Big Island Weekly has an article up about the new movie “Predators”, to be directed by Robert Rodriguez, filming here on the east side of the Big Island. Coincidentally, I have been looking for a new place to call home here in the Puna district, and actually met the owners of one of the homes being considered for a shooting location! It was a beautiful home located in the Fern Acres area.
From the MLS listing for the home: “Big bonus…a stones throw to the inside of the world famous Kazumura Lava Tube. Longest lava tube in the world approx. 40 miles long.”
He had a 30 ft ladder setup and you could go right in it! Apparently they are interested in using his entry point to the lava tube for a location. He even had a big informational packet from the studio.
Anyhow, here is an excerpt of the article from BIW:
In an exclusive interview with Big Island Weekly, Ron Schmidt, “Predators’” unit production manager, said he can’t accurately estimate the Hawaii budget because “we’re still trying to figure out which 18 days of the script we’re shooting here. But the spend will be substantial. We’re also shooting in Austin, Texas, but we haven’t narrowed down which scenes and where.”
…It seems that the Hawaii may not be Hawaii in “Predators,” but another planet. Schmidt declined comment, except to say the story “takes place in a foreign land and a jungle.”
Following the Hawaii shoot the production returns to Austin for another eight weeks of filming. Some jungle scenes will also be shot at the Austin studio where crews are now creating a jungle, Schmidt said.
Glad to see money coming in to the Big Island!
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