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.
In Astoria queens today June 8th on Steinway street in little morroco
thanks!
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
thanks for the update~
They are on the Upper East Side today 75-76 and Lexington
thank u
They are filming in Apple Store near Lincoln Center all night till the morning!
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.
sounds cool, did u happento get any pics?
I wish, but I had run in a race so I did not have my phone.
Here are some pics I took today
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/i3v06/nyc_4_blue_lamborghinis_anyone_know_what_movie/
thanks and thanks for the info!
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!
Sun-Tue W. 30th bet 5th and Broadway
thank you
They were filming a movie called Finch in the Staten Island Zoo–must be this film?
yeah, they were in Staten Island zoo tomorrow.
they are filming in a fake health food store on 30th st. between 5th and 6th ave.
saw signs for ” finchley dream” all week
Their costume company is right next to my office.
Stumbled upon the filming on 32nd between 6th and 7th on the way to Penn Station around 1pm today.
Cool
Thanks!
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
They’re gonna be in Fuerteventura!! August 11th and 12th – casting.
During the first week of September they’re gonna film here. Nice.
thanks for the info!
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.