Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby will start shooting next week in Malta on Ridley Scott’s film “Kitbag,” about Napoleon’s rise to power. Polish cinematographer Dariusz Adam Wolski is lensing, according to Film New Europe.
Phoenix, who plays the French emperor, and Kirby, who plays his wife Josephine, arrive in Malta this week, according to Times of Malta, quoting sources in the local film industry. The cast includes Tahar Rahim, Youssef Kerkour, John Hollingworth, Edouard Philipponnat and Alfredo Tavares. David Scarpa penned the script.
The Apple Studios production will use several locations in Malta including Attard, Senglea, Valletta, Mellieħa, Siġġiewi, Mdina, Fort Ricasoli and the Malta Film Studios, according to Times of Malta.
Filming in Malta will wrap in mid-May. Kitbag is also shooting in France and the U.K.
Scott previously used Malta as a location for “White Squall” (1996) and “Gladiator” (2000).
Macedonian Director Agim Abdula in Post With...
Phoenix, who plays the French emperor, and Kirby, who plays his wife Josephine, arrive in Malta this week, according to Times of Malta, quoting sources in the local film industry. The cast includes Tahar Rahim, Youssef Kerkour, John Hollingworth, Edouard Philipponnat and Alfredo Tavares. David Scarpa penned the script.
The Apple Studios production will use several locations in Malta including Attard, Senglea, Valletta, Mellieħa, Siġġiewi, Mdina, Fort Ricasoli and the Malta Film Studios, according to Times of Malta.
Filming in Malta will wrap in mid-May. Kitbag is also shooting in France and the U.K.
Scott previously used Malta as a location for “White Squall” (1996) and “Gladiator” (2000).
Macedonian Director Agim Abdula in Post With...
- 4/28/2022
- by Anna Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
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