Where Was Wakanda Forever Filmed?

The Short Answer

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was mainly filmed at Trilith Studios near Atlanta, Georgia, with additional shooting in Brunswick, Georgia, plus Cambridge and Worcester, Massachusetts. Production also used multiple locations across Puerto Rico, including San Juan, Carolina, and Manatí. Studio sets carried most of Wakanda and the underwater realm of Talokan, while the real MIT campus and other sites provided authentic backdrops.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, released in 2022, split its production between purpose-built soundstages and a handful of real locations across the eastern United States and the Caribbean. Principal photography began in June 2021 under the working title 'Summer Break' and wrapped in March 2022 in Puerto Rico, following a pause caused by Letitia Wright's injury.

The result is a film where two fictional nations, Wakanda and the underwater Talokan, exist mostly inside a Georgia studio complex, while a college campus, a highway tunnel, a waterfront park, and Caribbean beaches ground the story in places travelers can actually stand.

Every Location At A Glance

Location	Where	What was filmed	Access
Trilith Studios	Fayetteville	Main studio work for Wakanda sets and interiors	Private property
Mary Ross Waterfront Park	Brunswick	Waterfront and industrial scenes	Free to see
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Cambridge	Campus scenes with Riri Williams including quad, Stratton Student Center area and Great Dome shots	Free to see
Ernest A. Johnson Tunnel	Worcester	Car chase sequence	Free to see

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Location By Location

The bulk of the production happened here, in Fayetteville, Georgia, southeast of Atlanta. Soundstages and a large backlot hosted the Wakanda sets and interiors, and the studio also served as the base for most of principal photography between June 2021 and early 2022. The complex is private and not open to the public, so there is no visitor access to the soundstages or backlot. Travelers hoping for a studio connection can instead take a film locations tour in nearby Atlanta.

This public park in Brunswick, Georgia, stood in for scenes with a port and industrial feel. The production used the waterfront setting to evoke dockside and working-harbor atmosphere. Today it remains an open public park with views over the water, visitable year-round at no cost. It sits in downtown Brunswick, making it an easy stop for anyone driving the Georgia coast between Savannah and the Golden Isles.

The Cambridge campus played itself in the scenes introducing Riri Williams. Filming took place in August 2021 around the Stratton Student Center, the main quad, and the Great Dome, with shots near the main entrance and gardens. The campus is publicly accessible, so visitors can walk the same paths and see the dome and student center featured in the film. It is a short walk from the Kendall Square Red Line stop in Cambridge.

This road tunnel in Worcester, Massachusetts, hosted part of the film's car chase sequence. It is a functioning public tunnel carrying regular traffic, so there is no pedestrian access and nothing cinematic to stop and photograph; the chase was filmed with the road under production control. Travelers driving through Worcester may pass through it on local routes. The honest way to experience it is behind the wheel, matching the chase's own point of view.

Where It Is Set Versus Where It Was Filmed

The story is set in Wakanda, a fictional African nation, and Talokan, an underwater kingdom inspired by Mesoamerican cultures and imagined near the Puerto Rico Trench. Neither place exists. The filming, by contrast, took place primarily in Georgia and Massachusetts in the United States, plus multiple locations across Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's beaches and the former Ritz-Carlton in Carolina stood in for Talokan-related and exile scenes, giving the underwater kingdom a real-world Caribbean anchor.

The Studio Side

Trilith Studios in Fayetteville, Georgia, anchored the production. The facility's soundstages and large backlot handled the main studio work for the Wakanda sets and interiors, and most of the shoot ran there from June 2021 until the production moved to Puerto Rico for final filming that wrapped in March 2022. The underwater sequences for Talokan emphasized practical effects and real diving, with actors training to hold their breath for several minutes rather than relying entirely on digital solutions.

Tours That Visit These Locations

No public tour covers the Wakanda Forever locations directly, since the key studio work happened on private soundstages. One Atlanta private tour, however, includes a stop tied to this specific film among its broader Marvel film locations route.

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Atlanta: MCU in the ATL Film Locations Private Tour

This private film locations tour of Atlanta includes the Riri Williams shop and the spot where the police chase begins, both from Wakanda Forever, alongside other Marvel stops around the city. It runs about $175 and has 13 reviews.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can you visit Trilith Studios?

No. Trilith Studios in Fayetteville, Georgia is a private production complex and is not open to the public. The soundstages and backlot used for Wakanda Forever cannot be visited.

Was Wakanda Forever filmed in Africa?

No. Although the story is set in the fictional African nation of Wakanda, filming took place at Trilith Studios in Georgia, in Brunswick, Georgia, in Cambridge and Worcester, Massachusetts, and at multiple locations in Puerto Rico.

Where were the Talokan underwater scenes filmed?

The underwater sequences were achieved with practical effects and real diving at the studio stage level, with actors training to hold their breath for several minutes. Puerto Rico locations, including the former Ritz-Carlton in Carolina and Playa Las Palmas in Manatí, handled Talokan-related and exile scenes.

Can you see the MIT scenes on campus?

Yes. MIT's Cambridge campus is publicly accessible. The film used the Stratton Student Center area, the main quad, and the Great Dome, and visitors can walk past all of them.

When was Wakanda Forever filmed?

Filming began in June 2021 under the working title 'Summer Break' and wrapped in March 2022 in Puerto Rico. Production paused at one point due to Letitia Wright's injury.

Is the Worcester tunnel from the car chase open to the public?

The Ernest A. Johnson Tunnel is a functioning public road tunnel in Worcester, Massachusetts, carrying regular traffic. Drivers can pass through it, but there is no pedestrian access.

Wakanda Forever rewards location hunters mostly through its East Coast and Caribbean real-world stops rather than its studios. MIT offers the most satisfying visit, since the campus is open and the filmed spots are easy to find. Brunswick and the Puerto Rico sites add coastal atmosphere, and the Atlanta private tour covers the film's city-based chase material for those who want a guided connection.