Another two Hollywood productions shot in the Canary Islands
Thursday, July 10, 2014 @ 8:57 AM
THE Canary Islands have once again become a backdrop for forthcoming Hollywood productions with two major films being shot in the region this summer.
Ma Ma, by director Julio Medem and starring Penélope Cruz and Luis Tosar, is being filmed in Tenerife and Wild oats, with Shirley McLaine, Jessica Lange and Demi Moore is being shot in Gran Canaria.
Cinema has become one of the Canary Island's greatest cash cows in the last few years – in 2013 alone, the region earned over 15 million euros as a venue for producers.
Last year's Exodus, starring Christian Bale as Moses (pictured) and directed by Ridley Scott, and In the heart of the sea by Ron Howard, featuring Chris Hemsworth provided a welcome cash injection of 12 million euros for the islands of Fuerteventura, La Gomera and Lanzarote.
Álvaro Fernández Armero's Las ovejas no pierden el tren ('Sheep don't miss the train') with Inma Cuesta, Candela Peña and Irene Escolar, and the mini-series due for release next year by Fernando González Molina, Palmeras en la nieve ('Palm trees in the snow') based upon a Luz Gabás novel and starring Mario Casas, Adriana Ugarte and Macarena García were filmed on the islands, bringing in 3.2 million euros.
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