Filming on the Gold Coast

Film and Television productions continue to relocate from Hollywood to the Gold Coast, with A-listers flocking to our city. As a result, we have one of the world's most successful screen industries

The Gold Coast has a long and proud tradition of film and television production. The city is an enviable filming location for any production company, with a diverse range of easily accessible locations, world-class studios, and highly-skilled production crews experienced in both film and television. We are also the first local government in Australia to provide incentives to attract these productions to our city.

Why film here?

  • Home of internationally-renowned Village Roadshow Studios
  • A diverse range of spectacular filming locations
  • Australia's first local city offering financial incentives in addition to state and federal incentives
  • World-class film and television production crews and equipment
  • A sub-tropical environment with warm weather and sunshine all year round
  • Screen-friendly local government with fast-track permit applications and dedicated city support
  • A fibre optic cable network that provides some of Australia's fastest internet services
  • The largest Wi-Fi network in Australia
  • A strong local industry and education providers specialising in film and television
  • Access to two international airports – a 13-hour direct flight to Los Angeles and a one-hour flight to Sydney.

Coupled with world class crew and a level of craftsmanship from our teams that always elevated our project ambitions, Queensland and the Gold Coast have shown us the very best Australia has to offer.
It’s a beautiful, dream-like place to live, work and play - with hospitality, goodwill, good cheer and great talent in spades.

Chris Loveall

Executive Producer, Nautilis

Diverse & accessible locations

The Gold Coast is famous for its beautiful sub-tropical climate, 57 kilometres (35 miles) of coastline, 260 kilometres (161 miles) of waterways and world heritage-listed rainforests. The diverse range of accessible locations allows for many landscapes to be replicated within the region.

From city or country scenes, beautiful beaches and sub-tropical rainforests, to a unique blend of architecture, scenic roads and city locations, the Gold Coast offers production companies accessible locations.

Filming locations

Visit the Gold Coast Reel Scout Locations Directory to view detailed images of over 150 filming locations in the region, or download the Film Gold Coast Location Book.

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State-of-the-art studios

The Village Roadshow Studios offers world-class film production facilities comprising 9 sound stages, 3 water tanks, 10 production offices, editing suites, wardrobe, makeup, construction, paint and carpentry workshops.

As one of the largest studio lots in the Southern Hemisphere, stages vary in size with an overall floor area of 14,564m2 (156,731 square feet). All sound stages are equipped with current industry-standard facilities including air conditioning, extraction fans, steel grids and catwalks.

The water tank has a surface area of 1200m2 (12,915 square feet), holds 6 million litres of water and has state-of-the-art filtration and heating systems that allows the tank water to be heated to 32°C (89.6°F).

Internationally recognised crew

The Gold Coast's film industry is powered by some of the world's top cast and crew, boasting a range of experience in Australian and international production. Experienced Heads of Department and world-leading technicians who have worked on some of the world's most complex physical productions.

Recent productions powered by locals include:

  • Anaconda, Sony Pictures
  • Black Snow Season 2, Goal Post Pictures
  • Good Cop Bad Cop, Jungle Entertainment
  • Monarch: Legacy of Monsters – Season 2, Legendary Television
  • Rock island Mysteries - Season 3, Fremantle Media for Nickelodeon
  • Dangerous Animals, Brouhaha Entertainment
  • How to Make Gravy, Warner Bros. International Television Productions
  • Nautilus, Moon Stories Pty Ltd
  • Eden, Imagine Entertainment
  • Mortal Kombat 2, Newline Cinema
  • La Brea – Season 3, NBC Universal Television
  • Elvis, Warner Bros.
     

Our crews are multi-skilled, versatile and cover a wide variety of including feature films, television series and movies of the week and pilots.

Major productions filmed on the Gold Coast

The Gold Coast has attracted international and national production companies to the region to film over $1.9 billion of productions.

  • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

  • Mortal Kombat 2

  • Land of Bad

  • Elvis

  • Spiderhead

  • Thirteen Lives

  • Ticket to Paradise

  • The Portable Door

  • Thor: Ragnarok

  • Aquaman

  • Dora and the Lost City of Gold

  • Fool's Gold

  • Godzilla vs Kong

  • Kong: Skull Island

  • Nim's Island

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

  • San Andreas

  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

  • The House of Wax

  • True Spirit

  • Unbroken

  • Audrey

  • How to Make Gravy

  • Eden

  • Spit

  • The Bluff

  • Dangerous Animals

  • Balls Up

  • Apples Never Fall

  • Rock Island Mysteries – Seasons 1 and 2

  • Boy Swallows Universe

  • Darby and Joan

  • Nautilus

  • La Brea – Season 3

  • Troppo – Seasons 1 and 2

  • Irreverent

  • The Wilds

  • Bureau of Magical Things – Seasons 1 and 2

  • H20: Just Add Water – Seasons 1, 2 and 3

  • Mako: Island of Secrets – Seasons 1 and 2

  • Reef Break

  • Terra Nova

  • The End

  • Upright – Season 2

  • Rock Island Mysteries – Seasons 1, 2 and 3

  • Black Snow – Season 2

  • Good Cop, Bad Cop

  • Monarch: Legacy of Monsters – Season 2

  • Black Paean – Season 2