Here are some excerpts from The Savannah Morning News:
The Jekyll Island Authority this week approved an agreement with Twentieth Century Fox for filming of "X-Men: First Class." Producers also have notified Tybee Island officials they were releasing the city from a permit that had been granted in September to shoot along the North Beach.
Filming is expected to begin on Jekyll later this month and is scheduled to run to the end of the year. Producers will pay the authority $16,000 for use of a 4.5-acre beach area east of Beachview Drive and the fishing pier at Clam Creek. That fee is established as long as producers at the end of filming agree to provide 375 cubic yards of beach-quality sand at the beach location, according to the signed agreement. The sand is worth a film credit of up to $15,000, the agreement states.
Chris Petrikin, of Fox corporate communications, said Jekyll ultimately was chosen for of its "visual aesthetic," abundance of crew and equipment resources, travel access and housing availability.
The crew were also initially interested in filming in Thunderbolt marine but it apparently fell through..
Producers also were interested in whether Thunderbolt Marine could assist with some of the boats needed for filming. Heil passed along names for owners of two vintage yachts, and there also was discussion about whether his employees could build half of a yacht that would be hauled out on a barge for some scenes.
So, we will see beaches, boats and water. Namor cameo!;) Seriously though, this is an interesting departure from the old English settings in Oxford. Of course it could be for a few insignificant shots or for an important set piece. No way to know.
In other First Class news, I thought I'd share this interesting tweet from Director/Producer Jerry Bruckheimer who is currently at Pinewood Studios where the latest Pirates Of The Caribbean movie is being shot..
X-Men Origins also shooting here at Pinewood Studios. Occasionally see weird creature appendages being carried around
So, a practically made up "weird creature". SPECULATE!
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