Don't Look Up (2021) filming locations

Boston, United States

The scene : After their missed meeting with President Randall Mindy, Kate Dibiasky and Dr. Oglethorpe walk along the platform next to an Acela, determined to alert the press, and then board the train.

Devonshire Street (Boston)

Boston, United States

The scene : Dressed in a New York business district, complete with yellow taxis and city buses, this stretch sees Randall Mindy nervously talking on the phone while looking at the sky as passersby look up; Kate Dibiasky also arrives in front of her hotel.

Boston Wine Exchange

Boston, United States

The scene : The only retouched storefront on the street to represent New York: the wine merchant takes the sign "Bert's Wine Exchange" during the shoot in January 2021.

Boston, United States

The scene : DiCaprio and Lawrence are about to shoot a scene in front of the sandwich shop, on the section of Devonshire Street transformed into New York.

Howl at the Moon (Boston)

Boston, United States

The scene : Renamed Bojo Mambo's, the bar becomes the seafood restaurant where Kate breaks down publicly before the patrons wreak havoc in the room amidst the flames, featuring DiCaprio, Lawrence, and Rob Morgan.

Fairmont Copley Plaza

Boston, United States

Back Bay Hotel designed by architect Henry Janeway Hardenbergh.

The scene : The palace plays the Buchanan, a fictional hotel in Washington, both inside and out: Cate Blanchett and Leonardo DiCaprio are assaulted by a pack of paparazzi, and a fight breaks out.

Boston, United States

Art museum founded in 1870, with buildings designed notably by architects Guy Lowell, Hugh Stubbins Jr, and Ieoh Ming Pei.

The scene : On the museum's forecourt, Jason Orlean (Jonah Hill) holds a meeting shouting "Don't Look Up"; with Matthew Perry, he gets booed and pelted with projectiles, and actor Lance Norris delivers one of the lines that turns the film around.

Boston, United States

The scene : It is in this Allston studio that the headliners wrapped up their final takes in mid-February 2021.

Boston, United States

The scene : In early January 2021, the crew took over this building in South Boston for two days of filming.

The Hangout (Union Point)

Weymouth, United States

Former fighter jet hangar of approximately 3,000 m² from the South Weymouth naval air base, repurposed as a filming location within the Union Point neighborhood. The former base has also served as a shooting location for Free Guy, Patriots Day, Stronger, Godmothered, and Paul Feig's Ghostbusters.

The scene : The hangar recreates Wembley Stadium for the "Last Concert to Save the World," where Riley Bina (Ariana Grande) and DJ Chello (Kid Cudi) sing "Just Look Up." It is also where the astronomers, in the early scenes, scan the sky through a massive Subaru telescope, a model mounted on hydraulic jacks.

USS Massachusetts (Battleship Cove)

Fall River, United States

World War II battleship (BB-59), docked at the naval museum of Battleship Cove in Fall River.

The scene : At night, on the deck of the battleship, President Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep) tries to rally the nation with a grand spectacle of fanfare and fireworks shot from the stern, while drones fly over Battleship Cove.

Fall River, United States

The scene : The bridge emerges in the drone shots taken at night over the Taunton River, with the battleship and the lights of downtown and the South End of Fall River.

Montello Street (Brockton)

Brockton, United States

The scene : On the roof of the Burger Crown, Kate (Jennifer Lawrence) and Yule (Timothée Chalamet) gaze at the sky and then kiss, in a street that feels like the end of the world: skateboarders, cans in hand, a car with a broken windshield, and a burning trash can.

Brockton, United States

The scene : The facade of the building is dressed with several false fronts for the downtown scenes, filmed in early February 2021.

Brockton Neighborhood Health Center

Brockton, United States

The scene : The side of the health center has a fake sign reading "New York Medical" during filming in the Brockton center, in February 2021.

Brockton, United States

The scene : Jennifer Lawrence and Timothée Chalamet are filming the spray paint scene in a street lined with faux storefronts where an NYPD car is parked.

Framingham, United States

The scene : At night, on this street in Saxonville, Ron Perlman fires a semi-automatic rifle into the sky.

Framingham, United States

The scene : DiCaprio and Lawrence get in the car in front of a house on the street, where Lawrence and Chalamet then enter.

Framingham, United States

The scene : An elderly couple walks along the sidewalk as a car drives down the street, passing by banners reading "Science is Real" and "Freedom over Fear" and a sign proclaiming "Wake up Illinois. The comet is a Lie!".

Framingham, United States

The scene : DiCaprio, Lawrence, and Chalamet are driving on a miraculously empty highway.

The Dimple (Wheaton College)

Norton, United States

Central space of the Wheaton College campus, facing Emerson Hall.

The scene : Kate is jogging in what is supposed to be a public park when she is stopped by the FBI; around her, background actors are playing students.

Norton, United States

The scene : Extras play students in an indoor scene shot in the building.

North Attleborough, United States

The scene : The Washington Street boutique serves as the backdrop for the film; the crew filmed an entire day in this area of North Attleborough in February 2021.

Worcester, United States

The scene : The arena becomes the setting for a meeting of President Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep), in front of 150 extras.

Salisbury, United States

The scene : The crew filmed exteriors there before January 2021.

Canton, United States

The scene : The shooting took place in Canton, one of the towns in Massachusetts where the film was shot.

Chicopee, United States

The scene : The shooting took place in Chicopee, one of the municipalities in Massachusetts where the film was shot.

Westborough, United States

The scene : The team came to shoot in Westborough in the weeks leading up to February 5, 2021.

London, United Kingdom

The Wembley National Stadium, recognizable by its metal arch, was inaugurated in 2007. Designed by Foster + Partners and Populous, it is a multifunctional stadium that can accommodate approximately 90,000 spectators.

The scene : An exterior shot shows the stadium, a video of Dr. Mindy addressing the crowd displayed above the entrance; the concert itself was filmed in a hangar in Weymouth.

Washington, United States

The scene : IMDb lists the federal capital among the filming locations of the film, without specifying the scene.