article_snippet: Hong Kong (CNN)Taipei is fast becoming the go-to Asian city for some of Hollywood's biggest hitters.
article_snippet: Martin Scorsese is filming Martin Scorsese latest opus "Silence" there, and French director Luc Besson chose Taipei over seven other Asian cities for Martin Scorsese sci-fi thriller "Lucy," starring Scarlett Johansson.
article_snippet: " star Andrew Lincoln will begin filming in Taipei for a movie project.
article_snippet: Tasked with attracting international film makers, Jennifer Jao, head of the Taipei Film Commission, said that 92 foreign film crews shot in Taipei last year, up from 56 in 2013.
article_snippet: For years, Taiwan, while home to acclaimed filmmakers like Edward Yang and Hou Hsiao-hsien, was overlooked in favor of its ritzier neighbors Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo.
article_snippet: And even when Hollywood came knocking, Taipei didn't always have Taipei act together.
article_snippet: And Scorsese's "Silence," due to release in 2016, is a historic drama about two Jesuit priests who travel to Japan.
article_snippet: While many of international film crews are from neighboring Asian countries, the city has hosted crews from Latvia and Germany, while the BBC shot some of the BBC newly released drama "X+Y" in the city.
highlights_snippet: Taipei is attracting more international film crews .
  
highlights_snippet: Martin Scorsese is shooting Martin Scorsese latest movie in Taipei .
  