Location Managers Help L.A. Fire Victims Who’ve Lost Their Homes While ‘Locationland’ Series Documents What’s Been Saved

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In an interview with the new PBS SoCal digital series Locationland, location manager Danny Finn describes the kismet moment when he discovered that the house used for Freaky Friday in 2003 was still standing and still owned by the same woman.

Even better, she was open to allowing it to be used again for Disney’s August 2025 release, Freakier Friday. “I called and got an old, robotic answering machine, left a Hail Mary voicemail,” Finn recalled. “Two minutes later I got a call from an unknown number and this voice answered, ‘Hi.

It’s Me. Yes, I still live here. Same house, new husband, all good.’ So we ended up shooting there, which was wonderful.” Then, last week, everything changed. “We’ve since confirmed that that house — along with every house on that block — was lost in the Palisades Fire,” he told Locationland.

In the midst of that life-altering tragedy, Finn was able to offer some solace to the homeowner. “We were able to furnish the homeowner with our 2024 scout photos of the house for insurance claims and FEMA aid.” The Freaky Friday homeowner’s dilemma is, unfortunately, not uncommon for those who lost homes in the Palisades and Eaton Fires.