In a stunning move announced just yesterday, Bunim-Murray Productions have decided to pull out of Philadelphia. You heard right, the fifteenth season of the Real World will no longer belong to Philadelphia. In an article published by Philly.com, producers pulled out of the city, with 70% of principal construction completed on the house, when union protests outside the Third and Arch house apparently forced BMP to their wit's end. Taping was scheduled to begin in three weeks. Apparently, for the past fourteen seasons, producers at BMP have insisted on hiring non-union contractors to work on the house. This continued without incident, even on big cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. However, Philadelphia unions had offered the Real World producers a deal once filming started, that would include unions on production once the show began filming. BMP turned them down.
If you remember, this is not the first time The Real World has encountered protests at their door. Back in the Chicago season, the house was hounded by protestors demanding that the Real World leave the Wicker Park section of the city. After castmembers were hassled, arrests were made, and even red paint was splattered on the infamous orange front door, producers decided to stick it out in Chicago. "After considerable evaluation, we are disappointed to announce that Bunim/Murray Productions has decided not to shoot The Real World in Philadelphia," a spokeswoman for BMP said Tuesday. Most likely, this will push back filming a few more weeks to a yet unnamed location
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