As I’m sure most of you will know by now, I live in Wales, and have been keeping you guys updated about the rumour MarvelDCFreshman posted a few months ago stating that Marvel will be filming scenes in the WWII era military base and Royal Navy propellant factory for Captain America: The First Avenger. When I visited the area and spoke to a few of the locals, they did confirm that they’d seen camera crews in the area but as it’s a popular filming location for BBC Wales productions like Doctor Who and Torchwood, I couldn’t find any definitive proof that they’d be filming there. (meaning I could hopefully grab some sneaky pictures as it’s only a 20 minute drive down the road)
Well, after sending piles of emails out to a number of people, I finally received a reply. Penny Skuse, who is a film officer with the South East division of the Wales Screen Commission (part of the Welsh Assembly Government) got in touch to clear a few things up and promised me that she’d give CBM an exclusive update sometime in the next few days. Here are some excerpts from her email to me:
"I’m still awaiting confirmation that Captain America is indeed filming in Caerwent."
"We submitted a number of location suggestions across Wales (including the MoD Training site at Caerwent) for this feature film a few months back and despite contacting the location manager and our contact at the site itself, have not heard anything back."
"I will try and get in touch with the unit publicist on the film over the next few days and let you know what their response is."
I’d like to thank Penny for taking the time to get back to me (you wouldn’t believe the amount of people who just ignored my emails) and will of course let you guys know as soon as we get some solid confirmation from her about whether or not this is one of the upcoming Marvel Studios’ movies filming locations. If it is…well, here’s hoping I’ll be able to find out when and get some pictures as I’ve said above!
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