Salamanca, protagonist of «Still Star Crossed» with over a dozen locations in the historic center
Compañía street and the Patio de Escuelas Mayores y Menores will be part of the exterior locations; as for interiors, filming will take place in the New Cathedral, Old Cathedral, Convent of the Dominicans, Pontifical University, Anaya Palace, Santo Tomás Cantuariense, Clerecía, and Casa de las Conchas
The dates, both for the preparation of the spaces and the filming of the different sequences, will run between April 18 and May 2
The dates, both for the preparation of the spaces and the filming of the different sequences, will run between April 18 and May 2
The Councilor for Tourism, Julio López Revuelta, accompanied by José Luis Escolar, from the production company Calle Cruzada, today explained the details of the filming in Salamanca of the pilot episode of the series “Still Star Crossed”. Calle Cruzada, which also filmed the movie 1492 in Salamanca, directed by Ridley Scott, represents the Spanish production in this series. It is one of the main production companies that attracts the largest number of international projects.
Escolar pointed out, among other issues, the start, from April 18, of both the preparation of the spaces and the filming of the different sequences, ending on May 2. As for the filming locations, a total of eleven locations in the historic center make this one of the most ambitious filmings carried out in the city of Salamanca.
Compañía street and the Patio de Escuelas Mayores y Menores will be part of the exterior locations. As for interiors, filming will take place in the New Cathedral, Old Cathedral, Convent of the Dominicans, Pontifical University, Anaya Palace, Santo Tomás Cantuariense, Clerecía, and Casa de las Conchas.
In terms of logistics, a base camp will be set up in the Salas Bajas car park, as well as other technical camps for each day of filming in Palominos, Rúa, El Rosario street, Balmes street, and the cathedral surroundings.
CAEM will be the space enabled for extras, housing wardrobe and makeup. The Congress Palace will also be another of the buildings used for logistical matters of the filming.
The setting of these spaces will involve removing urban furniture, public lighting, and concealing all anachronistic elements existing in public thoroughfares and filming locations.
In this regard, some interventions in public thoroughfares will consist of covering Compañía street with 4 centimeters of sand, removing lampposts, relocating waste collection containers, as well as limiting the passage of vehicles and, at specific times, the transit of people.
Some traffic cuts and parking prohibitions will affect Plata, El Rosario, Trilingüe streets, and Plaza de la Merced.
Since early February, the Salamanca City Council, through the Salamanca Film Commission, has been working with the production company Calle Cruzada on locations and filming needs. Information has already been widely disseminated about the impact of the filming to institutions, shops, and hospitality establishments located near the locations.
The Salamanca City Council will keep residents of the areas where filming will take place informed about: traffic cuts, changes in container locations, as well as any other planned incidents.
The filming of this pilot episode will represent a significant economic injection for the city, and a prominent international projection for Salamanca, as has happened with the filming locations of the most successful current television series. Depending on the pilot's outcome, the recording of nine more is planned for the first season.
Salamanca will become the Verona that inspired Shakespeare for one of the best-known love stories in cinema and literature, that of Romeo and Juliet. Still Star-Crossed is specifically an adaptation of Melinda Taub's eponymous work, set in the 16th century, which serves as a sequel to Romeo and Juliet and follows the stories, betrayals, conspiracies, and romances of the Capulets and Montagues after the couple's death. The story would follow Rosaline (Lashana Lynch), Juliet's beautiful and intelligent cousin, when, after the death of her parents, she is taken in by her aunts and uncles, forced to work as a servant, and finally, also forced to marry a member of the Montagues, Benvolio (Wade Briggs).
Terence Coombs (Reign) and Zuleikha Robinson (The Following) are other actors who will participate in this pilot, which will be written by Heather Mitchel (Scandal), directed by Michael Offer (HTGAWM), and produced by ABC Studios and ShondaLand (company of the renowned executive producer Shonda Rhimes) which has produced successful series such as Scandal or Grey's Anatomy, among others).
Escolar pointed out, among other issues, the start, from April 18, of both the preparation of the spaces and the filming of the different sequences, ending on May 2. As for the filming locations, a total of eleven locations in the historic center make this one of the most ambitious filmings carried out in the city of Salamanca.
Compañía street and the Patio de Escuelas Mayores y Menores will be part of the exterior locations. As for interiors, filming will take place in the New Cathedral, Old Cathedral, Convent of the Dominicans, Pontifical University, Anaya Palace, Santo Tomás Cantuariense, Clerecía, and Casa de las Conchas.
In terms of logistics, a base camp will be set up in the Salas Bajas car park, as well as other technical camps for each day of filming in Palominos, Rúa, El Rosario street, Balmes street, and the cathedral surroundings.
CAEM will be the space enabled for extras, housing wardrobe and makeup. The Congress Palace will also be another of the buildings used for logistical matters of the filming.
The setting of these spaces will involve removing urban furniture, public lighting, and concealing all anachronistic elements existing in public thoroughfares and filming locations.
In this regard, some interventions in public thoroughfares will consist of covering Compañía street with 4 centimeters of sand, removing lampposts, relocating waste collection containers, as well as limiting the passage of vehicles and, at specific times, the transit of people.
Some traffic cuts and parking prohibitions will affect Plata, El Rosario, Trilingüe streets, and Plaza de la Merced.
Since early February, the Salamanca City Council, through the Salamanca Film Commission, has been working with the production company Calle Cruzada on locations and filming needs. Information has already been widely disseminated about the impact of the filming to institutions, shops, and hospitality establishments located near the locations.
The Salamanca City Council will keep residents of the areas where filming will take place informed about: traffic cuts, changes in container locations, as well as any other planned incidents.
The filming of this pilot episode will represent a significant economic injection for the city, and a prominent international projection for Salamanca, as has happened with the filming locations of the most successful current television series. Depending on the pilot's outcome, the recording of nine more is planned for the first season.
Salamanca will become the Verona that inspired Shakespeare for one of the best-known love stories in cinema and literature, that of Romeo and Juliet. Still Star-Crossed is specifically an adaptation of Melinda Taub's eponymous work, set in the 16th century, which serves as a sequel to Romeo and Juliet and follows the stories, betrayals, conspiracies, and romances of the Capulets and Montagues after the couple's death. The story would follow Rosaline (Lashana Lynch), Juliet's beautiful and intelligent cousin, when, after the death of her parents, she is taken in by her aunts and uncles, forced to work as a servant, and finally, also forced to marry a member of the Montagues, Benvolio (Wade Briggs).
Terence Coombs (Reign) and Zuleikha Robinson (The Following) are other actors who will participate in this pilot, which will be written by Heather Mitchel (Scandal), directed by Michael Offer (HTGAWM), and produced by ABC Studios and ShondaLand (company of the renowned executive producer Shonda Rhimes) which has produced successful series such as Scandal or Grey's Anatomy, among others).