'lambo,' 'gangster' Thai'd To Shoots

[udon]

'Lambo,' 'Gangster' Thai'd to shoots

Pix expected to inject millions to local service providers

By KONG RITHDEEBANGKOK -- Sylvester Stallone starrer(?) "Lambo IV" and Denzel Washington's "American Gangster" will shoot in Thailand between November and January, the Thai Ministry of Tourism and Sports announced.

Washington will arrive Nov. 8 in Chiang Mai to shoot a scene in "American Gangster," directed by Ridley Scott and co-starring Russell Crowe . Pic is about a heroin smuggler who hides his goods in the coffins of American soldiers returning from Vietnam. Shooting will take place over six days, according to the local production service company.

Principal photography of "Rambo IV: In the Serpent's Eyes" will commence in January in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. Stallone returns to play a Vietnam War veteran who's coaxed out of retirement in Thailand for a rescue mission in Burma. Shooting is expected to last at least two months.

Pre-production has already begun for both projects, an officer at the Thai Film Office said.

"Rambo IV" expects to spend around 200 million baht ($5.5 million) in Thailand. "American Gangster" is likely to inject $1.6 million to local service providers.

Source: Variety.

[Jai Dee]

'Rambo IV' set for Thailand shoot.

The Associated Press reports that Rambo IV: In the Serpent's Eye will start shooting in Thailand early next year.

Wanasiri Morakul, director of the Thailand Film Office said that Sylvester Stallone will spend several weeks in Thailand in the country's lush, mountainous northern provinces.

In the latest sequel, John Rambo is pulled out of retirement in Bangkok to help find missionary aid workers who disappear as they're delivering supplies to ethnic minorities in neighboring Myanmar.

About 70 to 80 percent of the movie will be shot in Thailand - in Bangkok and the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai - earning Thailand more than 200 million baht (US$5 million).

Source: The Film Asylum - 31 October 2006

[Jai Dee]

Thailand tells Rambo: no violence please

Thailand's film chiefs have told the makers of the next Rambo sequel - due to start filming in the South-East Asian nation early next year - to avoid excessive violence for fear of corrupting youth or damaging the environment.

"We have warned them that any violence has to be reasonable because we care about young people," Wanasiri Morakul, a director at the Thailand Film Office, said.

In the planned movie, Rambo IV: In the Serpent's Eye, the renegade Vietnam veteran played by Sylvester Stallone comes out of retirement in Bangkok to track down missionary aid workers who disappear in the jungles of military-ruled Burma.

Much of the movie will be filmed in national parks.

Wanasiri says officials will be keeping a close eye on the movie-makers to ensure they do not damage their surroundings.

"We have told them that no real guns or bombs are allowed in the national park where they will be filming. Thailand has a law banning that and they've told us they will just imitate it," she told Reuters.

Wanasiri says portrayal of the muscle-bound warrior as a retiree repairing military motorboats in Bangkok might even help a government drive to promote the country as a top spot for wealthy Westerners to live out their final years.

"I think it will help boost the country's image as a relaxing and nice place to stay," she said.

Source: Reuters - 1 November 2006

[udon]

You beat me to it.

Rambo, no violence ...... :D

[bkkmadness]

Thailand tells Rambo: no violence please

Source: Reuters - 1 November 2006

You gotta love the Thais man! Classic!

[redrus]

Does IV not mean 4,? I never did Roman numerics in school I wasn't there too often. If it does, Rambo 4 was made years ago, we'd be on Rambo, I suppose VI (6) now....

redrus

[Pond Life]

No IV stands for intravenous, He's going to to have a glucose/saline drip system rigged up to his wheelchair, along with a rocket launcher & electric Gatling gun (not real of course).

[PREM-R]

Wanasiri says portrayal of the muscle-bound warrior as a retiree repairing military motorboats in Bangkok might even help a government drive to promote the country as a top spot for wealthy Westerners to live out their final years.

Can Khun Rambo do that, would he get a work permit? Surely Rambo is not working Illegally?