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For yonks now theres been an old abandoned cement works alongside the motorway near the entrance (well, when the farmland starts turning more into houses) to the the city i live in (Dunedin, New Zealand - apparently the FOURTH biggest city in the world in land size... - see pic).
Last few weeks theres been a little activity there, part of it had been knocked down (was due for destruction anyway and had been partially done for years but then they stopped).
Then one night last week or the week before i drove past it... and it was totally lit up with huge lights on cranes etc. I, naturally, was wondering what was going on. I initially thought it was because they were doing logging work (pine plantation right beside it).
Theeeeen i read the local paper a day or two later and saw that it was a location shoot for the new Xmen movie... and that Hugh Jackman etc are in town filming and using the local gyms etc.
May not seem like a biggy to most, but apart from a couple of NZ movies (Scarfies, Out Of The Blue) i've never seen this (awesome) city in the movies before.
Went past tonight, a week later, and the lights were on again - massively bright (almost like shooting in the daytime i'd assume). Wanted to take a pic of it but theres no real vantage points to get a good view (without getting houses in the way). May try again tomorrow night.
Satellite pic of the shoot location (circled). http://www.cityofdunedin.com/WebMap/viewer.htm?city
Information i spotted when at the Otago Museum one day:
Not sure if this is the right forum to post this or not - i don't come here often enough to know.
Last few weeks theres been a little activity there, part of it had been knocked down (was due for destruction anyway and had been partially done for years but then they stopped).
Then one night last week or the week before i drove past it... and it was totally lit up with huge lights on cranes etc. I, naturally, was wondering what was going on. I initially thought it was because they were doing logging work (pine plantation right beside it).
Theeeeen i read the local paper a day or two later and saw that it was a location shoot for the new Xmen movie... and that Hugh Jackman etc are in town filming and using the local gyms etc.
May not seem like a biggy to most, but apart from a couple of NZ movies (Scarfies, Out Of The Blue) i've never seen this (awesome) city in the movies before.
Went past tonight, a week later, and the lights were on again - massively bright (almost like shooting in the daytime i'd assume). Wanted to take a pic of it but theres no real vantage points to get a good view (without getting houses in the way). May try again tomorrow night.
Satellite pic of the shoot location (circled). http://www.cityofdunedin.com/WebMap/viewer.htm?city
Information i spotted when at the Otago Museum one day:
Not sure if this is the right forum to post this or not - i don't come here often enough to know.
