EXCLUSIVE: The Australian film industry is set to be inundated with a swag of international blockbusters coming to shoot on our shores – including a Marvel superhero epic.

The news comes fresh off Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales wrapping production on the Gold Coast this month.





The $320M Disney film is credited with sparking new interest in Australia as a filming location for overseas studios.

Dead Men Tell No Tales is the fifth installment in one of Disney’s most profitable franchises and a source who worked on the Johnny Depp vehicle told Yahoo7 News that the studio’s “great experience” Down Under has led them to looking at returning with one of their superhero staples.

“The big bosses were very pleased throughout the year it took to shoot out here and now they’re looking at brining out one of the Marvel films,” said the technical specialist.

“It was a great experience for the studio who were able to familiarise themselves with the set-up at Village Roadshow (studios) and the crews here.

“They were also able to work across a lot of different locations which has saved them scouting for the Marvel movie.”

View photos Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales wrapped production on the Gold Coast this month. More

Sources suggest the Marvel superhero blockbuster would shoot in Queensland early next year, with production beginning in earnest in March.

Both Captain Marvel – the first female led comic book actioner from the studio – and Thor: Ragnarok are the titles being considered to film in Australia.

Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth, may have a great deal to do with which Disney-Marvel title ends up on our shores with the Australian actor now living in Byron Bay with his wife and three children – a convenient one hour drive to the Gold Coast shooting locations.



View photos Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth, may have a great deal to do with which Disney-Marvel title ends up on our shores with the Australian actor now living in Byron Bay with his wife and three children – a convenient one hour drive to the Gold Coast shooting locations. More



Screen Australia and AusFilm declined to comment any potential projects.

The news comes after another blockbuster – Kong: Skull Island – prepares to film at Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast for a six-week stretch.

Although majority of the shoot will be offshore, the Universal and Legendary Pictures production – which stars Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L Jackson and Brie Larsson – will film locally from mid-September.



View photos Samuel L Jackson will be on set on the Gold Coast for the filming of Kong: Skull Island. Photo: Getty More

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