However, travelers don't have to wait to celebrate their favorite movies of the year. Here's a look at the filming locations for this year's Best Picture nominees. The property at National Drive was used for the Zakharov mansion.
Set designers were able to replicate the Sistine Chapel. Meanwhile, costume designers visited Gammarelliโthe official tailor of the popeโas well as several museums throughout Rome, to gain inspiration for the characters' outfits. The sequel to 's hit remake was filmed in a handful of exotic destinations, including at the Brion tomb in Altivole, Italy, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Namibia, which is the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa and thus an ideal locale to play a desert planet.
However, director Jacques Audiard instead took the crew to a studio in Paris, France, where designers reconstructed an "authentic Mexican backdrop. In addition to downtown Rio, fans of the film can head to the beaches of Leblon and Ipanema to follow in the characters' footsteps. A historical drama based on Colson Whitehead's novel, Nickel Boys was shot from a very unique first-person point-of-view, with filming taking place in Louisiana more than two years ago.
As far as landmarks are concerned, crews used the office building of the Lafourche Parish District Attorney as a filming location in Thibodaux. The Substance was shot entirely in France.
Locations included Antibes and the Marineland parking lot. Additionally, writer, producer and director Coralie Fargeat shot the film's palm trees in Cannes and filmed in Nice, Carros and Saint-Laurent-du-Var to complete production.
