twofour54 has confirmed that the seventh installment of Hollywood thriller Fast & Furious will be filmed in the UAE. The film will also benefit from the 30% rebate scheme on the filming budget offered by Abu Dhabi media hub, it was reported in The National. The financial initiative was launched in September last year […]
twofour54 has confirmed that the seventh installment of Hollywood thriller Fast & Furious will be filmed in the UAE. The film will also benefit from the 30% rebate scheme on the filming budget offered by Abu Dhabi media hub, it was reported in The National.
The financial initiative was launched in September last year as an incentive by the Abu Dhabi government to attract international film and television productions to the emirate, by reimbursing production crews for 30 per cent of the filming budget, tempting more movies to UAE shores.
Noura Al Kaabi, Chief Executive of twofour54, When the producers announced the film, they started with Egypt. But, unfortunately with what is happening in Egypt, they shifted and now they are looking at the UAE, specifically Abu Dhabi, she says. That will be our next Hollywood film to benefit from the rebate. It is not clear how much of the film will be shot in the UAE, as preproduction crews are also coordinating with Dubai, says Al Kaabi. They went to see a few places there also.
Fast & Furious 7 will see Vin Diesel reprise his role as Dominic Torretto and will be directed by the Malaysian-born Australian director James Wan, who helped create the Saw franchise. The actors Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham have also signed up to appear in the latest installment.
Since the rebate scheme launched, three productions have taken advantage of the financial incentive, one of which was the Hollywood movie Beware the Night, which was shot in Abu Dhabi last week.
