The Villena Watchtower Castle was the scene of the shooting of the new version of the movie “King of Kings”, one of the classics of 2000 cinema. 60s He used the outside of the castle and some interior parts of the castle for his scenes. feature film.
Last Thursday, a team from the American production company Beach Movies moved to Villena. technical staff And five players to shoot different scenes.
directing the movie the life of jesus and the twelve apostlesHe chose the arena area – the inner corridor between the two walls of the castle – and some of the exterior areas of the castle to recreate the atmosphere of the time of Jesus.
This Tourism Advisor Paula Garcia“Villena can benefit from this niche of activity thanks to its great heritage and the diversity of landscaping our municipal area offers, which is an opportunity we need to work on in particular. City of Light reactivates for its activity. film, television and advertising”.
Filmmaking is a remake The success of the legendary “King of Kings” movie, Hollywood governing Nicholas Ray and produced by samuel broston which was totally shot Spain inside 1961 yearit was already a remake of a previous movie of the same name. 20s with Paramount Pictures.
García links this recording with the collaborative promotional effort. Beach White Film Commission visited by an international group of space and scene finders to shoot movies Villenese natural environment, castle and a local winery.
Finally, the mayor of the area pointed out that such actions contribute to the dissemination of the image of the Villena heritage around the world, as well as stimulating the local economy due to the expense that different film crews can incur.