In cinematic setting The Commerce Square in Ano Ladadika has been converted for the needs of the shooting of the movie “The Bricklayer” that started today in the center of Thessaloniki.
A multi-member film crew, cameramen on balconies, a drone, the protagonist Aaron Eckhart and accomplices who wait patiently and follow the instructions work together for the first shots of the spy thriller directed by Reni Harlin.
The action is set in a summer day and despite the low temperatures the protagonist and the accomplices are dressed in light clothes, Bermuda shorts, short-sleeved blouses. In the waiting hours before filming, there are many who are constantly moving to warm up.
“Take off your jacket! Take seats! ” are the orders given by the production managers and when after many repetitions the download is successful, then everyone receives congratulations.
Benches with used books and old jewelry and rosaries have been moved to the sidewalk and customers – bartenders are sitting at the restaurant tables.
American actor Aaron Eckhart was present at morning shooting and later his co-star, Bulgarian-born Canadian actress Nina Dobrev is expected to star.
Pedestrians are not allowed in the area around Emporiou Square, as long as the shooting continues, which is expected to last until the afternoon. In the coming days, the tents will have the background of Aristotelous Square, Kapani, Ano Poli.
In the film “The Bricklayer” by Millennium Media, Nu Boyana Film Studios Hellenic and Nu Boyana Bulgaria, someone blackmails the CIA by killing foreign journalists and makes it appear that the service is responsible. As the world begins to rally against the United States, the CIA must bring its most brilliant – and revolutionary – agent back from retirement, forcing him to face his turbulent past while unleashing an international conspiracy.
The town hall will be turned into a CIA headquarters
With the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) playing a central role in the film’s case, in the near future the Thessaloniki City Hall will be turned into its headquarters in order to shoot a very important scene for the plot of the Hollywood movie “The Bricklayer”.
The shooting will be done within a weekend and the appropriate places have already been selected by the filmmakers, while the municipal staff was asked to completely evacuate some offices so that they can “be the CIA headquarters”.
The producers do not reveal many things about the shooting and all they know in the municipality of Thessaloniki is that a very important revelation will unfold inside the town hall for the development of the project.
“Thessaloniki comes forward, is the protagonist and appears in the film. The city is used as a live studio with a storm of action scenes and tension between the protagonists “, said on the radio station of APE – MPE” Agency 104.9Fm “, the deputy mayor of Finance of the municipality of Thessaloniki, Michalis Koupkas.
According to Mr. Koupkas, since last year, the licenses for shooting in all areas of the municipality of Thessaloniki requested by the production company were given. Among them, Aristotelous Square stands out, where scenes of the film will be shot for two days, as well as the Thessaloniki Concert Hall.
The contribution of the local authorities is important for the shooting of the film, especially the Regional Governor of Central Macedonia, Apostolos Tzitzikostas and the Deputy Regional Minister of Tourism, Alexandros Thanos, the Mayor of Thessaloniki, Konstantinos Zervas, the Film Offices of the Interior Macedonia and Thrace), Stavros Kalafatis and the President and CEO of EKOME, Panos Kouanis.
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