Bourne Legacy Shots in the Philippines

 

The latest installment of the Jason Bourne Hollywood spy franchise began filming in the chaotic Philippine capital Tuesday amid heavy security with the city on alert over a feared terrorist attack.

The production, which has a budget of more than $100 million, will spend about 45 days in the Philippines. Scenes have already been shot in New York and Alberta, Canada, since filming began last September. 

Although a few smaller-budget independent movies, including John Sayles’ 2000 “Amigo,” have been made in the Southeast Asian country, the fourth “Bourne” will be the biggest Hollywood production to be shot there since the late 1970s and 1980s. Several classic war films, among them Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 “Apocalypse Now” and Oliver Stone’s 1986 “Platoon” and his 1989 “Born on the Fourth of July," used the Philippines as a stand-in for Vietnam.

Director: Tony Gilroy

Writers: Tony Gilroy (screenplay), Dan Gilroy (screenplay)

Stars: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton

 

President Benigno Aquino III's spokesman Edwin Lacierda says the movie will boost tourism (Filming. It's more fun in the Philippines) and provide jobs.