PIRATES SETS SAIL FOR HAWAII=20
JOHNNY DEPP is set to give Hawaii a major industry and tourism boost - hi= s fourth PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN movie will be shot there.
The islands’ Governor Linda Lingle claims the film, On Stranger Tides, = will generate an estimated $85 million (=C2=A353.1 million).
Making the location announcement on Tuesday (19Jan10), Lingle revealed = Nine moviemaker Rob Marshall will direct the film on Oahu and Kauai.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has confirmed the news, stating, "We’ve alwa= ys sought out the most extraordinary and exotic locations… (and) Hawaii= provides an amazing range of both land and seascapes." It’s not the first time the Pirates franchise has visited Hawaii - Pira= tes of the Caribbean: At World’s End was partly shot on Maui and Molokai.
It’s a big movie year for the islands - Clint Eastwood’s new film Herea= fter and George Clooney’s The Descendants will both be shot in the state.=
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