Shooting underway on Salmon Fishing In The Yemen

Shooting has begun on August 6 on Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, directed by Lasee Hallström and starring Ewan McGregor, Amr Waked, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas.
 
He’s made it a point to take on plenty of eccentric films over the years. But a movie about creating a salmon farm in the desert seems as loopy as anything Ewan McGregor’s ever tackled.
 
Adapted by Simon Beaufoy from Paul Torday’s bestselling novel, it follows a government scientist who is given the task of introducing salmon into the waters of the Yemen by a fly fishing obsessed Sheikh (to be played by Amr Waked).
 
Lasse Hallstrom directs from a script by the chap who adapted Slumdog Millionaire.
 
The film, which is financed by BBC Films, the UK Film Council and Liongsate UK, will shoot for nine weeks in London, Scotland and Morocco. Paul Webster is producing, with Nick Kentish-Barnes co-producing.

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