Actor Bruce Willis may soon be heading to Kaua’i for location filming at about the same time another Hollywood leading man’s new Kaua’i-made movie is debuting.
Kevin Costner’s PG-13 thriller “Dragonfly” is set for national release starting Feb. 22.
Meanwhile, Willis is getting ready to star in “Man of War,” a $70 million movie from Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures scheduled to film from March through July based in Honolulu.
A casting call is set for Kaua’i extras on Monday for the film.
The plot of “Man of War” has Willis leading a special forces unit into the village to rescue an American doctor who is aiding West Africans near the scene of a bloody civil war. The twist to the film is that the doctor won’t leave unless Willis also evacuates the villagers she is helping.
Willis’ co-star is Monica Bellucci, and Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day”) is the director.
Willis has previous movie ties to Kaua’i. He served as the narrator for director Rob Reiner’s film “North,” which featured scenes filmed overlooking Lumaha’i Beach and Papa’a Bay. The film was released in 1994.
In “Dragonfly,” Kaua’i locations are used as Amazon jungle locales near the Colombian border. Costner plays a physican whose wife disappeared on a medical mercy mission. He believes his deceased wife is attempting to contact him using the sign of a dragonfly and through near-death visions of his young patients.
The film’s official Web site is located at www.dragonflymovie.com and features a trailer for the film. Look for scenes filmed on the North Shore, at a mauka area between Kealia and Anahola and at what looks to be Princeville Airport.
Local film extras are being invited to a casting call for “Man of War” set for 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort. Extras are needed to play West African men, women and children, military personnel, males and females of all ethnicities, and others to play roles from guards to hotel employees.
The film’s hotline at (808) 593-3737 in Honolulu can be called for more information about the casting call. Anyone unable to make the casting call may also submit a photo of themselves by mail. Instructions are available on the recorded hotline message.
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