Denzel Washington on the Amalfi Coast for the sequel to the film The Equalizer 3

The final set-up operations are underway for the set that will host the filming of the film from Monday “The Equalizer 3” the sequel to the action movie produced by Sony Pictures starring Denzel Washington. Director Antoine Fuqua required the assembly of a tubular structure on the whole square for the laying of sheets to contain the sunlight so as to manage the light on the set. He writes it Quotidianocostiera.it

Filming will officially begin tomorrow morning and, according to plans, will end on November 20. At the tourist port of Maiori the logistic base of the production has been set up with the means arrived from Cinecittà.

And yesterday morning in the square of Atrani the protagonist also made his appearance Denzel Washington.

The Oscar winner who plays the role of Robert McCall, a retired CIA agent, without warning, intended to make a brief inspection on the set to see the places where he will work for the next 40 days.

The famous actor, a regular on the Amalfi Coast – but always and only in Positano -, was entranced by the unique beauty of this authentic village, exchanging a few words with tourists who recognized him sitting at the tables of the coffee bar before, and in front of the barber shop behind the fountain then, environments created ad hoc for the film.

He will stay for the entire filming period at an exclusive private villa on the coast, in Amalfi.

The plot of the third installment of the popular action saga is still top secret. In the cast the actress Dakota Fanning and our Remo Girone.

The extras have already been selected during a casting held last September 5th in Maiori.

For the beginning of December the set will move to Naples, while the last part of the film will be shot in Rome with an imagined closure for the middle of January. Almost all of the film, whose release is scheduled for September 1, 2023, will be shot in Italy.

The first The Equalizer film premiered in 2014 and featured Denzel Washington as Robert McCall, a former Marine who finds himself clashing with the Russian mafia to protect young prostitute Teri (Chloe Grace Moretz). the film grossed over $ 194 million globally. In the sequel, with a revenue of 190 million, the protagonist was looking for revenge after the murder of his friend Susan Plummer (Melissa Leo).