Yes, as previously discussed here on the blog when we covered the Malta shoot for ‘World War Z’, Glasgow is in the sights of these ridiculously ambitious Living Supremacist filmmakers and the apparently very involved shooting process is coming up now:

The streets of Glasgow can get a little quieter with the onset of the Edinburgh Festival in August. 2011 looks set to be different however, with parts of the city centre undergoing a transformation into a post-apocalyptic zombie land for the filming of World War Z, directed by Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace) and starring Brad Pitt.

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Several scenes from the film have already been shot in another location; Malta. Filming then moved to the less exotic climes of Falmouth in Cornwall earlier this year and will shortly be heading north to the west coast of Scotland, where Glasgow is set to represent the city of Philadelphia in the aftermath of the zombie war. While it may seem odd that Philadelphia itself wasn’t practical, Scotland’s largest city was chosen for its similar architecture and street plan.

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Open auditions were held earlier this month at Glasgow Caledonian University, with casting company The Casting Collective going beyond the stereotypes of the flesh-eating and blood-stained, calling instead for adults and children of any age and background. Of course, this is in no way to suggest a resemblance between the local population of Glasgow and the walking dead, regardless of the infinite comic potential of doing so.

Yes, I too have had to struggle mightily to avoid cracking any jokes about shooting a post-apocalypse movie in Glasgow because this is an enlightened and respectful forum for discussion.

So no jibes about how it cuts costs on special effects since Glasgow hit the apocalypse years ago, no references to the mouldering ruins of Western civilization, no quips about Terminator-style montages where people sit around eating rats in front of fires lit in a TV (and how that just means it’s Tuesday in Glasgow), etc.

My family’s Scottish so I’d get a pass, if I had done so, however. Which I didn’t.

As for the rest, well, ‘World War Z’ is after all the ‘The Birth of a Nation’ for the Living Supremacist set, so high production values and extravagance are not unexpected. We’re more saddened by how willing so many locales are to open themselves up to the production of a high budget hate film. For shame, Malta! For shame, Cornwall! For shame, Glasgow!

For shame on so many, really. For shame.

Tags: Euro-zom, Max Brooks is a Jerk, Movies, Social Justice

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