The filming of the highly-anticipated Pirates of the Caribbean sequel, Deadman’s Chest, is wrapping up in Grand Bahama, according to Michael Singer, unit publicist and press liaison officer for the production. <\/p>\n
“We are finishing mid-week [and] this completes our location photography in the Caribbean region,” Mr. Singer told The Bahama Journal on Monday. <\/p>\n
Pirates of the Caribbean II and III were shot at The Bahamas Films Studios at Gold Rock Creek in East Grand Bahama. <\/p>\n
Mr. Singer said while there were only a few days left of filming in Grand Bahama, production continues on Pirate of the Caribbean III.<\/p>\n
“We will be doing more filming on Pirates of the Caribbean III beginning again in late summer,” he said. “That will be mostly local production in the Los Angeles area.”<\/p>\n
Mr. Singer said while the majority of the crew will be leaving the island, some members of the production team will need to stay behind to “do wrap-up work.”<\/p>\n
“A production of this size will always need a little time to wrap things up and to pack and to close down production properly,” he explained.<\/p>\n
Filming of the Disney movies, which started in Los Angeles on February 28, 2005, moved next to St Vincent and then Dominica in late March.<\/p>\n
Production started in the Exumas last June and in Grand Bahama Island in September.<\/p>\n
Mr. Singer said the production opened up employment and training opportunities for residents interested in being a part of the movie business.<\/p>\n
“There were a great many talented Bahamians who have worked on the production in a variety of positions,” he said. “They have gained a lot of experience of the filming process which they can use for other films to come.”<\/p>\n
Paul R. Quigley, chief operating officer of Gold Rock Creek Enterprises Ltd, told The Journal that Grand Bahama Island can expect future projects.<\/p>\n
“We do have a couple, maybe three movies that need to be scheduled, so we’re looking at what their needs are as far as the infrastructure and how we schedule them,” he said.<\/p>\n
“One of them is 100 percent in Grand Bahama. It is mainly a tank picture so we will shoot that at the Bahamas Film Studios Water Tank.”<\/p>\n
Bahamian officials expected the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean II & III to provide a significant economic boost, saying it would pump some $30 million into the island’s economy.<\/p>\n
Mr. Quigley said the benefits of the product were “phenomenal” as the project provided “wide economic impact for Grand Bahama.”<\/p>\n
“I hear stories of lots of different people throughout the islands that they have benefited enormously,” Mr. Quigley said.<\/p>\n
There were about 250 Bahamians employed, according to production officials. Mr. Quigley said they included some “very talented people” who should be employed on other productions.<\/p>\n
Pirates of the Caribbean II is schedule to begin showing on July 7, 2006 in the United States and the untitled sequel, Caribbean III, will be released sometime in 2007.<\/p>\n
On behalf of the production team, Mr. Singer thanked Bahamians in the Exumas, and on Grand Bahama Island for the hospitality he said they extended.<\/p>\n
By: Daphne McIntosh, The Bahama Journal<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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