Colombia the next Hollywood?

Posted by Nicholas Gill Oct 29, 2007

The new movie adaptation of Colombian Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera was shot in Colombia, further confirming security issues are becoming much more secure. Originally filming was set to take place in Brazil, but the Colombian Vice-President assured producers that they could gurantee their safety and city police and marines were sent to secure every shoot. This follows my blog last week on reports of Colombia's flourishing tourist draw.

The R-rated, English language film, directed by Mike Newell, stars Benjamin Bratt, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Javier Bardem, John Leguizamo, Laura Harring, Catalina Sandino Moreno, and Hector Elizondo, is set to release in North America on Novemebr 16. The story describes a 52-year love triangle in the late 19th/early 20th century in various parts of Colombia.