Prime Video's Sci-Fi Series 'The Peripheral' Is Set in a Virtual World Here's Where it Was Filme

In the futuristic world showcased in Prime Video's 'The Peripheral,' VR video games pose a great danger. Where was the series filmed?

The world of VR is simply getting started. While present virtual reality technology shall we users play thrilling games like Beat Saber, Resident Evil 4 VR, and I Expect You To Die, thrusting them into quite a lot of worlds and game-play situations, the way forward for VR may just border on being too lifelike. Perilous, even. In Scott B. Smith's latest Prime Video sci-fi series The Peripheral — which sees Chloë Grace Moretz as its lead — the lines between truth and generation are blurred, and risk is afoot.

"Stuck in a small Appalachian town, a young woman’s only escape from the daily grind is playing advanced video games. She is such a good player that a company sends her a new video game system to test … but it has a surprise in store," the futuristic series' professional synopsis reads. Initially, protagonist Flynne is enamored with the gadget, as it allows her to live out her wildest fantasies. But, in fact, issues soon cross horribly unsuitable. It's in line with William Gibson’s 2014 novel of the similar identify.

And while a lot of the display takes place in a chancy virtual sphere, we are right here to talk about where The Peripheral was in reality filmed.

Where was Prime Video's 'The Peripheral' filmed?

As reported by means of Citizen Times, much of The Peripheral was filmed in Marshall, N.C. The show's location supervisor, Bass Hampton — who has labored on esteemed tasks like Get Out and The Conjuring — in particular sought out a location in North Carolina. This was ultimate because, as detailed through The Cinemaholic, portions of the series happen in the fictitious town of Clanton in North Carolina.

"When I was looking for this story, the directive was to find something in North Carolina that suited the story," Bass told Citizen Times. "I started in Charlotte and looked in Winston-Salem, but it was set in the mountains of North Carolina. Since I grew up in Boone, I was a little partial to spending more time looking up here than I was in Charlotte."

He explained that member's of the team "came from Amsterdam, Portugal, Ontario, Canada, London and California,"and "they all just fell in love with Marshall." Filming in Marshall took place in late September 2021.

In Marshall, The Depot at 282 South Main Street was remodeled into a bar known as The Bad Guy Hangout, and ReClaim Madison: Salvage & Thrift Store at 798 Walnut Creek Road was was a 3-d printing shop.

Bass Hampton felt that filming in Marshall would only get advantages the community. "We're on location, not vacation. So hopefully everybody's going to appreciate us being here," he mentioned.

"I've always said if all our dollar bills were purple, you'd see a lot of purple dollar bills going around in the town when we get here. We'll eat in the restaurants. We'll do business with folks."

North Carolina's Burnsville, Sylva, and Asheville were extensively utilized as filming places.

Though a lot of The Peripheral was shot in North Carolina, on the time of the May 2021 interview, Bass relayed that the series was these days capturing in London, England.

The first two episodes of The Peripheral are lately streaming on Prime Video.

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