Landmarks & buildings
Ponte City Apartments
Skyscraper in South Africa
4 films and series were filmed at Ponte City Apartments. Wikipedia names 1 more.
Movies filmed at Ponte City Apartments
District 9Horror film2009
ChappieScience fiction film2015
Resident Evil: The Final ChapterHorror film2016
SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy LinesWar film2014
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Wikipedia says these were filmed in Ponte City Apartments too. Each title’s page links to the sentence that says so.
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Ellis Park Stadium
South Africa · under 1 km
Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Landmarks & buildings
Carlton Centre
South Africa · 2 km south-west
Skyscraper in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Landmarks & buildings
Carlton Hotel
South Africa · 2 km south-west
Building in South Africa
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Towns & cities
Johannesburg
South Africa · 2 km south-west
Largest city in South Africa
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Towns & cities
Johannesburg CBD
South Africa · 3 km south-west
Place in Gauteng, South Africa
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Landmarks & buildings
Morris Isaacson High School
South Africa · 19 km west
Government school in Mphuti Street, Central Western Jabavu, Soweto
What Wikipedia says about Ponte City Apartments
4 sentences quoted word for word from Wikipedia, each with the production it describes and a link to the article it comes from.
District 9 2009
“Several scenes were shot at the Ponte building.” Wikipedia
Chappie 2015
“Another of Blomkamp's films, Chappie (2015) also stars the Ponte Tower, depicting the large slum-hideout of a crime boss.” Wikipedia
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter 2016
“A battle scene was filmed inside the tower for the 2016 movie Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.” Wikipedia
Black Is King 2020
“Ponte City Apartments in Johannesburg was chosen as the location for the king's ascension to heaven, as the building used to be a bastion of apartheid in South Africa, and so the film upends that symbol and shows the prince floating out of it.” Wikipedia