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Turkey, not Greece, to
be setting for new Pierce Brosnan blockbuster
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The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) has struck a deal with US film company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) allowing the follow-up to the successful “The Thomas Crown Affair,” likely to feature the star of the first film, former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan, to be shot in Turkey.
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The film, based on Crown author Eric Ambler’s novel “The Light of Day,” is titled “The Topkapı Affair”; however, MGM’s original plans had reportedly been to create a set that resembled İstanbul’s Topkapı palace and shoot the film in Greece. The deal between TRT and MGM has left Greece out in the cold with current plans set to shoot the film in İstanbul, though whether Topkapı itself or a replica will be used is still unclear. TRT General Deputy Manager Ali Güney said that the question of where to film “The Topkapı Affair” had arisen at a meeting between TRT and MGM on a different subject, but that once the subject of the film had come up, it had been decided on at the meeting. Güney said that broadcast right to the 1964 “Topkapı” film shot in İstanbul lay with MGM, and that TRT had sprung into action when it heard about plans for a remake. Güney said that in meetings with MGM officials, images from the first film and of Topkapı Palace itself had convinced top MGM officials to shoot the film in İstanbul, not in Greece.
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ANKARA
ASLIHAN AYDIN
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