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Hollywood’s Laziest Attempts At Faking Movie Locations

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Movie and TV studios have entire back lots and huge props departments whose job it is to trick your brain into thinking you're in some well-known location. But more often than not, movie producers elect to swap in some other city, instead, and just hope you won't notice.

Welp, we noticed. Not because we're clever, but because the studios really, really aren't.

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CRACKED.COM SUPERMAN RETURNS SET IN: METROPOLIS FILMED IN: MEGA CITY ? Superman Returns is set in Metropolis (generally recognized to be New York), an

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CRACKED.COM ROBOGOP SET IN: DETROIT FILMED IN: DALLAS The futuristic city of Detroit in RoboCop was actually a mishmash of Pittsburgh and Dallas. Here

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RESIDENT EVIL: APOCAL! SET IN: AMERICAN MIDWEST FILMED IN: TORONTO Raccoon City is a fictional town in the Midwestern United States. Apparently the ma

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SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE SET IN: NEW YORK FILMED IN: UNITED KINGDOM Of all the places in the world to fill in for the UN headquarters in New Y

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CRACKED.COM HUNGER GAMES SET IN: PANEM (FUTURISTIC NATION LOCATED IN NORTH AMERICA) FILMED IN: ATLANTA. GEORGIA The Hunger Games takes place in a post

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GHOST RIDER SET IN: TEXAS FILMED IN: MELBOURNE The bridge seen in the background of the riding a flaming motorcycle on water scene in Ghostrider def

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CRACKED.COM GHOST IN THE SHELL SET IN: AN ASIAN CITY FILMED IN: WELLINGTON. NEW ZEALAND Based on the footage shot there, the unnamed Asian city in Gho

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Hollywood’s Laziest Attempts At Faking Movie Locations

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