DISCOVER ALMERIA: Almería as a european

In this link; http://www.filmaps.com/spain/almeria/ you´ll find some examples of the various films shot in Almeria and if you can speak Spanish, I would recomend you this blog http://almeriacine.blogspot.com.es/. But now, we´ll talk about the latest movies shot in Almería.

EXODUS

Shooting of the film began in October 2013 in Almería, in Tabernas (Almería) as the first and main location, and other locations like Sierra Alhamilla and Macael with its big marble quarry. This epic film was directed by Ridley Scott and the film stars Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, Aaron Paul,Ben Mendelsohn, María Valverde, Sigourney Weaver, Ghassan Massoud, Golshifteh Farahani and Ben Kingsley.

Here you could find a viedo comparing locations in Almería with the real landscapes of Egypt.

These are some locations in "El chorrillo" Pechina (Almería) that were used in this film.

Fotos: Mª ANGELES LÓPEZ TERUEL

Aaron Paul lived a great personal experience in Almería as we can see in these tweets!

http://www.unique-almeria.com/movie-filming-locations.html

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153231884955118.1073741844.197799895117&type=3

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528100/locations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus:_Gods_and_Kings

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153684175542619.1073741840.539962618&type=1&l=1796e98da0

CLAVIUS/RISEN

Kevin Reynolds chose Almería to the filming of 'Clavius' attracted by the light. He marveled not also at the light but locations offering this land. After the shooting, the film changed its name to "Risen"

The film was shot in various places, such as, Tabernas, Genoveses, Alcazaba and the decorations of "la Hoya".

The film are stars Joseph Fiennes and Tom Felton. Also the Spanish Leonor Watling and Maria Botto.