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Pic is produced by Netflix and Pitt’s production company, Plan B Entertainment, and inspired by the bestselling book “The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan” by late American journalist Michael Hastings. The book is based on Hasting’s interviews with general Stanley McChrystal who was appointed to command the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in 2009.
Pitt toplines as a four-star U.S. military general, patterned after McChrystal, who is determined to win the “impossible” war in Afghanistan. Anthony Michael Hall, Will Poulter and Topher Grace also star.
The team behind “War Machine” arrived in Abu Dhabi in August to set up the production office before the UAE shoot which began in Abu Dhabi in October.
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Best known for “That ’70s Show,” Topher Grace now has two far more serious projects coming up: “Truth,” about the events that led to news anchor Dan Rather’s resignation, and “War Machine,” a war film in which he co-stars with Brad Pitt. “We’ve always been tight,” Grace jokes about his relationship with “B Rad” Pitt. He also fools Natalie Morales in a game of “2 Truths and a Lie” by pretending to stumble while telling the truth.
Read more + video. Fun video to watch if you appreciate Topher’s sense of humor. He talks briefly about filming War machine currently with Brad.
A quiet residential street in Abu Dhabi has been transformed into a military fortress as part of Brad Pitt’s upcoming blockbuster War Machine.
The tight one-way road, off 15th Street and parallel to Sultan Bin Zayed the First, has been cordoned off by police since Monday, with one old building featuring an “American embassy in Kabul” plaque.
Shooting is reportedly set to continue at the location until November 5.
At noon Wednesday, three burly actors in combat gear stood as sentries at the gate armed with what appeared to be M-16s. On set was a catering van emblazoned with the words “Golden Crown”, a restaurant on Hamdan street.
According to sources on the site, the street will also double as a Palestinian border crossing, and will be the scene of an action sequence.
“I hear there will be shooting and also one bomb here in the ‘embassy’ in two or three days,” said a Pakistani resident who lives nearby. “They say there will be lots of action here soon.”
The beginning of the Abu Dhabi shoot this week emerged from an unlikely source: Ann Michod, a relative of director David Michod, who confirmed the news in a tweet on October 19.
“The War Machine crew have arrived in Abu Dhabi for the second half of the shoot, should be there for six weeks,” she posted.
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