Jordan
Wadi Rum
What it is
Desert scenes for the Villeneuve films were shot in Wadi Rum. The photograph is the place, not a set dressing of the planet Arrakis.
Arrakis is invented. Wadi Rum in Jordan is one of the real deserts used for the 2021 film and Dune: Part Two.
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