Tuesday 4 July 2023

Famous Films at Freemasons'!

Our exclusive Christmas party venue, Freemasons' Hall, and its various rooms and spaces, are filled with exciting history and have featured in a variety of blockbuster films and famous TV shows over the years. Read on to see if you recognise any of these cameos!

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Famous Films at Freemasons'!

Freemasons' Hall is brimming with history, dating all the way back to 1933. However, when you think of this history, I'm sure that The Muppets is the last thing that you think of! This history extends beyond what it is best known for as a meeting place for the Freemasons', even making it to Hollywood. The venue has featured in over 40 movies, TV shows and music videos, highlighting its popularity as a filming location, perhaps due to the maintenance of many of its original Art Deco features. We are proud to offer exclusive Christmas parties at two spaces in the venue, The Grand Temple and The Masquerade Club. Read on to see some of the buildings most famous cameos!

hitchhikers guide to the galaxy at freemasons' hall

Photo Credit - Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Hammer & Tongs Productions, Everyman Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

In 2005, Freemasons’ Hall made its Hollywood debut in ‘The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'(2005). The film uses the Grand Temple as a spaceship and office for space pirate, Humma Kavula, and sees Martin Freeman’s character travel into space after aliens devastate the Earth. Although this venue can’t really take you into space, we can promise that this venue will impress you with the sheer scale and grandeur of its setting. See what your Christmas party could look like at the Grand Temple here.

Photo Credit - Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Marvel's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

Last year, Freemasons’ Hall also played host to some of the filming of Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The Vestibules acted as the backdrop for the headquarters for the film’s superhero group.

Photo Credit - Walt Disney Pictures, Mandeville Films, The Muppets Studio, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

In 2014, Freemasons’ Hall was paid a special visit by some of the most famous puppets in the world. That’s right – The Muppets visited the venue during filming for the 2014 film ‘The Muppets Most Wanted’, which saw the Vestibules transformed into an Art Gallery in Madrid.

Photo Credit - Eon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing

Spectre (2015)

In 2015, the filming of James Bond took place at Freemasons’ Hall, where it was used as the location of a government building, during a scene where Ralph Fiennes’ character misses an important meeting with the government. The building’s corridors can be seen to play a starring role here.