'Exodus' gets OK to film in conservation areas on Fuerteventura

 'Exodus' gets OK to film in conservation areas on Fuerteventura


In the hands of the British filmmaker Ridley Scott, Fuerteventura will transform into the desert that Moses crossed the fleeing Jewish people from Egyptian bondage.

The dunes of Corralejo and Jandia will be the setting for the blockbuster shooting of the biblical Exodus, which runs from October to December. Scott and a team of about 300 people will roll on for three months; Scott flew in June to the coast of ElCotillo, Corralejo and Jandia by helicopter. Fuerteventura locations were conducted in complete secrecy. On the Island, Scott is looking for men with beards for extra cast.

Scott said that he will portray not just "the great things that everyone knows of Moses" but the relationship with the pharaoh Ramses II. This  film is expected to generate up to 9 million euros in business for the island.