Lights. Camera. Irvine!
Photo credit Gordon Cowie
It feels far from the entertainment capital of the world, but Irvine is often where Los Angeles film crews turn to get just the right shot. Irvine provides the perfect backdrop for any number of scenes, whether the setting is a company’s headquarters, a university campus, or an ape run dystopia. Want to watch Irvine in action? Check out these films and see if you can spot Irvine in a scene.
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
20th Century Fox, 1972
UCI (Social Science Laboratory, the Social Science Tower, and the Langson Library)
Defending Your Life
Warner Bros, 1991
Park Place Office Campus (3345 Michelson Drive)
Demolition Man
Warner Bros, 1993
Park Place Office Campus (3345 Michelson Drive)
Dodgeball
20th Century Fox, 2004
52 Discovery Drive (“Globogym”)
Gleaming the Cube
20th Century Fox, 1989
Woodbridge High School (2 Meadowbrook)
Orange grove on Jeffery Road
Horrible Bosses 2
Warner Bros., 2014
52 Discovery Drive (“Boulder Stream” headquarters)
Iron Man
Paramount, 2008
52 Discovery Drive (“Stark Industries”)
Film credit Urban Shark Productions
Ocean’s Eleven
Paramount, 2001
UCI (Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility)
Film credit Urban Shark Productions
Poltergeist
MGM, 1982
UCI (Main Library )
Silent Movie
20th Century Fox, 1976
UCI (Main Library, Aldrich Park, and other locations)
The Newest Pledge
Lionsgate, 2010
UCI (“Hamilton University”)