Louisville/Kentucky competing with Atlanta/Georgia for Film Productions (market, near)

[Newsboy]

Originally Posted by chiatldal

A lot of films are shot in Atlanta but here are films set in Atlanta.

They either reference Atlanta stuff, or show Atlanta landmarks a lot as well as the skyline,

there's a lot more but.

Films

ATL
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Madea's Family Reunion
Daddy's Little Girls
Meet the Browns
Madea's Big Happy Family
Madea's Witness Protection
A Madea Christmas
Boo! A Madea Halloween
Trois
No Good Deed
The Change Up
Keeping up with The Joneses
Beauty Shop
Killers
Due Date
Drumline
Stomp the Yard
Ride Along
School Daze
Lottery Ticket
What To Expect When You're Expecting

reality shows

Real Housewives of Atlanta
Love and Hip hop Atlanta
the new atlanta
Big Rich Atlanta
Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta
T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle
Second Generation Wayans
Monica: Still Standing
keyshia cole the way it is

A few show, sitcoms and Dramas not reality shows.

Atlanta FX
Single Ladies
The Walking Dead
Meet the Browns
lets stay together
House of Payne
For Better or Worse,

Other

Midnight Club 3... Atlanta was a video game stage in a racing game.
Class of 3000 cartoon.


I think the more things are set in Atlanta will help attract more films and media,

Cities like NY, LA, SF, Chicago, Miami, Seattle have a cool factors to them which makes the setting in a lot of films, Because Atlanta was so popular in Hip hop and Black culture many black films were already being set in Atlanta even before the tax cuts.

How ever because of that I think that opened the door for even more diverse films like "Change up" to be set in Atlanta. Or even TV shows like "the Walking Dead."

it's one of the things separating Georgia from other states doing to tax credit. beside Georgia giving Savanah and the coast. Atlanta is a large city that can grew in media and Entertainment.

What's interesting is how many movies and TV shows set in California or NYC but are shot in Atlanta. The list is endless.

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by LovinDecatur

The old East Atlanta High School. What a dump. Looks like somewhere that Charlie Day would teach.

Any other GA high schools that have been used as film locations? They seem to prefer derelict buildings.

If the school on Mary Dell Drive is what you're talking about, it has essentially become a movie studio. A bunch of stuff has been filmed at that school in the past 18 months.

[Newsboy]

Originally Posted by samiwas1

If the school on Mary Dell Drive is what you're talking about, it has essentially become a movie studio. A bunch of stuff has been filmed at that school in the past 18 months.

Grady High has also been used quite a lot. Classical looking old high schools (which Atlanta has several of) are great for moviemaking.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by LovinDecatur

The old East Atlanta High School. What a dump. Looks like somewhere that Charlie Day would teach.
My alma mater was Beacon Hills High School in Teen Wolf.

'Teen Wolf' Renames Briarcliff High School - North Druid Hills, GA Patch

Any other GA high schools that have been used as film locations? They seem to prefer derelict buildings.

Remember the Titans:

Druid Hills High (for the building)
Sprayberry High (for the stadium)

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by aries4118

Remember the Titans:

Druid Hills High (for the building)
Sprayberry High (for the stadium)

They used several high schools for this movie; the ones you mentioned, and Grady High in Atlanta, Etowah High in Woodstock and Paulding County High in Dallas.

Patrick Henry HS in Stockbridge was used for the Netflix series Stranger Things.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by LovinDecatur

They used several high schools for this movie; the ones you mentioned, and Grady High in Atlanta, Etowah High in Woodstock and Paulding County High in Dallas.

Patrick Henry HS in Stockbridge was used for the Netflix series Stranger Things.

Yes, you are right (about ...Titans). I knew there were more.


And wait...Stranger Things is filmed in Atlanta???

[Newsboy]

Originally Posted by aries4118

Yes, you are right (about ...Titans). I knew there were more.


And wait...Stranger Things is filmed in Atlanta???

Yes. Sixty-something TV shows are filmed in Atlanta. Guess you haven't been paying attention?

Here's Rodney Ho's latest list, updated yesterday:

Atlanta TV shows | Radio and TV Talk

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by Newsboy

...Guess you haven't been paying attention?

Not to you.




{ooooooh feel the burn...}

[tikigod311]

Originally Posted by Newsboy

I got a featured role in an episode of that show ... ugh

Can't tell you what I did but it was gross

At least the pay was good

I'd love to see that... making out with Mama June gross?

Sorry if it was mentioned, but the show on CBS after the patriots game called Hunted is heavily based in Atlanta. Cheesy in the classic CBS way, but pretty interesting at times.

[Hokiehaven]

Originally Posted by aries4118

Yes, you are right (about ...Titans). I knew there were more.


And wait...Stranger Things is filmed in Atlanta???

Yes, very obvious when they shot the quarry