Al Pacino to Shoot New Skateboarding Film in Greece

Producers will shoot a new Al Pacino film, 50/50, mostly in Greece from April 2027, and casting is under way for Greek actors to appear alongside the Hollywood star.

About 90 per cent of the filming will take place in Greece, according to the production plans. It will also be the first time Pacino has made a movie in the country.

Pacino, an Oscar winner, has visited Greece before, though he travelled incognito on holidays to Paros and Skopelos.

In the story, a young Greek-American skateboarder dreams of competing at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Organisers have put skateboarding on the program for those Games.

His dream starts to take shape when he meets an award-winning skateboarding veteran, played by Pacino. The older man then leads him on a journey of sporting ambition, self-discovery and personal healing.

Why the story moves to Greece

That meeting happens after the teenager returns to Greece from the United States following his parents’ separation. As a result, most of the Al Pacino film unfolds on Greek soil.

So far, the Al Pacino film has secured funding from Greece’s national film and audiovisual centre, EKKOMED.

Gold Tree, the company of Greek-American businessman Efthymios Tsonakas, has taken on the executive production. Tsonakas plans a major investment in Greece across cinema, television, Greek product promotion abroad and land sustainability technologies.

In particular, his plans include five state-of-the-art film studio complexes in Greece. Greek professionals from across the audiovisual industry would work in them.

Earlier work with Gold Tree

The Al Pacino film is not his first project with Tsonakas. Previously, the pair worked together on the biographical drama Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness, which Johnny Depp directed.

They also teamed up on Lear Rex, a Bernard Rose film based on Shakespeare’s King Lear. Pacino had wanted to play the role of Lear for many years.

International productions keep coming to Greece. Greek City Times has reported how film shoots are driving tourism across the country.

Before work on the Al Pacino film begins, he will receive a SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award on 28 February 2027.

Source: Proto Thema

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