Maps of Movies

Alien vs. Predator (2004)

Where Alien vs. Predator says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Set at the bottom of the world, filmed in a Prague studio: the Antarctic pyramid was built in the Czech Republic

Scenes and places

A heat bloom under Bouvet Island (2004)

A satellite picks up a heat bloom under an island at the edge of Antarctica. Industrialist Weyland sees a buried pyramid in the thermal image and starts building a team.

Set in Bouvet Island — A satellite detects a heat bloom beneath this remote island off the coast of Antarctica. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A real, uninhabited island far in the South Atlantic that the film uses as its setting.

The abandoned whaling station (2004)

Lex Woods guides the team onto the ice and into a whaling station that has been empty for years. A fresh tunnel already runs straight down toward the pyramid.

Set in Abandoned whaling station — The team reaches an abandoned whaling station and finds a newly made tunnel running from the ice toward the pyramid below.

A ruined station on the island's ice; in the film it sits above the buried pyramid.

Filmed at Barrandov Studios, Prague (Barrandov, Prague, Czech Republic) — The whaling station was built as a full-size set plus a 25-metre scale miniature, with over 700 bags of artificial snow, according to Wikipedia. The article does not name the studio for this set; Barrandov is where most filming took place. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The chamber of skeletons (2004)

The team goes down the tunnel and into the pyramid. In a chamber of skeletons they see that every ribcage has burst outward.

Set in Pyramid interior, sacrificial chamber — Inside the pyramid the team finds evidence of an ancient civilization and a chamber filled with human skeletons with ruptured rib cages.

A made-up room inside a buried pyramid; no real place is shown.

Filmed at Barrandov Studios, Prague (Barrandov, Prague, Czech Republic) — Wikipedia says 25 to 30 life-sized sets were built at Barrandov, many of them pyramid interiors; it does not say which set was this chamber. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Reading the hieroglyphs (2004)

Lex and the archaeologist Sebastian translate the carvings on the walls. What they read changes what they think the team is doing here.

Set in Pyramid interior, hieroglyph chamber — Through translation of the pyramid's hieroglyphs, Lex and Sebastian learn that the Predators have been visiting Earth for millennia.

A set of carved walls borrowing Egyptian, Cambodian and Aztec styles.

Filmed at Barrandov Studios, Prague (Barrandov, Prague, Czech Republic) — The pyramid's carvings and hieroglyphs mixed Egyptian, Cambodian and Aztec styles; they were part of the Barrandov interior sets. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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A pyramid that rearranges itself (2004)

Walls slide and corridors close behind them. Lex and the others realise the way they came in is no longer there.

Set in Pyramid interior, shifting rooms — The pyramid's rooms change position at regular intervals, trapping the team inside.

An invented underground structure whose layout keeps changing.

Filmed at Barrandov Studios, Prague (Barrandov, Prague, Czech Republic) — Wikipedia notes the regular shifting of the pyramid's rooms was designed for the Barrandov sets; the specific set is not named. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Characters

• Lex Woods — An experienced guide who spent several seasons exploring Arctic and Antarctic environments.