Movies Shot in Malta

Brad Pitt shooting in Birgu, Malta on the scene of the zombie flick World War Z

Brad Pitt is in Malta shooting the zombie flick World War Z. Malta, in this case, doubles up as Jerusalem, but is of course much easier, safer, and technologically adept to shoot in than the strife-torn Jerusalem. ? Pitt didn’t exactly look like he was working hard or working up a sweat for that matter, [...]

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie move to Malta

Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have left the United Sates and temporarily moved with their brood of six into a plush pad in Malta. According to US magazine, the high-profile couple are renting an $11 million mansion in the southern European island nation while Brad Pitt films the zombie movie “World War Z,” based [...]

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The Movie Industry in Malta

Malta has served as location for a number of international films. Starting with Treasure in Malta in the 1960s, followed by Popeye (1983), Midnight Express, Jaws, Christopher Columbus, Cutthroat island, and more recently Gladiator and U-571. Perhaps ironically Malta is best known to the world through the film adaptation of book that isn’t about Malta [...]

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The Devil’s Double (2011)

Malta doubles up as Baghdad in the movie “The Devil’s Double”, where ?a chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein’s sadistic son, Uday. Saddam Hussein was not the only one in his family with a body [...]

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