Powerless was filmed in Vancouver in Canada and Los Angeles in the United States of America.
Warner Bros. Burbank Studios
In movie
Scene where Emily's goes out for drinks with her new team and they welcome her in episode 1x01 “Wayne or Lose”.
Real
Scene was shot Constructed by First National Studios in 1926, this studio was acquired by Warner Bros. in a 1928 merger and became their headquarters when they closed their Sunset Boulevard studio in 1937. The facility consists of 36 sound stages, a 2,000,000-gallon water tank in Stage 16, numerous office buildings, and an extensive backlot in a variety of styles including a New York Street, Midwestern Town, and more. Public tours of the facility began in 1973 in a partnership with Columbia Pictures with a focus on the process of film-making, in contrast with Universal Studios more amusement park style tour.
Burbank
West Cordova Street & Thurlow Street
In movie
Scene where Emily is saved by the Crimson Fox after her train is thrown from the tracks by Jack-O-Lantern on her way into work in episode 1x01 “Wayne or Lose”.
Real
Oceanic Plaza
In movie
Scene where A big piece of debris crushes a steel drum band in the Wayne Security video in episode 1x01 “Wayne or Lose”.
Real
Scene was shot Oceanic Plaza, the name applying to both the skyscraper and adjacent square, is a glass office building constructed in 1975. While the building is occasionally used for filming, most often productions shoot in the square or the former pedestrian bridge which ran across Hastings Street to Guinness Tower.
Vancouver
Marine Building
In movie
Scene where Emily enters the lobby of her father's company in a flashback in episode 1x01 “Wayne or Lose”.
Real
Scene was shot An Art Deco skyscraper built in 1930 which was the tallest building in the British Empire when it opened. A Vancouver heritage building.
Vancouver
14489 29 Avenue
In movie
Scene where In the Wayne Security video crews work to remove a giant robot that crashed into a house in episode 1x01 “Wayne or Lose”.