Major films and TV series from Amazon, Netflix, NBCUniversal and Sky set to shoot in the country Author: Akvile Peckyte
Published: 29 Apr 2021
Several studio and streaming projects starring the likes of Chris Evans, Ryan Gosling and Adam Sandler, are set to film in the Czech Republic in 2021, which are expected to make it a record year for filming, according to new data from the Czech Film Commission.
Despite Covid, the growing demand from international studios to film in the Czech Republic shows that 2021 is set to bring similar levels of growth to 2019, which was a monumental year for the Czech film industry, with $420m in foreign investments flowing into the country.
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That year saw €347M / $420M in foreign investment flowing into the country.
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The claim comes despite ongoing Covid-19 concerns in the Czech Republic, which was among the hardest hit Central and Eastern European countries earlier this year. However, infection number have been steadily decreasing in recent weeks.
Among the projects that are shooting or in prep in the Czech Republic are the serial adaptation of E. M. Remarque’s novel
All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix) starring Daniel Brühl and directed by Edward Berger;
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Dangerous Liaisons TV series to film outside Prague from April
Czech Republic is hosting several big international films and TV series, including a Wonder prequel, produced by Julia Roberts, as the country battles to contain Covid-19 Author: Chris Evans
Published: 3 Feb 2021
Starz’ long-planned Dangerous Liaisons TV series is set to film outside Prague, from 6 April for 25 weeks.
Written and “reimagined” by
Call the Midwife writer Harriet Warner, the eight-part series will be inspired by the 18th century French novel
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, about ex-lovers Merteuil and Valmont in the court of Louis XVI – also the basis for Christopher Hampton’s 1985 stage play and Stephen Frears’ 1988
The EUFCN discusses its response to Covid
18/12/2020 - The European Film Commissions Network met with Italy, Greece and the Czech Republic to examine the management and organisation of audiovisual productions during this past year marked by the pandemic
What role have the European film commissions played in the management and organisation of productions during this past year characterised by Covid? The Veneto Film Commission, the Czech Film Commission and the Hellenic Film Commission, who discussed this matter with the EUFCN Network Manager
Angelica Cantisani on the occasion of FOCUS - the Meeting Place for International Productions, all agreed on the fact that Covid protocols have driven up production budgets by 10 to 20%.