Where was The Martian filmed? The film's iconic Mars setting was primarily shot in Jordan's Wadi Rum desert in Jordan to mimic the planet's surface perfectly. Additional scenes were filmed in ...

“The Martian” is the latest blockbuster to use Jordan’s Wadi Rum region as a stand-in for Mars. Because of the barren landscape and the reddish hue of the terrain, Mars movies like “Red ...

Scott chose Wadi Rum as his filming location because of its rosy desert and pink mountains, which easily makes a believable planet Mars!