Towns & cities

Tybee Island

city in Chatham County, Georgia, United States

United States · 32.0075, -80.8450

Tybee Island is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 11 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

1 place inside Tybee Island has a page of its own: listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Tybee Island as well.

“Jekyll Island was chosen over Tybee Island after a producer reviewed the locations on Google Earth and thought the water near Jekyll looked bluer.”

X-Men: First Class (2011) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Tybee Island as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

X-Men: First Class 2011
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 2015
“Filming was done at multiple locations in Savannah and Tybee Island; both of which are in Georgia.” Wikipedia
Baywatch 2017
Cape Fear 1962
The Last Song 2010
“After another three months and the discovery of the "Adams Cottage" on the southern tip of Tybee Island, Tybee and neighboring locations became the sites of filming in late March, with the intention of masquerading the area as Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.” Wikipedia
Dirty Grandpa 2016
“After filming officially ended, it was again scheduled to resume from April 27 to May 5, with the cast and crew filming spring break scenes on Tybee Island, Georgia.” Wikipedia
The Menu 2022
Magic Mike XXL 2015
Gifted 2016
Live by Night 2016
“Exterior scenes were filmed in Brunswick, at Affleck's private property on Hampton Island near Riceboro, on Tybee Island, in Savannah, and at Fort Pulaski National Monument.” Wikipedia
The In Between 2022

Filming locations inside Tybee Island

1 place inside Tybee Island, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Tybee Island too.

Landmarks & buildings

Tybee Island Lighthouse and Museum

United States

lighthouse in Georgia, United States

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Tybee Island?

11 productions are recorded as filmed in Tybee Island, including X-Men: First Class (2011), The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) and Baywatch (2017). 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 Tybee Island?

X-Men: First Class (2011), covered by 56 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Tybee Island?

Tybee Island is in the United States. Its coordinates are 32.0075, -80.8450.

What other filming locations are near Tybee Island?

Tybee Island Lighthouse and Museum (2 km north), Fort Pulaski National Monument (5 km north-west), Bonaventure Cemetery (19 km west), Thunderbolt (20 km 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, CC BY-SA 3.0.