Where was Avatar: The Way of Water filmed?
2022 film by James Cameron
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) was filmed in Wellington, Manhattan Beach and Wulingyuan, 3 places named in its Wikipedia article, in New Zealand, the United States, China. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as New Zealand. Each place says where its claim comes from.
Part of the Avatar film series
Places per Wikipedia's article
The Wikipedia article names 3 places. Each links to the sentence that says so.
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Towns & cities
Wellington
New Zealand
Capital city of New Zealand; urban area of the cities of Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, and Porirua
“However, virtual production continued in Manhattan Beach and visual effects work continued at Weta Digital in Wellington.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Manhattan Beach
United States
Beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
“The Way of Water started preliminary shooting on August 15, 2017, with Manhattan Beach, California, as the main shooting location.” Wikipedia
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Landscapes & nature
Wulingyuan
China
Scenic and historic interest area in Hunan Province, China
Recorded only at country level
Also filmed in New Zealand, but the exact places are not known, so they are not on the map.
Filming locations that are mapped there: New Zealand
Also shot in these places
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- After the PartyDrama series2023–
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