In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage Location Manager Christopher Kusiak discusses how having two major blockbusters filming in the city at the same time did lead to some issues. Specifically, Venom 2 lost out on some locations simply because The Matrix 4 was filming there first. In the case of the helicopters, though, having The Matrix 4 in town was actually a benefit.
“Lots of stuff impacted filming. A lot of our driving shots went away because Matrix controlled all of downtown… We ended up moving a stunt up onto the top of the parking garage because we couldn’t get to the areas we wanted because of The Matrix. But if we would’ve been there first, it probably would’ve gone the other way.
"The helicopters were actually on the Matrix movie. The Matrix was filming at the same time so we were catching part of their activity on camera."