Avengers in Edinburgh: Filming locations revealed as shooting for Marvel blockbuster begins

Shopfronts on Cockburn Street have been transformed and a cafe facade has been built in Waverley station before crews start shooting tomorrow.

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ByNicola Love

• 19:57, 21 MAR 2017
• Updated10:18, 22 MAR 2017

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Film crews have been busy in the capital since last week - with stars expected to join them tomorrow (Photo: SWNS/Marvel)

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Marvel film crews have started setting up in Edinburgh with Avengers stars soon expected to join them as filming begins tomorrow.
Fans lined Cockburn Street hoping to get a glimpse of the film set as crews prepare for shooting for Avengers: Infinity War starts tomorrow.
One local shop, Miss Katie Cupcake, has been given an overhaul, being transformed into a kebab shop.

Shops on Cockburn Street are being transformed for filming (Photo: SWNS)

Meanwhile Edinburgh Waverley has also been unveiled as a filming location with a 40ft green screen and coffee kiosk facade being set up on the station concourse.
The boarded-off area shields the replica cafe, old phone booths and rubbish bins.
While stars are yet to be spotted, there is mounting speculation that Scarlett Johansson and Benedict Cumberbatch will be involved in filming taking place later this week.

A cafe set and green screen have been set up inside Edinburgh Waverley (Photo: SWNS)

Lighting tests and equipment set-up began last week as crews arrived in the capital.
Filming will get under way with drones shooting aerial footage of the Old Town.
Locals have been warned about the use of drone cameras and that “small explosions” will take place on April 2 and April 6.

Film crews began testing lighting last week (Photo: SWNS)

We previously told how shooting would begin on the cobbled streets of the Royal Mile around Cockburn Street and Parliament Square this month and next.
Filming is for Avengers: Infinity War and its yet-to-be-titled sequel, with the former due to be hit the big screen in May 2018.
Both films are being shot back to back with filming continuing simultaneously across the pond in Atlanta, where stars reprised their superhero status as early as August last year.

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Aptly-titled production firm Assembled Productions III UK Ltd - which is registered to Disney's London HQ - warned residents and local businesses about plans to shoot in Old Town in the coming weeks.
Eagle-eyed fans spotted lighting trucks arrive in the capital early last week.
Earlier this month the Russo Brothers, who are directing the blockbuster, shared a snap of themselves location "scouting" at the City Chambers .

Eagle-eyed fans spotted lighting trucks arrive ahead of filming (Photo: SWNS)

In January our sister paper Sunday Mail revealed that the £400m blockbuster would shoot scenes in Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Highlands.
They later confirmed Marvel will use Wardpark Studios in Cumbernauld for filming, which is used for shooting Outlander.