Establishing Shots, Hollywood | MCU Location Scout

Women posing in front of the Hollywood sign.

Still in Hollywood, I’m running on a wheel and I don’t know why.

A big part of these shows is the interstitial and establishing shots provided to help establish the setting.

Hollywood Sign Overlook (Episode 1)

A group of tourists (or influencers) takes pictures of themselves in front of the iconic Hollywood sign.

This was filmed at a lot that is carved out just for this type of thing, located at 3115 Canyon Lake Drive, in the Hollywood Hills.

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Street Corner (Episode 1)

A young woman twirls a sign advertising a “Tour of Fame,” nearby.

No luck finding this street corner yet, but it’s certainly near one of the other Hollywood-esque locations from the series.

  • A woman holding a Hollywood Tour of Fame sign on a street corner.

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Audition Line (Episode 1)

A group of would-be actors stands on a sidewalk waiting to get into an audition.

The extras are standing in front of the Iglesia Fuente De Salvacion, located on N. Western Avenue, near the corner of Virginia Avenue.

  • Actors in line for an audition on a sidewalk.

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Hollywood Freeway (Episode 1)

Traffic and Freeways. Two things that scream Southern California.

This overview of the Hollywood Freeway (the 101, for you locals) was filmed from the Western Avenue overpass, looking at Fountain Avenue, with the southbound traffic driving under the camera.

  • Traffic on the Hollywood Freeway.

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Hollywood Exxon (Episode 5)

The camera looks down a hill towards an Exxon Station at night.

This shot was filmed looking southeast from Vine Street Hollywood Viewpoint.

  • Nighttime view of Exxon station by Hollywood freeway.

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Hollywood Overpass (Episode 5)

The camera is looking over the Hollywood Freeway, with cars traveling underneath on Franklin Avenue.

This shot was filmed from the same vantage point as the image above, looking west from Vine Street Hollywood Viewpoint.

  • Nighttime view of Hollywood freeway and streets.

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum (Episode 5)

Pedestrians walk along the sidewalk in front of the Ripley’s museum in the background.

The museum is on the southeast corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue and contains hundreds of weird oddities made famous by Robert Ripley.

  • Nighttime view of pedestrians on sidewalk in front of Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Museum.

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El Capitan Theater (Episode 5)

Just west of the Ripley museum, sidewalk vendors stand in front of Disney’s El Capitan Theater.

This theater, located at 6838 Hollywood Boulevard, was purchased and rehabilitated by the Walt Disney Company in the 1980s, and reopened with the 1991 premiere of The Rocketeer.

  • Nighttime view of vendors on sidewalk in front of El Capitan Theater.
  • Nighttime view of El Capitan Theater marquee.

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Morning Street (Episode 5)

After a long night in the city, the sun rises, creating a glow in Hollywood.

This early morning shot was filmed on Hollywood Boulevard looking west atN. Orange Drive.

  • Long shot of Hollywood Street by Orange Drive.

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Morning Freeway (Episode 5)

The morning sun illuminates an already busy freeway in Hollywood.

This small patch of Freeway is the Golden State Freeway (the I-5), looking south from the North Broadway overpass.

  • Early morning traffic on a Hollywood Freeway.

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Street View

(Wonder Man S01E01 & E05, 2026)