Maps of Movies
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Where Blade Runner 2049 says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
2049 Los Angeles was built in Budapest: a casino inside a stock exchange palace and a farm on a studio backlot.
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Scenes and places
The sun-baked 2049 California opening (2049)
The film opens on aerial views of the 2049 landscape before it narrows to one officer's job.
Set in California, 2049 (aerial opening) — Sweeping aerial views of the film's 2049 California open the story.
A virtual future California; the real aerial footage comes from Spain.
Filmed at Gemasolar solar plant, near Seville (Gemasolar, Seville area, Spain) — Aerial shots of the solar tower plant are named as part of the California opening by one location blog.
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Filmed at Greenhouses near El Ejido (Almería greenhouses, El Ejido, Spain) — The 'sea of greenhouses' aerial shots are attributed to El Ejido by one location blog.
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Sapper Morton's protein farm (2049)
K, a replicant blade runner, tracks down the rogue replicant Sapper Morton and confronts him on his farm. After the fight, K finds a box buried under a tree that points to a secret bigger than the job.
Set in Sapper Morton's farm — The farm where K retires Sapper Morton and later finds a buried box.
A protein farm outside Los Angeles, built as a set rather than found in the real world.
K's snowy block and home with Joi (2049)
K comes home from the day to Joi, who has cooked him dinner and put on music. She gives him a present that frees her to go with him anywhere.
Set in K's apartment — K's small home in a snowy Los Angeles block, shared with his holographic partner Joi.
A fictional apartment block in 2049 Los Angeles; only the street outside is a real Budapest location.
Filmed at Szalay utca / Honvéd utca, Budapest (Szalay utca / Honvéd utca, Budapest, Hungary) — One location blog names this crossing for the snowy street outside K's building; the street coordinate is for Honvéd utca as a whole, and the interior is a set.
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The Wallace Corporation archive (2049)
K brings hair from the buried box to the Wallace Corporation to identify its owner. Wallace's enforcer Luv takes an interest in him.
Set in Wallace Corporation Earth Headquarters — Wallace's headquarters, where K checks an old serial number against a record archive.
A set interior built for the Wallace Corporation's headquarters.
Filmed at Korda Studios, Etyek (Korda Studios, Etyek, Hungary) — Wallace's interiors are described as studio sets at Origo and Korda.
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The San Diego waste-processing yard (2049)
K travels to a San Diego waste yard that doubles as an orphanage and demands its records. The year he needs has been torn out.
Set in Los Angeles Waste Processing, San Diego District — A vast scrap and waste yard where K looks for a child's trace.
A fictional scrap yard in a future California, shot as a set.
Dr. Stelline's memory lab (2049)
K asks the memory designer Dr. Stelline how to tell a real memory from a built one. She looks into one of his, and it changes what he believes about himself.
Set in Stelline Designs — A sealed lab where the memory maker Ana Stelline works.
A sterile lab for building replicant memories, built as a set with an exterior made digitally.
Las Vegas in ruins (2049)
The toy horse leads K to the ruins of Las Vegas, where he enters the abandoned city to find a man.
Set in Las Vegas ruins — The radioactive remains of Las Vegas, where K goes in search of a man.
A radioactive desert ruin, in the film a set with shots of giant broken statues.
Deckard's casino (2049)
K finds Deckard in a ruined casino and questions him about the woman he loved. Deckard tells him the name of the mother and why he left.
Set in Las Vegas casino — An abandoned casino where Deckard lives among old bottles and a jukebox.
A fictional casino in the ruined desert city; the interior is a real Budapest palace.
Filmed at Budapest Stock Exchange Palace (Tőzsdepalota) (Szabadság tér, Budapest, Hungary) — Interior shots of the Budapest Stock Exchange's Liberty Square palace doubled for the Las Vegas casino scenes.
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The Replicant Freedom Movement hideout (2049)
Rescued, K meets the movement's leader Freysa, who tells him the child he thought was himself was something else. She asks him to do a hard thing for the cause.
Set in Replicant Freedom Movement hideout — The underground shelter of the replicant freedom movement under a concrete pyramid ceiling.
A hidden shelter, filmed in a Budapest building not named by any source.
A care home visit with Gaff (2049)
K visits a former colleague of Deckard's in a care facility.
Set in Gaff's care home — A care-home room where K meets an old officer.
A care-home room, filmed in a historic Budapest palace according to one blog.
Filmed at Adria Palace, Szabadság tér 16, Budapest (Szabadság tér, Budapest, Hungary) — One location blog names the Adria Palace for this scene; the coordinate is the square, not the building.
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The Sepulveda seawall (2049)
As Luv flies Deckard away to be questioned, K goes after them to the sea wall. What happens there decides what K can still do.
Set in Sepulveda seawall — A coastal sea wall where K reaches Deckard's captors.
A fictional sea wall on the Los Angeles coast, built as a set and a studio water tank.
Filmed at Inota power plant (Power plant, Inota, Hungary) — Shipyard ship interior (blog claim; link to a scene not confirmed)
Filmed at Kelenföld power plant, Budapest (Kelenföld, Budapest, Hungary) — Shipyard ship interior (blog claim; link to a scene not confirmed)
Characters
- K — A replicant blade runner for the LAPD, hunting older replicant models.
- Joi — K's holographic AI girlfriend.
- Rick Deckard — A former blade runner whom K finds in the ruins of Las Vegas.
- Luv — Niander Wallace's replicant enforcer, sent to monitor K.
- Freysa — Leader of the Replicant Freedom Movement.
- Dr. Ana Stelline — A replicant-memory maker K visits.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the Las Vegas casino in Blade Runner 2049 really filmed?