Having attracted famous locals like Madonna and, more recently, even Princess Eugenie of the UK, Portugal now has a chance to become an international center for films. Proof of this is that Netflix has chosen the capital Lisbon as the main setting for one of its biggest projects of the year: filming “Heart of Stone,” an action-thriller starring Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan (50 Shades of Gray).) that will take place in the capital’s Moraría neighborhood. Portuguese.
Directed by Tom Harper and with a budget of about $100 million (R$480.2 million), the film began shooting in March, in the United Kingdom, and it also had a setting in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. But in the Portuguese territory most of the plot will be assigned, due to the fact that, among other factors, it is a much cheaper place to rent.
With a cast that also includes British actress Sophie Okonedo and German actor Matthias Schweigover, “Heart of Stone” is produced by Skydance Media, which is owned by David Ellison, son of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and currently the seventh oldest man. Rich in the world, her fortune is estimated at 98.7 billion US dollars (473.9 billion Brazilian reais). The streaming giant’s idea is to turn the movie into a franchise, as long as its acceptance by the public is good enough to do so.
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