‘The Dictator’ begins filming in New York City

A Dictator will rule over NYC, at least for the next few weeks.

The Sacha Baron Cohen comedy The Dictator began filming in New York this week. The comedy, which also stars Anna Faris and Ben Kingsley, reunites Baron Cohen with his Borat and Bruno director Larry Charles and tells the “heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.  It is inspired by the best selling novel, Zabibah and The King, by Saddam Hussein.”

Today, the movie is filming around 28th St and 11th Ave in Manhattan. Though don’t expect to see any signs around town for The Dictator because they are actually filming under the working title Finchley Dreams.

If you spot signs for Finchley Dreams or catch them filming around NYC, let us know about it at olv@onlocationvacations.com!

The movie will also film in Morocco and Spain.

Paramount Pictures has set a May 11, 2012 release date for the film.

25 COMMENTS

  1. The movie now Fri 3 am filming @Queens NY @Stienway st btw 28 ave
    Hadad’s trucks all over the place they using some restaurant to film and one restaurant for holding costume.
    @ last eve was crazy rain all wet

    • Filming this morning on Fifth Avenue in the 50s just below Central Park. It was a wild scene. SBC was riding a camel surrounded by tall women walking in uniform and formation, followed by a motorcade of blue lamborghinis and black cars with tinted glass. Protesters lined the avenue and heckled SBC.

  2. whoops! really! “Finchley Dreams”. my first day of arrival at NYC. And saw this filming… I got a video clip while they’re filming. haha!

  3. they are filming in a fake health food store on 30th st. between 5th and 6th ave.
    saw signs for ” finchley dream” all week

  4. They’ve been on 30th St. & 5th Ave for the past few days. Today I saw them shooting inside a green kinda convience store? Not too sure what it was on 30th st in between Broadway and 5th Ave. It was cool tho

  5. They’re gonna be in Fuerteventura!! August 11th and 12th – casting.
    During the first week of September they’re gonna film here. Nice.

  6. Setting up to film wed-fri in NYC, Park Av. & E45th st. NYC, Just down from the Roosevelt Hotel. Lights & equipment set up Wed. morning.

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