Vietnam News
Tourism to Vietnam is as strong as ever and the new movie, Kong: Skull Island begins filming in Vietnam today. The film will be shot in Quang Ninh, Quang Binh and Ninh Binh provinces over a five week period.
The crew of Kong: Skull Island pose for photo calls during their press conference in Ha Noi yesterday. The film will be shot in Quang Ninh, Quang Binh and Ninh Binh provinces over a five week period. (Photo: VNS Photo Minh Thu)
With co-operation from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the epic action adventure will be the largest motion picture ever filmed in Vietnam. Coming to cinemas worldwide in 2017, Kong: Skull Island tells the story of the origin of the iconic king of the apes in a compelling adventure.
In the film, a diverse team of explorers is brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific – as beautiful as it is treacherous – unaware that they are closing in on the domain of the mythic King Kong.
To fully immerse audiences in the mysterious Skull Island, director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, his cast and film crew, are filming across three continents over six months, capturing primordial landscapes in Hawaii, where filming began last October, on Australia’s Gold Coast, and in Vietnam, where filming will take place at multiple locations, some of which have never been seen on film before.
Kong: Skull Island stars Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World), Samuel Jackson (The Hateful Eight, Avengers: Age of Ultron), John Goodman (Transformers: Age of Extinction) and Brie Larson (Room). The film is being produced by Warner Bros Pictures and Legendary Pictures.
US Ambassador Ted Osius said the film will highlight Vietnam as a superb tourism destination and deepen ties between the two countries’ entertainment industries.
“The American film industry is a global leader in artistic expression and can serve as a bridge between the arts and governments to work on issues we both care about: intellectual property rights, piracy and online content distribution,” he said.
“We appreciate Vietnam’s support for this film project. This support also makes good sense for Vietnam. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Vietnam could benefit, as Thailand has, from a vibrant foreign film industry? According to the Thailand Film Office, 2015 saw VND1,989,862 million in revenue from productions of 63 feature films,” added Osius.
The film crew will have a budget of1 billion Vietnamese dong to build a concrete road in Yen Tho Village, Tan Hoa Commune, as the region is mountainous and hard to access.
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