Tuesday, June 21, 2011

WWZ set n Malta



Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie with Zahara, 6, and Shiloh, 5

The Jolie-Pitt women came to see the zombies on the set where World War Z is filming, with Daddy – Brad Pitt – as the star.

Angelina Jolie brought her eldest daughters, Zahara, 6, and Shiloh, 5, to a downtown location in Malta's capital city of Valletta on Tuesday afternoon, sources tell PEOPLE.

The 90-minute visit to the location in the narrow historic district occurred during Pitt's lunch break. He was seen holding Zahara's hand while showing her around St. Anne's Street while Angelina kept rein on Shiloh.

The two girls were later spotted walking around the post-apocalyptic set on St. Dominic Street with Dad


Brad Pitt andAngelina Jolie's ultra-romantic date on Monday night at de Mondion restaurant at the Xara Palace hotel in Malta's walled, medieval city of Mdina.

After walking in hand-in-hand just past 7 p.m., Pitt, 47, and Jolie, 36, chose an outdoor table featuring stunning views of Malta. They feasted on a seafood-based tasting menu put together by Executive Chef Kevin Bonello: crab salad, poached rockfish, risotto with seafood and fine cheese. An eyewitness at the posh eatery tells Us the happy couple "ate everything on their plate" -- and washed it down with five glasses of wine each!

"They were very, very romantic...Like a couple in love," the observer says, adding that they seemed "a little tipsy" as they exited around 10 p.m.



Malta makes €30m from Brad Pitt film

Over €30 million are being pumped into the economy over the next three weeks through the filming of the Brad Pitt movie World War Z.

The figure is considered to be substantial, particularly in relation to shooting days, which amount to around 20, Malta Film Commissioner Peter Busuttil said.

Filming of the zombie movie started on Saturday at Zammit Clapp Hospital, which acted as a military compound. Yesterday, the lower part of Valletta, which has been transformed into streets in Israel, was teeming with activity as crew and cast went about their business and cameras rolled in St Charles Street.

Around 200 vehicles, trucks and trailers, are parked along the ring road, and the production is advising the public to avoid the area near the Land Department, Auberge de Baviere and Fort St Elmo over the next few days because of congestion and the impossibility of finding a space to park.

A catering set-up to feed 800 is located along the seafront below and military vehicles, including Hummers, lined the streets yesterday for road-block scenes. Signs in Hebrew were hanging about what easily slipped into the role of a Jerusalem marketplace.

Filming of World War Z in St Dominic Street and its surroundings is carrying on from tomorrow to Thursday, using the underground houses of Valletta residents, as well as their services for various jobs.

Many locals are being paid for having their doorways in shot and are being compensated for any inconvenience, but they seem to be enjoying the scene. The crew amounts to around 800 – much more than other major movies shot in Malta have seen, according to sources.

About 20 make-up artists are engaged in enhancing the zombies in the prosthetics department, while extras days over the three weeks of shooting amount to 5,500.

Filming involves two helicopters and a cable-suspended camera is running from a Floriana church right down to the Valletta waterfront area.