{"id":42751,"date":"2020-11-04T13:53:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T02:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/?p=42751"},"modified":"2020-11-04T13:53:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T02:53:41","slug":"liam-neeson-is-filming-a-thriller-movie-in-melbourne-yes-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/entertainment\/tv-movies\/liam-neeson-is-filming-a-thriller-movie-in-melbourne-yes-really\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Neeson Is Filming A Thriller Movie In Melbourne, Yes Really"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>First, Melbourne gets out of lockdown. Then we kick off a five-day streak of <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/news\/victoria-records-fourth-day-in-a-row-of-zero-new-covid-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">zero confirmed COVID-19 <\/a>cases. And now? We have Hollywood A-lister Liam Neeson coming over to film his new thriller movie <em>Blacklight<\/em> &#8211; talk about a win!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In news obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-8904411\/Liam-Neeson-staying-hotel-quarantine-Sydney-flying-Melbourne-shoot-new-movie.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Daily Mail<\/em><\/a><em>, Blacklight <\/em>will see Liam Neeson undertake the role of a \u201ctroubled off-the-books fixer for the FBI tasked with pulling undercover agents out of dangerous situation\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/invisible-heroes\/sex-work\/embed?style=cover\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Taken<\/em> star will start shooting his new film in Melbourne next Tuesday, after spending two weeks in hotel quarantine in Sydney, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/culture\/movies\/liam-neeson-to-start-filming-hollywood-action-movie-in-melbourne-20201102-p56atc.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Age<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So where\u2019s the chosen location, you ask? The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The publication added that <em>Blacklight <\/em>will be the first film to use both locations as a studio, and honestly we can\u2019t wait to see it all come together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/culture\/movies\/liam-neeson-to-start-filming-hollywood-action-movie-in-melbourne-20201102-p56atc.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Age<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>Arts Minister Paul Fletcher said the federal government would contribute $5.8 million to the production, adding that the new film will \u201cbring momentum back to the Victorian screen industry, which has been so heavily impacted by COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep an eye out folks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image: GEOFF ROBINS\u00a0\/\u00a0Contributor\/ Getty <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, Melbourne gets out of lockdown. Then we kick off a five-day streak of zero confirmed COVID-19 cases. And now? We have Hollywood A-lister Liam Neeson coming over to film his new thriller movie Blacklight &#8211; talk about a win! In news obtained by The Daily Mail, Blacklight will see Liam Neeson undertake the role [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":42752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,440],"tags":[],"geo_market":[254],"class_list":["post-42751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-tv-movies","geo_market-melbourne"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.10 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Liam Neeson Is Filming A Thriller Movie In Melbourne, Yes Really<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"First, Melbourne gets out of lockdown. And now? 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