![]() You can read more about the ranch here: finale! Witch Marnie is dead, but her spirit has invaded Lafayette's body and now she's inside of him, having breakfast with Jesus before work. Here than at all of the other exterior locations combined. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they filmed more It's safe to say that they filmed more at this ranch than at any other Moved in (and they just decided to use them on the show). Smaller buildings were already on the Greer Ranch property when they I'm not sure if they built Lafayette's and Jason's houses, or if those And nearby, they built Sookie's big house and the Bon Temps So they simply built a replica of that Southern mansion Louisiana every time they needed to shoot a scene at Bill's ![]() It was in Louisiana, and obviously, they couldn't run back to The only character's home that actually existed in real life was Bill's mansion. ![]() The easiest solution was to simply build the homes here in L.A., close together, in the same rural setting. It turns out), and that those houses would have to be in a setting that could pass for rural Louisiana. Would need to shoot the same houses over and over (for seven years, as When True Blood needed to recreate Bon Temps, they knew they Ranch is one of them, albeit not as well-known (or as elaborate) as some of the others. Most of the original studio ranches are long gone (the exception beingĭisney's Golden Oak Ranch), and much of that mountainous land now belongs to theīut there are still quite a few independent movie ranches, and Greer Others when their own ranch didn't give them the specific setting That surround Los Angeles, which provided a picturesque mountainĭuring Hollywood's Golden Age, most of the major studios owned their own movie ranches, but they still rented ButĪll of them featured an open, natural setting that couldn't beįound in the city: fields, pastures, trails, oak forests, streams, While others sported elaborate, permanent sets, such as Western towns. Some of the ranches were just open rural property, Of the dozens of movie ranches that sprung up near L.A. The script required a forest, or a farm, or a lake out in the country, Plus, when they film outside of a 30-mile zone, they have to pay union ![]() States or countries to shoot on location was burdensome and expensive. Were large, heavy and difficult to transport. In the early days of movie-making, cameras & lighting equipment ![]() Locations, where they could film Westerns and other movies that required Movie ranches were created to serve Hollywood's need for outdoor Understand that a movie ranch isn't a real ranch - you won't find anyone raising cattle there. They built these True Blood house sets at what is known as Greer Ranch, a movie ranch located up in the Santa Monica Mountains, at 1200 Las Virgenes Road, in Calabasas, California (on a small side road called Las Virgenes Canyon Road, off the east side of the street). A large parcel of natural, undeveloped land, filled with a number of movie sets (fake houses, built for the show).Ī. Where is it supposed to be on the show?Īre the homes of the lead characters, so one or more one of these housesĪlso often used for generic rural scenes on the show.Ī. Several key houses, including Bill's house, Sookie's house, Lafayette's house, Jason's House, and the Bon Temps cemetery. True Blood Filming Locations: The Houses at the Ranch ![]()
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