Actor Robert de Niro was in Santo Domingo from Wednesday through Friday to complete an inspection of sites chosen for the filming later this year of the ?The Good Shepherd.? The film tells the story of the CIA through the eyes of its former director, James Wilson. De Niro himself will play the older Wilson, while Matt Damon will play the younger Wilson. Also staring in the film is Angeline Jolie.
The past government and its successor have been very supportive of film companies chosing the DR. As a result, the DR has become increasingly popular as a film-making destination over the past two years. Films have included Lovewrecked (Randal Kleiser), The Lost City (Andy Garcia), and The Feast of the Goat (Mario Vargas Llosa), among others. Miami Vice is another Universal Studio films slated for filming in the DR this year.