Preparation has been underway for filming to commence in Catral, Spain in the first half of July 2018 on Terminator (2019).
theleader.info broke the news about the industrial estate that will be used for scenes.
Catral Industrial Estate will be the location for the shooting of a number of scenes in the filming of Terminator 6
The poligono has been chosen as the setting to shoot some of the scenes from the movie which will be directed by Tim Miller and produced by James Cameron and David Ellison. This was confirmed by the mayor, Pedro Zaplana, on Friday.
Zaplana said that the production company made contact with the city council a few weeks ago, suggesting that they wanted to shoot some of the scenes from the new film in the industrial estate of San Juan. They said that it was “ideal” for what they had in mind.
Once provisional agreement had been reached the company applied for authority to close a number of streets during the days scheduled for site preparation and for filming
The producer also contacted owners of the warehouses on the industrial estate to rent some of the warehouses to store all the materials as well as to set up a site office.
The mayor said that it is an important event for the municipality since it is a film that has will be seen at a national and international level.
He also highlighted the economic impact for the locality since the producer is using catraleñas companies to carry out some of the preparatory works for setting the scenes.
Filming is scheduled to begin during the first half of July. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, although it is unknown if the stars will travel to the Vega Baja.
Telfy published a video report showing some behind the scenes prep work…
Video summary by TheTerminatorFans.com’s Spanish Correspondent Javier Cárceles:
Catral will become one of the post apocalyptic scenarios of the sixth installment of the Terminator saga.
The location team is located in the municipality of La Vega Baja preparing the filming set in one of the plots of the industrial park of San Juan.
The operators are eager to prepare everything for the filming scheduled for the first half of July.
As is usual in this type of production there is great secrecy around everything related to what will happen in the next few weeks inside this plot. In fact it is not known if the stars of the film Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger will come here to shoot a scene. That in Catral await you with open arms.
The film directed by Tim Miller that debuted with the blockbuster Deadpool and produced by the creator of the saga James Cameron will be released in 2019 and is being shot between Spain and Hungary. In our country has been chosen along with Catral locations also in Murcia and Almeria for its almost desertic climate. In fact in Corvera they converted part of the highway to Cartagena on a Mexican highway.
It is expected that more than 500 people will travel to this set of Catral in the coming weeks.