Shooting to begin on Spielberg's 'Pacific'
Posted Sun Aug 12, 2007 6:28am AEST
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks are producing a follow-up to Band of Brothers. (File photo) (Getty Images: Evan Agostini)
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Hollywood heavyweights Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks will begin filming their latest epic in far north Queensland today.
Spielberg and Hanks have teamed up to produce a 10-part television mini-series, The Pacific, a story about three United States marines during World War II.
The Pacific is the sequel to the blockbuster television series Band of Brothers.
Australian Film and Television Commission spokesman Robin James says several episodes of the production will be filmed at Port Douglas and Mossman, and the rest will be shot at locations in Victoria.
"It will be a big boost to the local economy, in fact I am told that most of the accommodation in Port Douglas is pretty well packed out between now and the end of the year," he said.
"I think it is going to have a big economic impact, but it is also a big morale booster for the region, I think it helps compliment tourist activity."
Mr James says the production will inject about $60 million into the local economy and create more than a thousand jobs.
"What it means is a very significant number of Queenslanders are employed on the project," he said.
"It has also engaged a lot of Queensland service companies who provide services to the production company, and I guess it will employ a lot of extras people from the Mossman-Port Douglas area who will work on that production." 作者: leica 时间: 2007-8-21 01:20
第2段我也看晕乎了。。。。。。