One of the most high-profile movies ever filmed in Surrey opens across North America today (July 13).

Scenes for the action flick Skyscraper, starring Dwayne Johnson, were filmed at Surrey City Hall Plaza last fall.

James Monk, who works as the City of Surrey91裸聊视频檚 film liaison, is keen to see how Surrey looks on the big screen.

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The Skyscraper crew filmed in Surrey for a total of four days 91裸聊视频� on Oct. 14 and 15 and then again on Nov. 6 and 7.

91裸聊视频淭hey had five days of setup, quite extensive, the first time there 91裸聊视频� a big build that took five days to construct everything they needed,91裸聊视频� Monk recalled.

91裸聊视频淭hey had somewhere around 500 background (extras) on the plaza and they were filming a shot that I believe was toward the end of their script, and that included a helicopter used to land and take off several times,91裸聊视频� he explained.

91裸聊视频淭o get to that point took several weeks of work and necessary approvals from Transport Canada, as an example of one.

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Afterward, in a video posted on social media, Johnson gave his thanks to Mayor Linda Hepner and the City of Surrey after staff put a giant 91裸聊视频渨e love DJ91裸聊视频� sign in their city hall office.

City Plaza had a special visitor over the weekend. gives props to our Mayor, staff and film crew.

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In the Die Hard-like movie, Johnson plays a security consultant forced to rescue his family from a 240-storey building set on fire by terrorists in search of a computer flash drive hidden in an apartment.

An official trailer for the film was released in February.

In Monk91裸聊视频檚 estimation, Skyscraper is 91裸聊视频渦p there as a contender for the number-one spot, for the largest feature film we91裸聊视频檝e had in Surrey,91裸聊视频� he noted. 91裸聊视频淏ut in saying that, we91裸聊视频檝e had other big feature films 91裸聊视频� Twilight, for example, had filmed in Surrey quite extensively. I don91裸聊视频檛 know what the comparables are there91裸聊视频� We also had Deadpool 1 and 2 filmed in the City of Surrey.91裸聊视频�

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Pre-release reviews of Skyscraper are starting to trickle in, and at least two aren91裸聊视频檛 very kind.

, reviewer Peter Debruge wrote this: 91裸聊视频淩idiculous is the name of the game in Skyscraper, an eye-rolling action movie delivered with a straight face by Dodgeball: An Underdog Story director Rawson Marshall Thurber, who recognizes that no one wants to watch a realistic rescue story (91裸聊视频楥at Saved From Tree,91裸聊视频� say, or 91裸聊视频楤ackdraft91裸聊视频�) when they can have 91裸聊视频楾he Rock91裸聊视频檚 Wife and Kids Nearly Burned to a Crisp in Blazing Building.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

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Meanwhile, Monk said the City of Surrey has issued 122 permits for filming so far this year, which he called 91裸聊视频渁 staggering number.

91裸聊视频淲e could potentially surpass last year, and last year was a record year for us in terms of the number of permits we issued. Of that 122 this year, close to eight per cent of those permits were for feature films in Surrey (and) 61.5 per cent of permits were for TV series.91裸聊视频�

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