Apple likes the Czech Republic
Apple has made another
spot, this time for the new iPhone SE, in the Czech Republic. The magic hides in the detail and the eye of an attentive viewer will see, for example, that the bus of the
Prague public transit company in the opening scene carries the number 116. The sign on the building in the dark shows that the spot was shot in front of the
National Technical Library in Prague Dejvice. You can ride Bus 116 as the people in the ad between the stations of Dejvická and Jenerálka. Apple likes Czechia and so the
opening scene of the spot for the fifth generation of the iPad Air also takes place in Prague – this time in the
Kaizl Orchards in
Karlín.
Apple TV+ announced the making of the second series only a few days after launching the first series of the awarded
Foundation saga based on Isaac Asimov. The first series was made in Ireland and on the Canary Islands, and Skydance started shooting the second one in the Czech Republic in spring 2022.
Netflix Opened the Western Front near Prague
The latest
adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s novel,
All Quiet on the Western Front, with the star of Inglorious Bastards, Daniel Brühl, is being made for Netflix
around Prague, in
Roudnice nad Labem and in the former
military zone of Ralsko. It will be one of the most expensive German films ever made with the estimated budget of 20 million US dollars.
Czech Chateaux Play the Main Role
The Cello, a horror movie starring Jeremy Irons, was made at
Točník and the
Kačina chateau. The chateaux of
Ploskovice and
Libochovice,
the Doksany monastery and the
Roudnice nad Labem Chateau were transformed into
the set for Dangerous Liaisons, a TV series based on the novel by French author Choderlose de Laclos.
Nosferatu Is Back
Nosferatu, the classic vampire film, is one hundred years old in 2022 and this anniversary will be celebrated with a new
adaptation of the famous horror. It will be directed by Robert Eggers, starring Anya Taylor-Joy known from the Queen’s Gambit. The original classic film from 1922 was also shot in Slovakia, among other places. This time, it will be made in the Czech Republic and so you could come across the film crew on the
Prague streets in the summer.
Interest in the Extraction, Výsluní and Chris Hemsworth
The sequel to the
Extraction was supposed to be shot in Australia but the Czech Republic won in the end due to the strict anti-pandemic measures. It was shot in
Mladá Boleslav,
Litoměřice,
Terezín and in remote areas of the
Ore Mountains where no-one was interested in what was going on much. However, it all changed when
actor Chris Hemsworth published a video from a train ride near Vejprty on his Instagram. Almost everyone then knew about the additional shooting that took place by
Výsluní in the Chomutov region, in March 2022 – the local Church of St. Wenceslas as well as the
Pravčice Gate or
Dolský Mill have already made an appearance in the spectacular
fantasy series of The Wheel of Time starring
Rosamund Pike.
Henry IV and the
Borgias TV drama were also shot there.