Rick W Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I was just perusing the wilderness that is ebay and looking at the BoB merchandise, (funny how its always the same stuff!), and there was a comment that they were starting to film Band of Brothers 2. Anyone any info on this, and how is that going to work then?? 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 It's set in the Pacific A different story but the same production company Saipan, Tarawa, Iwo Jima etc 'Marines' is the new 'Airborne' get them camo hbts quick ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 So it won't be filmed in Hertfordshire, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Its me Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 No it is going to be filmed in Australia but if you look at http://www.imdb.com under steven speilberg you will be able to see more info on it hope that helps all the best. Kyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I know that a film company in Australia, is at this moment, searching for authentic landing craft and amphibious vehicles, so this is no doubt for the film in question. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 So it won't be filmed in Hertfordshire, then. Don't forget that Stanley Kubrick (who wouldn't get on a plane) filmed the Vietnam finale of hmmm, ummm, erm Full Metal Jacket (?) at Galeon's Reach near what is now London City Airport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest matt Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 And am I correct in saying that the "Paris Island" part of FMJ were in fact filmed at Bassingbourne? Matt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinR Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 And am I correct in saying that the "Paris Island" part of FMJ were in fact filmed at Bassingbourne? Matt. Thats right, although the assault course was gone by the late eighties you can still make out alot of the main buildings and the ICFT route at the back of the camp when Private pile was being dragged along on his platoon run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 If I remember correctly, my brother in law saw lorry loads of palm trees driving through Dagenham when the film was being made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 The palm tress ended up on an old factory site in Beckton, I was doing a job at the R Whites factory then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 When we were at Firepower in January, Mike and i were talking to a guy who had worked on that film (props department), and spent a lot of time towing dead tanks and MUTTs around with the WLF wrecker. Apparently the palm trees were sourced from spain, and were planted in skips so that if needed elsewhere, they could be easily transferred around the set. Being a film set, the holes left by the palm trees were not filled in, and many peolple fell into them. Apparently digging the holes was not fun, and the soil contained many nasties which required a couple of showers to remove.... :help: He also told us of a trip to Belgium in a ford escort, to get a new final drive for one of the Walker Bulldog tanks. The Belgian Army storeman spoke no English, and they spoke no Flemish, so much gesturing and drawing on scraps of paper was the order of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 the soil contained many nasties which required a couple of showers to remove.... :help: It was filmed on the site of the old gasworks, extracting town gas (superceded by North Sea Gas in the 60s) from coal. It was still securely fenced off in the mid-90s with signage warning about the heavy metal content in the soil, visible as you walk from Galeon's Reach DLR station to the Karting track at the end of the runway at London City Airport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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