Amazon Prime's thriller series The Terminal List, starring Chris Pratt, is set to shoot season two across Morocco over the next couple of months, having already filmed in South Africa and most recently Toronto, Canada.
The series is among many big projects to choose to film in the North African country this year, including Christopher Nolan’s new epic The Odyssey, starring Matt Damon and Tom Holland, and George Clooney’s spy thriller series, The Agency, starring Michael Fassbender.
Filming of The Terminal List S2 will take place across Marrakesh, then a large part in Casablanca and finally Tangier with the locations doubling for Syria, Eastern Europe and Greece, an unnamed source confirmed to TLG.com.
The production team are using a mix of local and international crew, including some who worked on the first season, which primarily filmed across California.
The Terminal List tells the story of James Reece (Pratt), a Navy Seal investigating the devastating ambush of his platoon during a high-stakes covert mission. Season two is based on author Jack Carr's sequel in the Terminal List series titled True Believer, drawing Reece back into the world of espionage following a string of terrorist attacks.
Netflix is also expected to head to Morocco at the end of this year to film the first season of its TV series Extraction, starring Omar Sy, a spin-off of the movie franchise. The show is being produced by AGBO, directed by Louise Hooper, with Glen Mazzara (The Walking Dead) as showrunner.
Morocco has always attracted Hollywood productions, including recently Gladiator II, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, and now The Odyssey, which has been filming in various locations, including Ksar Aït Ben Haddou and Dakhla. They are drawn to the country’s striking locations, quality crew, cheaper costs and 30% cash rebate.
"They've got a nice incentive and experienced crew. It's an appealing place right now," says the source.
European productions are also increasingly choosing to shoot there, including Oliver Laxe’s desert-based Sirat and Francois Ozon’s Albert Camus adaptation The Stranger. Plus French director Rachel Lang’s thriller Mata and Italian Netflix-backed political thriller The Negotiator (Il Nibbio), which recently doubled Morocco for Mali and Iraq, respectively.
