After shooting all night on Monday (‘till Tuesday morning), the company packed up for the long drive from San Luis Potosi to our next location: the town of Cuetzalan, in the state of Puebla. It took us anywhere from 9 -12 hours to make the... [+]

We shot all over the area this past week – and again – everyone has been really excited at the locations and the settings. On Monday, we were in the heart of the city.  Shooting some of our Guadalajara and Mexico City scenes.  The town... [+]

Monday was our last shooting day in the national park – and we had a number of small scenes to shoot – capturing some important moments in different areas around the Cristeros camp. My son got to play a young Cristero  for a brief scene... [+]

Sorry for the late post – it’s been a killer week here in Los Organos. This is probably our most difficult location – logistically and physically.  We hike in every day – sometimes straight up the sides of the hills – to reach our shooting... [+]

Wow – two amazing days (& nights). We shot more scenes with our home made train – this time in a brand new location (another Art Dept built train station).  Thursday we filmed two great performances from Catalina and Santiago – both of whom had... [+]

Three more days suddenly gone – and they were pretty brutal. On Monday and Tuesday – we shot at what we call our Maguay Battlefield – and this one was our biggest battle yet -with artillery shells exploding all around – Cristeros flying off horses... [+]

We pulled another all-nighter last night shooting at our Train Station set – put together by our talented Art Department – along with an unbelievable hand crafted period train.   Everything put together for the film – the costumes, the extras, the props – everything is... [+]

But shot our last sequence at one of the most beautiful locations.  I hope this doesn’t sound like I’m repeating myself – because we have so many visually stunning locals in the film – but Puente de Ojuela is a picturesque mining site in the... [+]

Sorry no post over the weekend – but it was as jam-packed as the shooting week! . The scenes in El Catorce’s house were really great.  It was our first big action sequence where we really see what Oscar Isaac’s character can do and where... [+]

Some press some a few days back. Mexican epic ‘Cristiada’ sets cast Garcia, Moreno, O’Toole, Longoria Parker