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Hollywood blockbuster to be filmed in Southend
8:53am Friday 10th February 2012 in Local News
A HOLLYWOOD blockbuster is set to be filmed on Southend seafront.
The team behind The Fast And The Furious 6 has reportedly chosen the location to avoid disruption in London due to the Olympics.
There will be filming in the capital but our town will feature in the supercar film.
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Roy_Baty
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9:27am Fri 10 Feb 12
RoccoWestcliff
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9:30am Fri 10 Feb 12
westcliff willi
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10:19am Fri 10 Feb 12
Roy_Baty
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10:37am Fri 10 Feb 12
Nebs
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11:07am Fri 10 Feb 12
Max Impact
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12:01pm Fri 10 Feb 12
and the saddos moan about it, what if they were asking for extras to star in the film bet you would all sign up.
I for one hope this happens it would be a feather in the cap and get Southend some BIG time free advertising.
Those against clearly do not want to see Southend being popular with film makers so prehaps they should move to margate where nothinng happens.
Lets hope it happens and its not wishfull thinking.
R85
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12:08pm Fri 10 Feb 12
Max Impact wrote:Boom - bang on - Southend is full of moaners!
So a film company say we want to spend some money in your town making a big film... and the saddos moan about it, what if they were asking for extras to star in the film bet you would all sign up. I for one hope this happens it would be a feather in the cap and get Southend some BIG time free advertising. Those against clearly do not want to see Southend being popular with film makers so prehaps they should move to margate where nothinng happens. Lets hope it happens and its not wishfull thinking.
I was gunna say that Fast & Furious 3 and 4 admittedly seemed like they had slid into the 10 a penny, straight to DVD rut, however the 5th seemed to re-ignite the series with an almost all star cast – the first 2 were also definitely blockbusters! The 5th ones got Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, The Rock, rap star Ludacris, RnB star Tyrese, Michelle Rodriguez and other faces I recognise – it’s not as cheap and nasty as a lot on here have made out.
I hate the action films with lots of explosions, gun shots and half naked women that’s got no intelligence to it whatsoever! Although a bit silly at times, I don’t think the latest film was like this (Die Hard 4 was more ridiculous and that cost £115 million or something). This could be a good film!
RoccoWestcliff
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12:23pm Fri 10 Feb 12
R85
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12:23pm Fri 10 Feb 12
The Yellow Peril
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12:48pm Fri 10 Feb 12
jaguarxxv
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3:55pm Fri 10 Feb 12
jayman
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10:40pm Fri 10 Feb 12
BIRLIS
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8:24am Sat 11 Feb 12
I am sure many people in the town will benefit from this. Nice one!
The Cater Wood Creeper
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10:47am Sat 11 Feb 12
He's probably queueing up already to get his chipped up and body kitted Daewoo and his backward facing New York Yankees cap on screen.....
Trainman
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12:48pm Sat 11 Feb 12
its only fair
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6:33pm Sat 11 Feb 12
pussycats
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6:40pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Max Impact
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11:13pm Sat 11 Feb 12
pussycats wrote:Sadly there is a hard-core sect of Southend haters on here, no matter what the good news is they can only ever find a negative comment to post about it.
Does it really matter that we don't know the "film"? They chose Southend. Pretty good, I think. Comments above just degrade yourselves and are not true representatives, of the people in Southend.
Even if somebody came along and said I will give Southend £100billlion to fix the Pier, build the museum in the cliffs restore every house grass verge every road and pay every households bills fir the next ten years they would find a fault with it.
Thing is with F&F6 if it happens and they ask for extras you just know that those moaning about it will be the first in line to be in the film.
southendshrimper
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11:46am Sun 12 Feb 12
APR
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12:29pm Sun 12 Feb 12
wistles
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11:25am Mon 13 Feb 12
APR wrote:All previous films have a massive ROI. The last one was over 400% making half a billion.
How do they know that it will be a Blockbuster ?
I think it's safe to say this one will be a success also.
Pubsnotflatsnotparking
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1:26pm Mon 13 Feb 12
southend_Dave
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1:35pm Mon 13 Feb 12
westcliff willi wrote:Yeah shame all the chavs cant drive around town at 60 mph isnt it....
ha ha what a joke this town does not deserve to appear on a film about cars. average speed cameras yes, overpriced parking yes, over officious parking wardens yes, congestion yes, the hounding out of car crusiers yes and maybe the biggest killer of this film speed bumps.
andy:)
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8:53am Wed 15 Feb 12
UK Fan
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11:05am Wed 15 Feb 12
I only ever watched the first of those movies and I can't say it's for me really but that doesn't matter, each one to their own.
Almost anything that will help Southend financially, be it in the long or short term should be greeted with some kind of appreciation. Unless of course you are of the opinion that all that our town amounts to can be summed up as drug addiction, knife stabbing, pick pocketing, lavishly adorned with a Council that get absolutely everything wrong, regardless what they do.
I've said this in another comment some time ago. My wife and I are from Germany originally and we love Southend and everything around it. Seriously, the country is big enough, if things are THAT bad, go there or even better, take action yourself. Get involved, there are plenty of ways to do that.
Oh, plain forgot, they'd have to assume responsibility, can't have that now, can we.
Get a life, have a little more respect for this town and most importantly: Don't throw your rubbish everywhere. This is a town, not a landfill site.
Jordan!*
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12:29pm Wed 15 Feb 12
R85
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3:55pm Wed 15 Feb 12
pussycats wrote:I can’t believe there are peeps out there who’ve never heard of the films. I would think that anyone who goes to the cinema/who rents DVDs or who watches films at all would have known of them at least. The first one was very eagerly awaited amongst males of my age at the time! I guess they are focused on the male gender more than female but they’re still big movies.
Does it really matter that we don't know the "film"? They chose Southend. Pretty good, I think. Comments above just degrade yourselves and are not true representatives, of the people in Southend.
R85
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3:55pm Wed 15 Feb 12
pussycats wrote:I can’t believe there are peeps out there who’ve never heard of the films. I would think that anyone who goes to the cinema/who rents DVDs or who watches films at all would have known of them at least. The first one was very eagerly awaited amongst males of my age at the time! I guess they are focused on the male gender more than female but they’re still big movies.
Does it really matter that we don't know the "film"? They chose Southend. Pretty good, I think. Comments above just degrade yourselves and are not true representatives, of the people in Southend.
southendshrimper
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4:17pm Wed 15 Feb 12
watnocky
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6:03pm Wed 15 Feb 12
Perfect Logic says...
9:00am Fri 10 Feb 12