Al Pacino to Shoot His First Film in Greece

By Elena Marika Konstantinou

November 10, 2026

Al Pacino is coming to Greece to make a movie, and this one comes with a skateboard.

The film is called 50/50, and about 90% of it will be shot in Greece, according to ERT's Studio 4, as reported by LiFO and efsyn on November 10, 2026. Filming is set to start in April 2027, Proto Thema reported, and the locations have not been announced yet.

Pacino plays an award-winning skateboarding veteran. The story follows a young Greek-American skater who dreams of competing at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. After his parents separate, he comes back to Greece from the US and meets the old legend, who becomes his mentor, efsyn and LiFO reported.

iEidiseis described the road ahead for the pair as tough training, soul-searching and growing up, with both of them healing old wounds along the way. Al Pacino as a skate mentor in Greece? I did not know I needed this.

It is also a first for him. According to Hellas Journal, 50/50 will be the first time Pacino shoots a film in Greece, a country he has visited quietly on holiday before, with trips to Paros and Skopelos.

The man behind the project is Greek-American businessman Efthymios (Tim) Tsonakas. His company, Gold Tree, is handling executive production, and the film has already secured funding from EKKOMED, Greece's national film and audiovisual centre, Proto Thema and efsyn reported.

This is not their first time working together. Tsonakas is the executive producer behind Pacino's Lear Rex, Bernard Rose's take on Shakespeare's King Lear, and Gold Tree was also involved in Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness, a drama directed by Johnny Depp that also stars Pacino, Proto Thema reported.

Greek actors, take note. Auditions have already started, efsyn and LiFO reported, and iEidiseis added that the team is also looking for people to work behind the camera. Tsonakas is even exploring five modern film studio complexes in Greece, according to efsyn.

Greece has been a busy film set lately, from Brad Pitt filming on Hydra to James Cameron visiting the House of David set. Now Al Pacino is next in line, and April 2027 cannot come soon enough.