Where was The Lovebirds filmed? The Filming Locations in New Orleans

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The new Netflix comedy movie The Lovebirds was filmed in the city of New Orleans, and this is a great opportunity to tour some interesting locations of the beautiful Crescent City.

Jibran (Kumail Nanjiani) and Leilani (Issa Rae) are a couple on the brink of a breakup who gets accidentally involved in the murder of a biker.

The comic duo will try to clear their names, sort out the mystery, and save their relationship on the fly.

Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae in a streetcar

The theatrical release of this hilarious romance movie was a collateral victim of the crisis, so Netflix bought the rights to Paramount Pictures to stream the movie worldwide.

Set also in New Orleans, many are wondering Where Project Power was filmed, the new Jamie Foxx movie that shares several filming locations with The Lovebirds.

The Lovebirds street where the couple hits the cyclist was filmed at Commerce Street and Notre Dame in the Warehouse District.

The chase continues in the streets of the area until the dramatic run-over takes place in a private alley between 309 Magazine Street and Picayune Place (pictured). The film crew had to clean up and restore the area for filming.
(You can open all the locations on Google Maps by clicking on the links below in the captions ↴)
Image courtesy of Netflix - Maps: Introducing Mr. Bicycle / Final destination

The sweethearts are arguing again in the Mississippi riverfront Washington Artillery Park near Jackson Square in the French Quarter.

The Crescent City Connection bridge appears in the background of a few scenes.
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The music bar where they meet a woman named Edie (Anna Camp) is the Dragon’s Den at 435 Esplanade Avenue.
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The Nola Discount Pharmacy is a real drug store located at 1107 Veterans Boulevard in Metairie.
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The exterior of the apartment where Jibran and Leilani break in climbing the stairs is located in the corner of Union Street and Baronne Street.

The magnificent Hibernia Bank Building is the 1921 skyscraper with the iconic white tower, lit up with colored lights on the top.
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The troubled couple rides the heritage city trolleys that in NOLA are called streetcars.

Operating since the first half of the 19th, this public transportation network and tourist attraction is the oldest continuously working streetcar line in the world.

Pictured, a screenshot taken at Canal Street and Carondelet Street.
Image courtesy of Netflix - Map

The Eyes Wide Shut style masquerade party of the secret society called Sacrarium was filmed in The Civic Theatre, situated in the Central Business District.

Built in 1906, this is the city's oldest theatre. Privately owned, it was about to be transformed into condos or a parking garage, as it happened to the Michigan Theater in downtown Detroit.

However, the real estate developer who bought the space in the early 2000s decided to restore it to its former glory, modernizing the venue with the latest technology, in a balanced juxtaposition of old and new.

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The Amazing Race scenes one year later were filmed in England, but not in central London as the establishing shots suggest. The shoot was set near the River Thames in the London Borough of Richmond.

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