Maps of Movies

Man of Steel (2013)

Where Man of Steel says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Smallville is Illinois, Alaska is Canada, and Metropolis is Chicago: the film's whole world was filmed in places that are not what they play.

Scenes and places

Krypton on the brink (2013)

Jor-El warns a council that will not listen, then sends his newborn son away with the codex of Kryptonian life.

Set in Krypton — The film's fictional home world, shown breaking apart in the opening.

A made-up planet with no place on Earth; its scenes were built on a studio set.

Young Clark on the Kent farm (2013)

Young Clark struggles with powers he cannot control while Jonathan urges him to keep them hidden.

Set in Kent farm, Kansas — The Kansas farm where Jonathan and Martha Kent raise the boy who lands there.

Rural Kansas, rebuilt from Illinois fields.

Filmed at Farmland near Plano, Oswego and Yorkville, Illinois (Farmland, Plano, Illinois, United States) — Illinois farms stood in for the Kansas farm; the exact farm is not named in the source, and the point shown is the town of Plano. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

The oil rig rescue (2013)

Clark hides under a false name yet cannot stand by while men are trapped, so he uses his strength in secret.

Set in Offshore oil rig — An offshore oil platform where Clark quietly saves workers while drifting from job to job.

A rescue set at sea, so the story has no fixed spot on land.

Filmed at North Vancouver waterfront, British Columbia (North Shore waterfront, North Vancouver, Canada) — Vancouver's North Shore waterfront is named as the site of the oil rig rescue; the point shown is the city of North Vancouver. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

The Alaskan fishing village (2013)

Clark works a quiet job among strangers, trying to find where he belongs.

Set in Alaskan fishing village — A small northern fishing town where Clark keeps moving between odd jobs.

Alaska in the story; the mist and rough sea are Canadian.

Filmed at Main Street, Ucluelet, British Columbia (Main Street, Ucluelet, Canada) — Ucluelet's main street played the Alaskan fishing village. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

The Alaskan bar (2013)

Clark is pushed to the edge of his patience among rough men, and his secret grows harder to keep.

Set in Alaskan logging and bar scenes — The rough working-town scenes that follow Clark's time in the north.

More of the film's Alaska, from a second Canadian town.

Filmed at Nanaimo, British Columbia (City, Nanaimo, Canada) — Nanaimo is named as part of the film's Alaska; the source gives only the city, not a specific building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

The ship under the Arctic ice (2013)

Clark slips into the dig disguised as a worker and learns who he really is, while Lois follows him and sets off the ship's defenses.

Set in Arctic ice site — Where a Kryptonian scout ship is found buried in ice, drawing Lois Lane and Clark to the same spot.

A frozen dig site in the far north, filmed on a Canadian mountain.

Filmed at Blackcomb Mountain, Whistler, British Columbia (Blackcomb, Whistler, Canada) — The mountain area stood in for the Arctic; the source does not name the exact slope, and the point is rough. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

The Daily Planet newsroom (2013)

Lois cannot get her editor to print what she saw, so she goes around him and hunts for the man behind it.

Set in Daily Planet building, Metropolis — The Metropolis newspaper where editor Perry White refuses to run Lois Lane's story.

A fictional newspaper in a fictional city, filmed in Chicago.

Filmed at Chicago Board of Trade Building, Chicago (The Loop, Chicago, United States) — Wikipedia says the building's interior and exterior portrayed the Daily Planet offices. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

Filmed at Willis Tower, Chicago (The Loop, Chicago, United States) — Wikipedia's Willis Tower article also places the Daily Planet offices here; the two sources disagree. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

Smallville's Main Street (2013)

Zod's followers storm the town hunting for what Clark carries, and he fights them street by street to protect his mother.

Set in Smallville, Kansas — The small Kansas town where Clark grew up and where he later fights Zod's followers.

The film's hometown, rebuilt on a real small-town Main Street.

Filmed at Downtown Plano, Illinois (Downtown, Plano, Illinois, United States) — Downtown Plano was dressed as a classic Main Street, right down to the train station. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

The battle for Metropolis (2013)

Clark fights Zod between towers while the city comes down around them, and Lois is caught in the middle.

Set in Metropolis — The city wrecked as Zod's World Engine and ship work together to remake Earth.

A fictional city damaged on screen; the streets are real Chicago.

Filmed at The Loop, Chicago (The Loop, Chicago, United States) — Downtown Chicago was filmed from September 7 to 17; Union Station also appears in the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

Characters

• Clark Kent — A young man with extraordinary powers who wanders the world hiding them and searching for his purpose.

Questions answered on the map

• Where were Smallville and Metropolis really filmed?