Its been almost 2 years since filming for scenes of World War Z began on the shores here in the UK, and finally this Thursday 20th of June, we get to see the epic apocalyptic film. Some scenes for the film were taken in Cornwall and parts of Scotland with one of the most important scenes filmed in Glasgow.
Glasgow's role in the film is a big one, it composes one of the opening scenes of the film, which shows the initial panic of when the infection begins! But for the film Glasgow was transformed into the American City of Philadelphia!
Millions of pounds was spent on turning Glasgow's City Centre streets into a double of Philadelphia's City Centre. The location was chosen due to its similar architecture, its grid layout and its wide roads. It was also mentioned that the motorway on ramp in the city looked similar to those in the UK. The choice to completely change Glasgow centre rather than film in Philidelphia comes from the lower cost to film in a city centre.
Many Local people were recruited for the film, helping with crew, security and transformation of the city streets but almost 1200 people were used as zombie extras! The impact for the local economy was said to be more than £2 million!
The full transformation of Glasgow was huge! All double yellow lines were painted over and all road paint was edited/removed so it looked like Philadelphia. Traffic Lights, bus stops, bins and signage were all removed and replaced with American Alternatives. Newspaper boxes, bus stops and flags were erected with tiny details of Philadelphia. Philadelphia maps were put up along with street names and American fire hydrants.
Also brought in were hundreds of American vehicles, including Fire Trucks, Police and Paramedic Vehicles, Army SUVs, Dustbin Wagons, RVs, pickups, cars, buses and yellow cabs!
They really spent a lot of time and money to change all this and return things back to normal when they had finished.
The scenes filmed show hundreds of people running in a mass panic as the outbreak begins. Numerous stunts were filmed during this time including numerous car accidents.
Despite their best attempts, I think there will be a few bloopers in the film that show something British rather than American. I have already spotted a British black and white traffic light amongst the yellow traffic lights in the trailer!
The scenes look very exciting, I am looking forward to seeing it :)
See it from this Thursday!
Here is the trailer:
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