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Background work is taking place on the design of a film set at Gozo’s picturesque Mġarr ix-Xini for a major movie to be directed by Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie.
Physical work on the set will start soon, sources told Times of Malta yesterday.
The movie is expected to be filmed during the latter part of August and a number of foreign film-stage designers acting on Ms Jolie’s behalf are already residing in Gozo.
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It's official! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are headed to Malta to film their new movie http://t.co/al0lEGmgvG
— Us Weekly (@usweekly) July 4, 2014
"I'm happy that Hollywood producers have once again chosen Malta for their project, and we will be delighted to host Mr. Pitt, Ms. Jolie, and their family for the second time in just a few years," Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat tells Us Weekly of the superstar couple and their six kids, who grew acquainted with the country when Pitt filmed World War Z there in 2011. "I'm sure that this film will help put our beautiful sister island of Gozo on the world map," he adds.
A source tells Us Weekly that the commission is a "very special" one for Malta. "They'll be filming in Mgarr ix-Xini Bay in Gozo," the insider says. "The whole family will be staying in Malta for eight weeks, arriving at the end of August."
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""It's not a big movie, it's not an action movie," the Maleficent star previously told Extra
It's the kind of movie we love but aren't often cast in," she added. "It's a very experimental, independent-type film where we get to be actors together and be really raw, open, try things."
