August // 2026

Where was Ride or Die filmed? The Czech Republic played Europe — and pulled it off

Ride or Die

The story says Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer race across Europe. The cameras never left the Czech Republic. That gap — between the show's globe-trotting premise and its rigorously Czech production reality — is an impressive location illusion. Principal photography began in January 2025 under the working title USW and ran for 109 filming days, wrapping in early July.

Ride or Die follows best friends Judith and Debbie — Hannah Waddingham as the assassin, Octavia Spencer as the utterly unprepared best friend — on a dangerous chase across Europe after a mission goes catastrophically wrong.

All eight episodes premiered on Prime Video on July 15, 2026. Peyton Reed — director of the Ant-Man films — directed episodes of the series, with Matt Miller as showrunner and Tessa Coates as creator.

Screenshot Ride or Die Czech Republic Credit Amazon MGM Studios

Prague

Prague did the heavy lifting across six months of production. The final scenes were filmed in Prague's historic centre, with production taking over the vicinity of Hospital Na Františku, streets in the Old Town and Jan Palach Square.

Confirmed Prague filming locations span the full breadth of the city. In the historic centre: Mariánské Square, Havelská Street, Rytířská Street, Melantrichova Street, Ovocný Trh and Divadelní Street. Along the water: the Vltava Riverfront and Kampa Park in Malá Strana, with streets surrounding the National Theatre. For the car chase sequences, Rohanské Nábřeží — a major riverside road in Prague's New Town — was closed to traffic for a weekend to allow the production to film uninterrupted.

Nightlife and restaurant venues played a significant role: Bruxx Restaurant in Vinohrady, Hanavský Pavilon in Letná Park, Klub Futurum on Zborovská and Holešovický Pivovar all hosted scenes.

St. Gabriel's Church in Smíchov and the historic watermill Trojanův Mlýn on the city's outskirts provided atmospheric architectural variety.

The production also made use of Jordan Studios — a facility originally created for Prime Video's The Wheel of Time — alongside additional filming in the districts of Újezd nad Lesy and Králův Dvůr, and at Čeřinka Quarry.

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Beyond Prague

Outside the capital, filming spread to Zámek Ploskovice — a Baroque chateau in the Bohemian Lowlands — and to Kolín. The most visually opulent non-Prague chapter was Karlovy Vary, the famous spa town in western Bohemia.

Specific confirmed Karlovy Vary locations include the Grandhotel Pupp — the grand 18th-century hotel whose colonnaded facade has appeared in the James Bond franchise and The Grand Budapest Hotel — the Mlýnská Colonnade, and Nová Louka. 

All eight episodes of Ride or Die premiered on Prime Video on July 15, 2026.

SOURCE

Prague Reporter // Wikipedia

CREDITS

Amazon MGM Studios, Paramount Television Studios, Skydance Television

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