Maps of Movies

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Where Alita: Battle Angel says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Set in the year 2563, the city is invented; the only Earth location on record is a film studio in Austin, Texas

Scenes and places

Alita is found in the scrapyard (2563)

Dr. Ido digs a disembodied female cyborg out of the scrap, her human brain still intact. He builds her a new body, and the amnesiac girl who wakes up has no idea who she was.

Set in Iron City scrapyard — The dump below the sky city where Dr. Ido finds a disembodied cyborg.

The junk heap at the foot of Zalem where the sky city drops its waste.

Alita wakes in Ido's clinic (2563)

Alita wakes with no memory and meets the man who rebuilt her. He gives her a name, and a first look at the city and the sky city above it.

Set in Dr. Ido's clinic, Iron City — Ido's workshop-clinic where Alita wakes in her new body.

A repair clinic in Iron City, with Zalem hanging in view overhead.

Alita plays her first Motorball (2563)

Hugo introduces Alita to Motorball, a Rollerball-like sport played by cyborg gladiators. In a street scrimmage she throws herself in, and finds she is good at it.

Set in Motorball scrimmage, Iron City — A street practice of Motorball, the cyborg gladiator sport.

A rough practice ground for the sport that Iron City's money and hopes ride on.

Hugo's secret view of Zalem (2563)

Hugo takes Alita to his secret place high above the streets. He shows her the cargo tube rising to Zalem and tells her what he dreams of.

Set in Hugo's rooftop viewpoint, Iron City — A high spot Hugo calls his secret place, with the best view of Zalem.

A lookout over Iron City where Zalem and its supply tube fill the sky.

The brawl at the Kansas Bar (2563)

Alita registers as a Hunter-Warrior and walks into the Kansas Bar to recruit help. When Zapan provokes her, she beats him in a fight and the whole bar erupts.

Set in Kansas Bar, Iron City — The bar where Iron City's Hunter-Warriors drink.

A rowdy Iron City bar, the hangout of the city's bounty hunters.

The Factory and Vector (2563)

Hugo secretly strips cyborgs of their parts for Vector, who runs the Motorball tournament. The Factory is the power behind Iron City, and Alita is soon caught between it and her friends.

Set in The Factory, Iron City — The governing authority of Iron City, run by Vector.

The industrial authority that governs Iron City and ships goods up to Zalem.

Filmed at Troublemaker Studios, Austin, Texas — Principal photography (the source does not say which scenes) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Alita — A revived cyborg with no memory of who she was.
• Dr. Dyson Ido — A cyborg scientist who rebuilds her and becomes her father figure.
• Hugo — A scrap dealer who dreams of moving to Zalem.

Questions answered on the map

• Where in the real world is Iron City from Alita: Battle Angel?