Written by on Aug 12, 2011. Posted in Production News

Mad Max sequel to change filming location as Broken Hill loses apocalyptic feel

The long-delayed Mad Max sequel Fury Road will change its filming location for somewhere more apocalyptic. It was planning to film in and around the town of Broken Hill in New South Wales, but unseasonal heavy rains have brought the area to life in a way that doesn’t work for the production.

Broken Hill City Council said: “The red dirt is all but covered in a carpet of green, yellow and mauve. While this turn in environmental events has been welcomed by farmers, fishers and a parched local community that has waited ten years for the drought to break, the timing could not be worse for the filming of Fury Road.”

While this turn in environmental events has been welcomed by farmers, fishers and a parched local community that has waited ten years for the drought to break, the timing could not be worse for the filming of Fury Road.

Broken Hill City Council

The film production has a two-year lease at the Broken Hill Film Studios and was to become the facility’s first major project. According to the city council the lease will continue but the studios will be sub-leased to other productions too. The city is putting a brave face on the news, saying pre-production on the film contributed to around AUD2 million being fed into the local economy in 2010.

Industry reports suggest Namibia may be being considered as a replacement filming location, but nothing has yet been confirmed.