Movies Filmed at Fox Studios Baja

2006—Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Fox, Miramax and Universal)

Director: Peter Weir
Producers: Duncan Henderson And Samuel Goldwin Jr.
Director of Photography: Russell Boyd
Cast Overview: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany and Billy Boyd,

2001—The Dubbed Action Movie—Enter the Fist (Fox)

Director: Steve Oedekerk
Producers: Paul Marshall and Tom Koranda
Director of Photography: John Connor
Cast Overview: Steve Oedekerk, Tad Horino, Philip Tan and Jennifer Tung

This comedy/action/adventure movie creates a new story and covers new ground by inserting Steve Oedekerk into a 1970's Kung Fu movie. Filming was done at numerous locations in Baja to match the original locations shot in China.

2001—Pearl Harbor (Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Touchstone)

Director and Co-Producer: Michael Bay
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Director of Photography: Jonathan Schwartzman
Cast Overview: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Alec Baldwin, Cuba Gooding Jr, Matthew Davis, Chad Morgan and John Hartnett

Partial full-size sets of the ships at Pearl Harbor were constructed, blown up and burned at the studio to recreate the battle and its aftermath.

2000—The Weight of Water (Phoenix Pictures)

Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Producers: Janet Yang and Steven Charles Jaffe
Director of Photography: Craig Haagensen
Cast Overview: Sean Penn and Elizabeth Hurley

Storm sequences using a full size sailboat were filmed in Tank 1 to match storm sequences shot on location in Nova Scotia.

1998—Deep Blue Sea (Warner Brothers)

Director: Renny Harlin
Producers: Akiva Goldsman, Alan Riche and Tony Ludwig
Director of Photography: Steven Windon
Cast Overview: Samuel L. Jackson, Saffron Burrows, Stellan Skarsgärd, Deborah Unger, Jacqueline McKenzie, LL Cool J, Thomas Jane, Michael Rapaport

Renny Harlin’s recent action thriller was filmed entirely at Fox Studios Baja. The spectacular, life-like sharks created for Deep Blue Sea raised animatronics to a new level.

1997—In Dreams (Dreamworks)

Director: Neil Jordan
Producers: Stephen Woolley, Redmond Morris
Director of Photography: Darius Khondji
Cast Overview: Annette Bening, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Robert Downey Jr.

Several scenes required construction of a small New England town in the deep section of Tank 1. Ten buildings, including a church and graveyard were constructed in full scale and then submerged in order to create scenes of the flooded town. Additional water scenes required the use of Tanks 2 and 3.

1997—Tomorrow Never Dies (MGM)

Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Producers: Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli
Model Unit Director: John Richardson
Cast Overview: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Khan and Teri Hatcher
 

The capability of Tank 1 (built originally to house the 750 foot replica of the ship, Titanic) was enhanced to accommodate filming requirements of the model unit by adding a 450 foot long weir overflow along the seaward side of the tank. This modification enables a seamless interface to be created between the tank and the ocean behind it.

1997—James Cameron's Titanic (Fox and Paramount)

Director: James Cameron
Producer: James Cameron, John Landau
Cinematographer: Russell Carpenter
Production Design: Peter Lamont
Cast Overview: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bill Paxton, Victor Garber

Construction of Fox Studios Baja began on June 6, 1996 and James Cameron's Titanic began filming in September of that same year.  It was released in late 1997 and has since become the number one grossing movie of all time. It tied for the record number of Academy Awards won by any motion picture. Ninety-five percent of James Cameron's Titanic was filmed at Fox Studios Baja.