fast Six.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
