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19 March 2013 07:25 am - 14     - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

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World renowned film director Steven Spielberg is set  to travel to Sri Lanka as a part of his world tour in his $200 million yacht, media reports said.

“The legendary helmer is looking to take some time off at some of his most famous film locations,” reports said.

The trip will take Steven Spielberg on around the world in his $200 million yacht in an epic voyage that will see him returning to locales that served as the place for his most classic cinematic pieces. Beginning in North Africa and Sri Lanka, where he filmed his Indiana Jones movies, Spielberg will then disembark at Shanghai where he made Empire of the Sun, and Hawaii where Jurassic Park filmed on Kauai.

The 66-year-old filmmaker plans to take his wife, the actress, Kate Capshaw, and some of his seven children with him on his 30,000 mile adventure that his staff are calling "Verneing" in homage to Jules Verne, author of Around the World in Eighty Days.

Verneing seems to be the fulfillment of a lifelong dream for the director, who was raised in the Arizona desert and confessed during the shooting of Jaws, that he gets seasick.

After this year's Cannes Film Festival ends, Spielberg has cleared all of his filming commitments this summer so he can set sail on the yacht he bought for $3 billion from a Dutch shipyard two years ago. It features a 3-D cinema screen, a spa, a helipad, two "spare" motorboats and an infinity pool with a 15-foot glass wall that doubles as an outdoor cinema.

Upon his return, Spielberg has around 25 movies to oversee including Jurassic Park IV, biopics about Moses, British racing driver James Hunt and composer George Gershwin, plus two more Tintin movies.

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  • MW Tuesday, 19 March 2013 08:08 AM

    how many millions in a billion ?

    Geriatrix Tuesday, 19 March 2013 08:16 AM

    how about.. Saving private Sirisena ??

    Ranjit Tuesday, 19 March 2013 08:16 AM

    Here he can film 'Empire of Ports'.

    hollywood Tuesday, 19 March 2013 08:23 AM

    he is here to direct SL ELECTION 2014 and the Return of Uminda*

    ANTON Tuesday, 19 March 2013 08:47 AM

    YEAH, HE WILL FIND MORE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES FROM THE PARLIAMENT.

    Sugath Tuesday, 19 March 2013 08:51 AM

    No guys he is here for the film " Rise and Fall of the Hallal Certification" ... ( sorrry... no offence to anyone... only a joke )

    Dadson Tuesday, 19 March 2013 09:00 AM

    He filmed about DINOSAROUS.

    He can film about RAJAPAKSES too.

    Laminate Tuesday, 19 March 2013 09:02 AM

    @MW, One Thousand Million.......

    Buwa Tuesday, 19 March 2013 09:11 AM

    On location for the new "Planet of the Apes" starring Vermin Silva?

    Mahinda Maama Tuesday, 19 March 2013 09:24 AM

    thank god he didn't fly as otherwise he would have ended up at that mattala airport!

    Heman Tuesday, 19 March 2013 10:00 AM

    Welcome to the miracle of asia!

    Dayan Tuesday, 19 March 2013 12:15 PM

    Oh God, he will never finish that film with in 2.5 or 3 hours

    Kondebandapucheena Tuesday, 19 March 2013 05:16 PM

    Welcome to Place where made Indiana Jones of the Temple of Doom.

    Ss Wednesday, 20 March 2013 11:10 AM

    he can finally film 'War Horahs'


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