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The Lego Batman Movie

2017 · Directed by Chris McKay

Explore the real-world connections to The Lego Batman Movie, with each location linked to its own story and evidence.

The places behind the film.

Location research is in progress. No filming pin has been assigned to this film yet.

More places behind the film.

Filming locations, story settings and documented inspirations, each with its own source. Precise scene positions and current visitor access need separate review.

  • Times Square

    Documented inspiration

    Freckelton explicitly names historic Times Square as a visual reference for Gotham; no real-world filming, literal story setting or particular business inferred.

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  • Chicago River — downtown bridge corridor

    Documented inspiration

    Production designer Freckelton specifically names the Chicago riverside with multiple bridges as a Gotham visual reference. Corridor-level inspiration only; no individual bridge identified or live-action shoot claimed.

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  • Philadelphia

    Documented inspiration

    Freckelton explicitly names Philadelphia among the real visual reference cities for this film’s Gotham. Broad urban-design inspiration only; no named building, map pin, literal story location or physical filming asserted. Distinct from the separately identified Times Square and Chicago river references.

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Location research.

This is an animated film. Real-world settings, inspiration and design research need their own evidence; fictional settings do not establish live-action filming locations.

Production sections and their reference leads are listed below. A cited link has not been independently verified merely because it appears in a bibliography.

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