Side Quest filming locations: Where was the Mythic Quest spin-off filmed?

Side Quest on Apple TV+ is a spin-off of Mythic Quest. Expanding the gaming universe on which these shows are based, the spin-off features similar protagonists as Mythic Quest, and it looks like the show has also been shot across California locations such as Los Angeles, and Culver City, according to Moviedelic.

Creators Ashly Birch, Katie McElhenney, and John Howell have showcased four stories and distinct production design in Side Quest. The settings include offices, community centres, and landscapes. Let us check out the filming locations of Side Quest.

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Here are the filming locations of Side Quest

The show premiered on March 26, 2025, and unlike its parent show, which features the inner process of the making of a video game, the spin-off demonstrates how the game has impacted the lives of fans, employees, and players.

This includes the dynamics of players forming a relationship in the virtual gaming world, musicians finding inspiration through gaming, and illustrators shaping the game's landscape. Shop owners selling the game witnessed the evolution of the gaming culture. These stories are created with intriguing set designs and set up unique worlds in every episode.

Various shooting locations across Culver City, California, come alive through the screens of Side Quest, besides Los Angeles. The locations offered varied settings depicting the environment of a gaming studio.

The central stretch of the Venice Beach has also been used for its vibrant and colorful backdrop. It offers a bohemian culture with artists performing and painting murals, adding color to the mise en scene of the show, and depicting a visually creative and rich video game world according to the demand of the story.

The show has used an office space to show the video game company's headquarters, with high ceilings and open floors, offering architecture that matches real-world gaming studios.

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Side Quest is also shot in Culver City, a hub for film and television shooting

Apple Studio is situated in Culver City and offers a controlled environment to extract meticulously-detailed screen elements . The space comes with various facilities that ease the production process — various regulations that provide controlled and layered lighting, soundproof walls, and sufficient space for unique set designs.

Culver City has been a hub for major filmmaking over a century, with several iconic studios situated in the location such as Metro Goldwyn Studio (MGM), where classics such as The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind were shot. Sony Pictures studio facilitated the filming of Breaking Bad and Men in Black.

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All four episodes of Side Quest dropped on March 26, 2025, and you can catch them on Apple TV+.