Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Jason statham on furious 7 and the real reason hes not in the new transporter movie. Both jason statham and francois berleand reprise their roles, as frank martin and inspector tarconi, respectively. His character of frank martin will still be the focus of the films but the new movies will be prequels. The transporter tv series stars chris vance, executive produced by luc besson. Le transporteur 3 is a 2008 englishlanguage french actionthriller film. In the movie the name plaque on the boat indicates cassis on one side and manon on the other side.
Lagardere entertainment subsidiary atlantic productions will ensure. Jason statham is topnotch as action hero, he lives what seems to be a luxurious life along the french mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary transporter who moves goods from one location to another, hes a tough man fighting stunningly. The films, which starred jason statham and were produced by bessons europacorp. The film stars jason statham as frank martin, a driver for hirea mercenary transporter who will deliver anything, anywhere. It was coproduced by the french atlantique productions and the canadian boutique entertainment company qvf, inc. Below is the exact location of the opening parking garage scene as it appears today in the transporter movie. The catch is, the transporter 4 through 6 will not star jason statham. Nice, alpesmaritimes, france opening car chase 7 of 7 found this interesting interesting. Le transporteur is an englishlanguage french actionthriller film franchise, comprising four films released between 2002 and 2015, and a television series.
Statham himself is an accomplished martial artist, allowing him to do all the combat scenes involving frank. The above video segment shows actors jason statham and laurent jumeaucourt in a scene filmed at the chateau des fayeres mansion in cannes, france. Transporter refueled to explore the beauty of the french. Filmed mainly in the south of france, and adding to this action packed film is of course jason statham, who is one of englands rising generation of macho style stars, who holds down the lead as the taciturn reserved and uncommunicative professional driver for criminal undertakings, and the accomplished french actor francois berleand, a. The first film in the series to be directed by olivier megaton, it continues the story of frank martin, a. The film was released on 4 september 2015 in the united states and 9 september in france.
I admit that i have a weakness for cars, says delamarre, who filmed dozens of carchase sequences and car commercials before taking the helm of the transporter refueled. Frank martin, who transports packages for unknown clients, is asked to move a package that soon begins moving, and complications arise. Statham boasts an appealing combination of brains and brawn, suggesting the suave versatility of a promising career. Tees transporter bridge, middlesborough, county durham photograph. To the left is a picture of the actual motorboat used in the movie. The transporter filming location frank martins house in cassis. The opening scene of the transporter movie was filmed in this parking garage above in nice, france 45 rue saintephillipe. Le transporteur 2 is an englishlanguage french 2005 actionthriller film directed by louis leterrier.
With chris vance, francois berleand, charly hubner, violante placido. In october 2011, filming on the series was halted after chris vance was injured in an onset accident. Olivier megaton shares secrets to filming action for sequel. The transporter tv series begins filming in nice this week.
Oct 06, 2018 the hoegh autoliners vehicles carrier hoegh transporter sailed the kanmon strait. While theres no sure thing in hollywood, action franchises are. The marriage of james bond and hong kong continues in the transporter, a movie that combines bonds luxurious european locations and. In the south of france, former specialops mercenary frank martin enters into a game of chess with a femmefatale and her three sidekicks who are looking for revenge against a sinister russian kingpin. As the section heading above would indicate, the next film in the transporter series will be called transporter 4 according to thr but it would in fact be story that looks back to the origin of frank martin the transporter character meaning that the younger version of the character will not be played by statham. Jason statham plays frank martin in the first three movies, a professional freelance courier driver for hire. The transporter 4, 5, and 6 will not feature jason statham. Le transporteur is a 2002 englishlanguage french actionthriller film directed by corey yuen and louis leterrier who is credited as artistic director on the film, and written by luc besson, who was inspired by bmw films the hire series. All of the motorway action scenes in the transporter movie were filmed on a 6 kilometer section of the d9 motorway then under construction between sausset les pins and carry le rouet in bouches du rhone france not far from marseille.
Written by robert mark kamen and coproducer luc besson, it is the sequel to the transporter 2002, and stars jason statham, alessandro gassman, amber valletta, kate nauta, francois berleand, matthew modine, and jason flemyng. These scenes were filmed very near where the set was built for the house, port of cassis. The transporter filming location frank martins house in. Sorry if the answer is a bit vague, but this movie is not on any of the movie filming location. With jason statham, amber valletta, kate nauta, alessandro gassmann. Produced by luc bessons europacorp and lagardere entertainment, the transporter will be filming in the french city before heading out to. Jason statham on furious 7 and the real reason hes not in. Transporter frank martin, surfaces in miami, florida and is implicated in the kidnapping of the young son of a powerful usa official. Oct 11, 2002 directed by louis leterrier, corey yuen.
Frank martin is an ex special ops, who now spends his life as a transporter on the other side of the law. Back in 2005, when this was in the boston movie theaters, it was great to be in the theater to hear the audience cheer for the red sox and boo the yankees. Frank is enlisted to retrieve an important document in crimea, but to complete the job he must join forces with the worlds second best transporter and a young computer maven. Filming location for the 2002 action film the transporter. Filming locations 9 filming dates 1 filming locations.
The film stars jason statham as frank martin, a driver for hire a. The first film in the series to be directed by olivier megaton, it continues the story of. Hoegh transporter hoegh autoliners vehicles carrier youtube. The movie shot scenes in france, but the majority of the movie was shot in florida, usa, mostly in various places in miami. The bridge billy and mrs wilkinson cross is the tees transporter bridge, known as the transporter or the tranny. Temporeicher actionthriller, in dem ein kurierfahrer in einen menschenhandlerring verwickelt wird. A source says, the transporter refueled was shot largely on location in monaco and other parts of the french riviera between nice and menton. The remaining scenes were supposed to be shot in toronto during the spring of 2012.
Asked in fred figglehorn where was the movie fred the movie filmed at. Le transporteur is a 2002 englishlanguage french actionthriller film directed by corey yuen and louis leterrier who is credited as artistic director on the project, and written by luc besson, who was inspired by bmw films the hire series. To get imdb information on the transporter movie, click the above imdb logo. Fever pitch this is a great chance to cheer the boston red sox while enjoying bostons fenway charm on screen.
To get wiki information on the transporter movie, click the above wikipedia logo. There was built an exterior set for frank martins house on this terrace area. Englands only working transporter bridge, its suspended gondola can carry up to 200 people, or nine. In the movie, frank martin jason statham hijacks a small powered motorboat after he kidnaps inspector tarconi. With jason statham, qi shu, matt schulze, francois berleand. Frank martin jason statham is the best at what he does. The transporter le transporteur ist ein franzosischer actionfilm aus dem jahre 2002. It is the third and final installment in the original trilogy of the transporter franchise. Shooting locations included paris, berlin, and nice, however the majority of the filming was done in toronto, ontario. It is the fourth film in the transporter franchise, a reboot to the previous films, and the first film to be distributed by europacorp in north america, but features. With ed skrein, loan chabanol, ray stevenson, lenn kudrjawizki. Heritage is a 2015 actionthriller film directed by camille delamarre and written by bill collage, adam cooper, and luc besson. Coproduced by action auteur luc besson and filmed on dazzling french locations, the transporter is an action fans delight.
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