Towns & cities

Pomona

city in Los Angeles County, California, United States

United States · 34.0608, -117.7558

Pomona is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Pomona, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 11 more.

1 production was filmed at 4 places inside Pomona rather than at Pomona itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“The convention center in Pomona, California was converted into the film's UFO Expo 9, and the interior of Witch Mountain was designed using photographs from a tour of NORAD's Cheyenne Mountain Complex.”

Race to Witch Mountain (2009) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed in Pomona

Race to Witch Mountain 2009
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 2022
“Radcliffe concluded shooting his scenes after sixteen days on March 4, in Pomona, California.” Wikipedia

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Pomona as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Gattaca 1997
Serenity 2005
“The scenes on the planet Miranda were filmed at Diamond Ranch High School in Pomona.” Wikipedia
Inherent Vice 2014
The Cat in the Hat 2003
“Before filming, giant props for the film were stolen from the set; the local police found the props vandalized with graffiti in a shopping mall car park in Pomona, California.” Wikipedia
The Forever Purge 2021
“On November 10 and 11, filming took place in downtown Pomona, on a block of storefronts transformed into fictional businesses, including a tavern and a gun store.” Wikipedia
Pee-wee's Big Adventure 1985
Secret Obsession 2019
The Odd Couple II 1998
California Split 1974
“Altman ended up making the film in Pomona at Fairplex Park, in Los Angeles, and in Reno, Nevada, with the latter location being very effective in keeping everyone in the gambling spirit of the movie.” Wikipedia
Them 2021–
“The set for the first season's neighborhood was built on a lot in Pomona, California.” Wikipedia
The Curse of Downers Grove 2014

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Pomona

1 production shot at 4 places inside Pomona, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Pomona itself.

Promising Young Woman California State Polytechnic University, Pomona per Wikipedia 2020

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Pomona?

14 productions are recorded as filmed in Pomona, 1 of them at places inside it, including Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) and Gattaca (1997). 11 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Pomona?

Race to Witch Mountain (2009), covered by 32 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Pomona?

Pomona is in the United States. Its coordinates are 34.0608, -117.7558.

What other filming locations are near Pomona?

Fairplex (3 km north), Diamond Ranch High School (5 km south-west), Lanterman Developmental Center (5 km west), Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park (5 km north-west) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by TheRealThummer, Public domain.