One of the most recent movies shot in Thailand was No Escape, an action film starring Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan and Lake Well shot partially in Chiang Mai at the end of 2013. Despite rumours that the film was banned by Thailand’s military government because it depicts a coup in a Southeast Asian country, the Culture Ministry on Monday confirmed the film was approved by censors on July 28 and will open as planned on Sept 10. The film No Escape, shot in Thailand, about American family caught in coup in unnamed country, gets permission to show in Thailand. Govt plans to attract more film shoots to Thailand. The scene in the movie No Escape, shot in Thailand, which actor Owen Wilson dodges projectiles thrown by protestors. (Source: YouTube screenshot) One of the most recent movies shot in Thailand was No Escape, an action film starring Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan and Lake Well shot partially in Chiang Mai at the end of 2013. Despite rumours that the film was banned by Thailand’s military government because it depicts a coup in a Southeast Asian country, the Culture Ministry on Monday confirmed the film was approved by censors on July 28 and will open as planned on Sept 10. During the filming of the film, that was called “The Coup” at the time, a fire broke out on the film set in Lampang and actors Pierce Brosnan and Owen Wilson reportedly “barely escaped” the flames (See here). Steps have obviously been taken to make sure the setting of the film is not identified as Thailand such as the upside down Cambodian (or Khmer) letters on the riot police shields