The Marvel Cinematic Universe has introduced us to some pretty iconic fictional locations. now thanks to The Falcon and the Winter SoldierWe have been introduced to Madripoor. According to the show, Madripoor is a fictional nation in Southeast Asia known for harboring villains of all stripes.
The nation is full of lawless characters because it is largely ungoverned and does not allow criminal extradition under its command. Madripoor is split between Hightown, one of the richest places in the world, and Lowtown, where the gang needs to maintain their cover to stay alive.
This piece will look at the Madripoor film location and a bit of the nation’s history.
Madripoor is a fictional city, so its iconic skyline was created through CGI.
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Unfortunately, that epic Madripoor skyline doesn’t exist in real life. Depicted as a sprawling coastal metropolis, Madripoor has many skyscrapers that look a bit like real-life cities, such as Hong Kong, Singapore, and Shanghai.
It makes sense that the creators didn’t use a real life city to portray Madripoor. They stayed true to the fictional nature of the island by using CGI to create the city’s skyline.
The futuristic Madripoor Bridge, however, is real. The filming location for the Bridge is the Troja Bridge in Prague. Most of the program was shot in the Czech Republic. The skyline over the bridge is a product of CGI.
Another real-life location is the graffiti-filled tunnel with intimidating bikers that the gang passes through. The filming location for the tunnel is the Krog Street Tunnel in Atlanta. Madripoor’s Lowtown scenes were shot in Griffin, Georgia. By atlanta magazinethe production team filmed the scenes in January 2020.
Unfortunately, the production team built special sets for the Lowtown scenes. So you can’t travel to Georgia for a drink at The Brass Monkey Tavern or The Princess Bar. Director Kari Skogland spoke with Marvelous on the inspiration behind Lowtown:
“It was more like a street bar. So it really gave you the feeling of this place coming out of the bricks from where we started, which is the bridge. We drew a bunch of different realities and locations and put them all in their own box.”
In the series, we don’t see much of Madripoor’s HighTown except Sharon’s hideout. The location of the art gallery remains a mystery, but the interiors of Sharon’s hideout were filmed at the Wimbish House in Atlanta, Georgia.
Wolverine from the X-Men was one of the first superheroes to travel to Madripoor in the 1940s.
Madripoor was first mentioned in New Mutants #32 in October 1985. Wolverine was one of the first superheroes to set foot on the lawless island. Madripoor is run by rotating criminal gangs and terrorist organizations. Its historical links to piracy make it a hub of black market activity.
The nation was once ruled by Madame Hydra before Iron Man and Wolverine drove out Hydra and installed Tyger Tiger as ruler. Madripoor descended into anarchy after Tiger was sent off. Wolverine returned to the nation years later to team up with Captain America and Black Widow against the ninjas of the Hand and Baron Strucker.
Wolverine has a strong connection to Madripoor and his son, Daken, was once in charge of the island. In the comics, Tiger Tyger returns to power.
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Madripoor is run by the Power Broker, a greedy scientist obsessed with developing superpowers and selling them to the highest bidder. Co-executive producer Zole Nagelhout spoke with Marvelous on the joy of adding Madripoor to the MCU:
“It’s unbelievable that we have to be the ones to introduce Madripoor. Part of the goal of every project is how we’re expanding this corner of the MCU, how we’re making the sandbox of the Marvel Universe feel bigger. Ideally, there are many more untold stories.”
Could one of those untold stories be the introduction of Madripoor-bound Wolverine? We can’t wait to find out.
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