Well here is some info on a couple of Dreamworks projects for your enjoyment. Hearing news about MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, I think it's gonna be few and far between if it's shot in Japan. But we'll see how the geeks in that region are at gathering info. If anyone hears anything... let me know.
Anyway once again my scooper from JAPAN sent me an article in JAPANESE and translated into english which is below. The image is at the url of "www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Picture/2338/geisha2.jpg"
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Hyogo-ken Kinosaki surfaces as the strongest candidacy in the location of Spielberg's next film. Spielberg requests CM manufacturing company in Tokyo selecting a location place, therefore stage's being Kyoto in the early stages of Showa. American stuff visited kinosaki in July,and inspected "Ichinoyu Onsen" that was built in 1928. The Kinosaki The hotel society organizes " The group for attracting Spielberg film location to Kionsaki ". Japan is so poor business of these several years,and The tourists who visiting Kinosaki was decreasing. An American director who Spielberg was best known in Japan, therefore Kinosaki people really wish Spielberg is coming there for the advertisement effect of Kinosaki.
"Memoirs of a Geisha"'s location has just decided. It is famous Kinosaki as the spa place. There is Hyogo-ken(ken means a prefecture), near the sea of Japan. I live in Hyogo-ken, Therefore I will go to Kinosaki. Spielberg will come to Japan for taking part in condolence party of Akira Kurosawa this September.
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Ridley came here, in Roma, and went to Cinecittà studios to take some accord with De angelis (he is a sculpture maker, certanly the best in Europe !!!) for some statues and a lot of staff to built ! They told me that he wants to re-built the COLOSSEO more big than original.
