Tom Cruise Oblivion

Tom Cruise's new film the Oblivion screens in theatres in 2013. Parts of it was filmed in the amazing landscape in Iceland.

Two landmarks from the northern part of Iceland can be identified in the film:

 1 – Hrossaborg crater. Looks like an amphitheatre. It is about 400 meters / 1.400 ft. above sea level and rises about 40 meters / 120 ft. above its surroundings. The crater is north of glacier Vatnajokull, Europe’s largest glacier, and south of the Ring road. The crater is a popular place for travellers to have a picnic lunch sheltered from the wind.

2 – Dettifoss waterfall, Europe’s most powerful waterfall. This waterfall also appeared in the 2012 Hollywood film Prometheus.

Please contact Reykjavik Bike Tours for exciting off road bike tours in this amazing region of volcanic formations and stark beauty.

Tom Cruise, Russel Crowe and Ben Stiller in Iceland

Reykjavik or Tinseltown? Amazing number of big screen stars have decended on Reykjavik. Tom Cruise spent a couple of weeks filming his new flick - Oblivion. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were seen walking about in Reykjavik shortly before they announced their break-up.

Ben Stiller checked out the nightlife in Reykjavik last week-end. He's in Iceland filming The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. He was in Seydisfjordur where he kindly agreed to be in a photograph with the staff of the local supermarket.

Russell Crowe is presently in Reykjavik and went for a 20 km bicycle ride this morning. He's here to film Noah's Ark. The source of this information is mbl.is, that quotes Crowe's twitter. Crowe is in Iceland with Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson and Jennifer Connely, according to webmedia dv.is. Read Russell Crowe's twitter.

Darren Aronofsky directs the film. See one of Aronofsky's pictures from the set on Twitter. Protect the ancient moss.