Dominican leading actor Ivan Garcia confirmed that some scenes for the upcoming Steven Spielberg?s ?Bay of Pigs? movie will be filmed in Samana on the northeastern coast of the country. He told Hoy newspaper that the production team is expected during the first week of February. These have already located property in Samana that could be used as locations for the scenes. Ivan Garcia confirmed that the film crews are expected in March.
As reported in Hoy, the film will tell the story of happenings leading up to Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in April 1961 during the John F. Kennedy presidency (1961). A CIA-backed group invaded Cuba and later felt betrayed by their sponsor. The cast for the film reportedly will include Jack Nicholson, Angelina Jolie and Al Pacino.
El Caribe in December reported that Spielberg had spent five days in Samana inspecting the coast.
The source said that they also met with the Ministry of Environment in order to solicit the appropriate permits. They will be filming in Los Haitises, which was introduced to the world as part of a popular Italian reality show.
DR is a popular destination for films related to Cuba. Previous films have included Havana (1990-Robert Redford), Godfather II (1974-Al Pacino), Lost City (2005 Andy Garcia), among others.
This would be the second Spielberg film that has used locations in the DR. The first was Jurassic Park.