Dubai says no to Sex and the City 2 filming
The Dubai Government has refused permission for parts of Sex and the City 2 to be filmed at Dubai Studio City.
No reason was given.
Dubai Studio City said the producers of the movie, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, had submitted the script for approval to the government, UAE daily the National reported on Friday.
The studio said in a statement: “Further to the recommendation of the government authority, the request for filming was declined.”
Although the Sex and the City TV series is aired in the UAE, on Showtime, the first Sex and the City film was not shown in cinemas last year.
At the time, Roy Chacra, of Shooting Stars, the Dubai firm scheduled to distribute the film, said he did not see “what all the fuss was about”, the National reported.
The government’s refusal is not the first time it has said no to a studio to film in the country, the National reported. The producers of Body of Lies, directed by Ridley Scott, sought to film in Dubai but were denied permission by the National Media Council because of the script’s politically sensitive nature.
The internationally popular Sex and the City television series ran for six seasons from 1998 to 2004.
The 2008 movie grossed more than $150 million in Canada and the United States.
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