“Fast & Furious 6” action flick to be filmed in GlasgowAugust 6, 2012 - 18:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Fast & Furious 6 is to be filmed in Glasgow, it has been confirmed. Around 250 people will work on the evening shoots for the latest instalment of the action series in late August and early September. However, none of the main cast - including Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson or Paul Walker - will be present at the time. Glasgow was chosen by the movie's producers after a meeting earlier this year with the city's Film Office. The scenes will shoot in Cadogan Street and Broomielaw, Digital Spy reports citing BBC News. Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson said: "It is great to see the city attracting another movie of this size so soon after our marvellous success in 2011. "We look forward to seeing the Fast 6 shoots here and giving them a great Glasgow welcome." Glasgow Film Office has stated that recent Hollywood productions - including Brad Pitt's World War Z - have increased the city's economy by £20.15m. Other movies shot in the city include Tom Hanks's Cloud Atlas, Scarlett Johansson's Under the Skin and David Tennant's The Decoy Bride. A sixth and seventh movie in the Fast & Furious series were confirmed by Vin Diesel last December. The film was previously rumoured to be shooting some scenes in Southend-on-Sea. Similar to the previous movie, the project will be known as Fast Six. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. |