Why Adelaide is Australia's new Hollywood hotspot

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    Move over Byron Bay! Why Adelaide is Australia’s new Hollywood hotspot – as a slew of major productions kick off in the City of Churches


    Hollywood has well and truly come to Adelaide. 

    The South Australian capital has become a new hot-spot for A-list productions of late, with the likes of Mortal Kombat and Zac Efron’s Stan Original film Gold recently filmed there. 

    And it seems Adelaide’s Hollywood gold rush has just begun, as six major film productions are currently in production in the City of Churches, involving more than 400 local cast and crew.  

    Move over Byron Bay! Why Adelaide is Australia's new Hollywood hotspot - as a slew of major productions kick off in the City of Churches. Pictured: Jamie Dornan, star of Adelaide-filmed Stan series The Tourist

    Move over Byron Bay! Why Adelaide is Australia’s new Hollywood hotspot – as a slew of major productions kick off in the City of Churches. Pictured: Jamie Dornan, star of Adelaide-filmed Stan series The Tourist 

    The Netflix series Gymnastics Academy: A Second Chance! is shooting at the Adelaide Showground. 

    Elsewhere, the new Rolf De Heer film The Mountain has just wrapped shooting in the Flinders Ranges. 

    The vampire series Firebite starring Rob Collins and Yael Stone is currently shooting in Coober Pedy as well as in Adelaide film studios. 

    Local project: The vampire series Firebite starring Rob Collins and Yael Stone is currently shooting in Coober Pedy as well as in Adelaide film studios.

    Local project: The vampire series Firebite starring Rob Collins and Yael Stone is currently shooting in Coober Pedy as well as in Adelaide film studios.

    The Taryn Brumfitt feature documentary Embrace Kids is also based in the city.  

    ABC Kids series Beep and Mort is being produced in Adelaide, as is the second season of docu-series Aussie Snake Wranglers are also being produced in Adelaide. 

    There are also three major TV series in post-production in South Australia. 

    Series: The Netflix series Gymnastics Academy: A Second Chance! is shooting at the Adelaide Showground. Pictured: Cast of Gymnastics Academy: A Second Chance!

    Series: The Netflix series Gymnastics Academy: A Second Chance! is shooting at the Adelaide Showground. Pictured: Cast of Gymnastics Academy: A Second Chance! 

    These productions are HBO series The Tourist starring Jamie Dornan, Netflix series MaveriX and season two of ABC children’s series First Day.   

    Adelaide-based digital effects company Rising Sun Pictures has also worked on several Hollywood blockbusters in the past year, including the new Marvel film Thor: Love and Thunder and Mortal Kombat.   

    Speaking to Adelaide Now on Sunday, Rising Sun Pictures boss Jennie Zeiher said the company was busier than ever before over the past year, despite the Covid pandemic. 

    ‘We’re having to hold the doors shut as we’ve just been too popular.’   

    Coming soon! ABC Kids series Beep and Mort is being produced in Adelaide. Pictured: Puppets from the show

    Coming soon! ABC Kids series Beep and Mort is being produced in Adelaide. Pictured: Puppets from the show 

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