Where was X-Men Origins: Wolverine filmed
Filming country: New Zealand Canada Australia
X-Men Origins: Wolverine was filmed in Queenstown in New Zealand, Vancouver in Canada, and Sydney in Australia.
Wolverine's Cabin
In movie
Timing: 00:18:12
Real
Carnival
In movie
Scene where A fair is going on and a couple walks up to a tent with Chris Bradley, a man with a mutation that allows him to control electricity, sitting in it. He offers to try to extinguish a light bulb in three tries for a dollar. The visitors, unaware of his superpowers, agree but fail.
Timing: 00:20:20
Real
Scene was shot in Sydney, in Jubilee Park. It was convenient for filming, and the location of the fair was not crucial, so the crew chose this place. The only restriction was not to take in the frame growing palm trees, as the story takes place in the north of the United States, where they do not grow.
Annandale
Jubilee Park
Scott Summers's School
In movie
Scene where Scott stays after school to work off his punishment and writes an "epitaph" on the blackboard with chalk. At that moment, Victor comes after him - he is now kidnapping mutants for Stryker. During the fight, Victor's glasses fall off and he destroys much of his own school.
Timing: 01:04:16
Real
Scene was shot at Lord Bing High School in Vancouver, Canada. This institution in the movie played the role of a quite decent American school, but in a location where filming was cheaper than in the USA.
Vancouver
Lord Byng Secondary School
African Fortress
In movie
Scene where Team X Squad attacks the fortress of an African dictator on Stryker's orders. The squad consists of Victor, Wolverine, Wade Wilson, John Raitt, and Fred Dukes. They infiltrate the compound and along the way they massacre a large number of military personnel guarding the facility.
Timing: 00:12:01
Real
Scene was shot on the campus of the University of British Columbia. The gray buildings we see in the frame are the buildings of the Faculty of Arts, built mainly for the departments of English and Linguistics. Interestingly, Ryan Reynolds, who plays in this scene - has been filmed in this location many times, most recently in the Netflix movie "The Adam Project".
Vancouver
University of British Columbia
Bridge to Farm
In movie
Scene where A farmer, drives an old pickup truck over a bridge that is on the way to the house. There they discover Logan, who is hiding in their barn. They do not suspect that this encounter will turn out to be doom for them and the complete destruction of their home.
Timing: 00:45:30
Real
Scene was shot on a bridge over the Dart River in New Zealand's South Island. Near this location they filmed part of the views for Isengard for the Lord of the Rings movie.
Glenorchy
Farm
In movie
Scene where Logan tries to hide on the farm, but Stryker's men find him as soon as he makes acquaintance with the owners and attack Logan and the men from the farm. Wolverine ends up blowing up the helicopter and killing the attackers, but without protecting the men.
Timing: 00:46:11
Real
Scene was shot in a field north of Mount Alfred, in New Zealand. This building was purpose-built for the movie and was blown up during filming, so no trace of the film's production remains in the area.
Glenorchy
Three Mile Island
In movie
Scene where Logan infiltrates the lab on Three Mile Island to rescue all of Victor's kidnapped mutants and bring them to safety. Stryker refuses to release Kayla's sister, who has been tracking Wolverine on his behalf, and refuses to implant adamantium in Victor's skeleton, thus losing two allies at once.
Timing: 01:16:58
Real
Scene was shot in the buildings of Cockatoo Island - it's a small island near Sydney that used to be first a Prison and then a shipyard, and its abandoned buildings are perfect for showing the Laboratories at the Atomic Station.
Sydney
Cockatoo Island
Chase through Forest
In movie
Scene where After blowing up the farm, Logan gets on his bike and chases Zero's helicopter through the woods. After catching up with him, he blows up the helicopter, kills Zero, and after taking possession of his walkie-talkie, he contacts Stryker and tells him that he will kill him too.
Real
Scene was shot in the forest between the Dart River and Paikirakatahi Mountain. The forest was chosen for its rather interesting coniferous trees with bright trunks and green crowns, which gives an interesting picture in color, and trunks standing vertically and fallen down give interesting shapes in the frame.
Glenorchy
The road in the fields
In movie
Scene where Stryker is walking along a road in the fields, he is dirty and his clothes are torn. A military vehicle pulls up behind him, from which people in peacekeeper helmets get out and say that he has questions about the death of General Manson.
Timing: 01:41:00
Real
Scene was shot at North 40 Park, a large off-leash dog walking park located near Boundary Bay Airport. The park was chosen because of its proximity to the city, but looking like a remote area away from civilization with overgrown paths and fields of shrubbery around it. The paths were originally part of a station built for the Canadian Army Signal Corps during World War II and operated until 1971.
Vancouver
