On Thursday the 31st of May 2018 final set preparation continued for filming to take place the following day (Friday June 1st) at the dam of Aldeadávila de la Ribera, we were expecting more news to come from this shoot but obviously the shooting of Terminator (2019) is so secretive that no additional information came from the filming; we applaud that as a good thing. Mystery is everything, especially after the over-share that was Genisys.
Wikipedia:
Aldeadávila de la Ribera is a village and municipality in the north-west of the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.
SALAMANCA24HORAS reported (translated):
After negotiating the conditions with Iberdrola, owner of the dam, and requesting the pertinent permits from the municipal authorities, the next Terminator film is added to the list of cinematic productions to have this location as a backdrop for some of its scenes . And it is that the dam of Aldeadávila appears in films like ‘Doctor Zhivago’ that was released in 1965 and the central one was stage in ‘The cabin’, half-length Spanish directed by Antonio Mercero in 1972 and carried out by Jose Luis Lopez Vázquez.
James Cameron’s first two Terminator movies had epic showdown locations in the form of a computer factory (The Terminator (1984) – which was revealed as Cyberdyne systems itself in deleted scenes) and also a steel mill/foundry (T2). The dam in our eyes could serve as the final scenes of the movie and makes us think that water could be a weakness of the new Terminator villain played by Gabriel Luna (Ghost Rider style fire Terminator?).
An epic battle within a dam setting interior and exterior could have the potential to be pretty epic.
Gonna be a hell of a ride. See you Thanksgiving ‘19. 🤖💀🤖 #terminator https://t.co/2J3BJ1Its7
— Gabriel Luna (@IamGabrielLuna) June 21, 2018
Traffic was restricted to the location and state of the art technology was used to capture the scenes. SALAMANCA24HORAS had reported that crew had arrived earlier in the week to prepare the dam location for filming….
The sequences that will be filmed in this place will have a relevant deployment of state-of-the-art technological means, including drones and high-speed cameras to face the recording of the most complicated scenes.
Traffic cuts are planned during the day to control access to Iberdrola’s facilities.
The report continued to state that 200 people are part of these scenes including extras. Could we be seeking dam workers running from carnage as a damn blows open with Terminator and humans battling it out?
About two hundred people participate in the filming of the scenes that will have Aldeadávila as the stage. The shooting in the dam will have the participation of about 200 people, of whom a score belong to the town of Aldeadávila in Salamanca, hired for the preparation of the scenes and filming. Likewise, members of the staff of the hydroelectric power station of Iberdrola will intervene as extras of the film.
Oh wait… this is a green energy hydroelectric power station? Well, that fits in with the green crusading team of James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
We can see the action figures already (if our speculation is true)- NECA Dam Blast Terminator and Dam Blast Sarah Connor? TAKE OUR MONEY.
Source: SALAMANCA24HORAS
3 Comments
Nice to hear some positivity from you folks. Its understandable to be critical after the other shit shows but yes this is looking promising at the moment. Time will tell.
Only concerns we have so far are digital face replacement cameos, everything else is just fine. Real locations, the Real Sarah Connor, an interesting cast and a mysterious production. (Thumbs up)
really promising and interesting to see renewal !