Wadi Rum — Red Planet filming location

Where to go

29.5765, 35.419928

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.

Good to know

Title

Red Planet (2000)

On screen

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In real life

Wadi Rum, Wadi Rum

Can you visit?

Open to the public, ticketed

Time to allow

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Confidence

Probable

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Wadi Rum today

"The Martian," Wadi Rum, Jordan: Despite the support and involvement of NASA, it wasn’t practical for Ridley Scott to shoot pro-science Robinson Crusoe story "The Martian" on Mars, so he turned to the next best thing: Wadi Rum in Jordan, where he’d also shot scenes set on an alien planet in "Prometheus" (2012). Wadi Rum is also known as "the Valley of the Moon" but "the Valley of Mars" might be more apt. "Red Planet" (2000) and "The Last Days on Mars" (2013) were both filmed there, too. As were key scenes in "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962).

Photography of the place as it is now — production stills from the publications that covered the shoot, and freely-licensed photographs. Each links to its source.

Also filmed here

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Questions

Where exactly did Red Planet film at Wadi Rum?

At 29.5765, 35.419928 in Wadi Rum. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.

Can you visit Wadi Rum?

Open to the public, ticketed.

What else was filmed near Wadi Rum?

Open Venture where you're standing and it lists every filming location within walking distance, with directions to each one.