Current:Home > InvestWhere you’ve seen Atlanta, dubbed the ‘Hollywood of the South,’ on screen-DB Wealth Institute B2 Expert Reviews
Where you’ve seen Atlanta, dubbed the ‘Hollywood of the South,’ on screen
View Date:2025-01-11 10:38:20
ATLANTA (AP) — Metropolitan Atlanta is home to the second highest number of soundstages in the U.S., including the massive Tyler Perry Studios and Trilith Studios. But many productions have chosen to shoot in and around the city itself, often as stand-ins for other locations (it’s a popular double for New York). Here are some landmarks and towns you might recognize:
— Swan House: Part of the Atlanta History Center, this historic home in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood served as President Coriolanus Snow’s mansion in the “Hunger Games” movies.
— Midtown High School: This public high school was known as Grady High School when it stood in for the interiors of Peter Parker’s school in “Spider-Man: Homecoming” but now shares a name with the fictional Queens academy.
— High Museum of Art: The high-profile museum doubled as London’s fictional Museum of Great Britain, the scene of Killmonger’s heist early in Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther.”
— Downtown Atlanta: The streets (and parking lots) of downtown Atlanta have played everything from New York in “Avengers: Infinity War” to Lagos, Nigeria, in “Captain America: Civil War.”
— Jackson, Georgia: Around 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta, the seat of Butts County is where Netflix’s “Stranger Things” filmed several downtown Hawkins, Indiana, scenes.
— Covington, Georgia: Mystic Falls, Virginia, the home of “The Vampire Diaries,” was actually the seat of Newton County around 35 miles (56 kilometers) east of Atlanta where the town square still has a corner shop dedicated to show memorabilia.
— Barnesville, Georgia: Drive around 60 miles (97 kilometers) south of Atlanta and you’re in the seat of Lamar County — or the fictional town of Wind Gap, Missouri, the setting for the Amy Adams-led HBO miniseries “Sharp Objects.”
— Senoia, Georgia: Much of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” was actually set in Georgia, and a lot of the filming was done in the small Coweta County town 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Atlanta.
veryGood! (4)
Related
- Louisiana man kills himself and his 1-year-old daughter after a pursuit
- Smith & Wesson celebrates new headquarters opening in gun-friendly Tennessee
- Chiefs’ Kelce: ‘Just got to keep living’ as relationship with Taylor Swift consumes spotlight
- Policeman kills 2 Israelis and 1 Egyptian at Egyptian tourist site
- Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline, shrugging off Wall Street’s overnight rally
- Breaking Down the Viral Dianna Agron and Sarah Jessica Parker Paparazzi Video
- San Francisco 49ers acquire LB Randy Gregory from Denver Broncos
- Similar to long COVID, people may experience long colds, researchers find
- Katharine Hayhoe’s Post-Election Advice: Fight Fear, Embrace Hope and Work Together
- American mountaineer, local guide dead after avalanches hit Tibetan mountain. Two others are missing
Ranking
- Tennessee suspect in dozens of rapes is convicted of producing images of child sex abuse
- MLB's playoffs wreck even the best-laid pitching plans. The Orioles are ready to improvise.
- Proof Travis Kelce Is Handling Attention Around Taylor Swift Romance All Too Well
- Dak Prescott spices up Cowboys' revenge bid against 49ers in marquee matchup
- Ben Foster files to divorce Laura Prepon after 6 years, according to reports
- A nurse is named as the prime suspect in the mysterious death of the Nigerian Afrobeat star Mohbad
- Powerball jackpot is up to $1.4 billion after 33 drawings without a winner
- What's open, closed Monday on Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day 2023
Recommendation
-
Brian Austin Green’s Fiancée Sharna Burgess Celebrates Megan Fox’s Pregnancy News
-
Sam Bankman-Fried stole customer funds from the beginning of FTX, exchange’s co-founder tells jury
-
What's open, closed Monday on Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day 2023
-
YNW Melly murder trial delayed after defense attorneys accuse prosecutors of withholding information
-
1 monkey captured, 42 monkeys still on the loose after escaping research facility in SC
-
Kylie Jenner's Kids Stormi and Aire Webster Enjoy a Day at the Pumpkin Patch
-
New clashes erupt between the Malian military and separatist rebels as a security crisis deepens
-
Former Texas officer charged with murder in California hit-and-run, prosecutors say