Emmerich developed obsession with the weather during filming of ` ` 10,000 BC '' was shot in New Zealand 's the Nile River , New Zealand 's and South Africa . Other challenges include creating film 's 'terror birds ' , shark-like predators . Producer Michael Wimer : `` Miniature pyramids , 'God 's palace ' , made in Namibia then shipped to Namibia .
Emmerich developed obsession with the weather during filming of ` ` 10,000 BC '' was shot in New Zealand 's the Nile River , New Zealand 's and South Africa . Other challenges include creating film 's 'terror birds ' , shark-like predators . Miniature pyramids , 'God 's palace ' , made in Namibia then shipped to Namibia .