Filming to start in Germany

Variety's update --

http://variety.com/2015/biz/global/babelsberg-shows-off-hollywood-bond -at-berlins-queen-of-the-desert-party-1201427983/

Babelsberg is now in discussions to host a number of upscale English-language productions.

One of the high-profie shoots already lined up for 2015 is “Eddie the Eagle,” a U.K. sports comedy with Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton, which will start lensing at Babelsberg at the end of March.

Babelsberg has thrived as it established itself as a leading European studio, facing up to such rival studios as Pinewood in the U.K. A key to that success, Woebcken argues, is that Babelsberg has shown its skills and craftsmanship in handling arthouse-oriented, medium-sized films, notably historical dramas.

Further update --

http://www.theknowledgeonline.com/the-knowledge-bulletin/post/2015/02/ 09/hugh-jackman-and-taron-egerton-take-to-the-slopes

Super producer Matthew Vaughn is segueing neatly from his recent action spy spoof, Kingsman: The Secret Service, to a film about underdog ski-jumper Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards.

The feature is currently in pre-production, with a view to principal photography in Germany and the UK in the spring. Exact shoot dates and studio details can be found on Production Intelligence, along with crucial hires such as the production designer, casting director and production manager.

Dexter Fletcher directs Eddie the Eagle, which many believe is an unlikely project for Vaughn until you see who he’s got lined up to star: Kingsman boy wonder Taron Egerton will play the bespectacled sportsman and Hugh Jackman portrays his mentor Chuck Berghorn.

It all suddenly seems like a great A-lister project, and different from Vaughn’s usual canon of work. It’s also a rare scheduling window of opportunity for Jackman, who has several major projects lined up including the small matter of X-Men: Apocalypse. He is also producing and starring in much-anticipated feature, The Greatest Showman on Earth, about the legendary P.T Barnum.