Tag: Octavia Spencer

Mark Wahlberg film Instant Family, BET's The Bobby Brown Story, and Goosebumps: Slappy Halloween are just a few of the projects filming in town. Plus—how Pinewood Studios Atlanta could help finance your film via a new partnership with Kickstarter.

Atlanta singer-songwriter Janelle Monáe sure knows how to pick a movie script. Her first two forays into film are both considered Oscar contenders: the critically acclaimed indie drama Moonlight and Atlanta-filmed Hidden Figures, a new historical drama chronicling the untold stories of three black female mathematicians whose data allowed NASA astronaut John Glenn to obit the Earth.

This morning, three locally filmed shows and movies—Atlanta, Stranger Things, and Hidden Figures—picked up 6 Golden Globes nominations.

Along with movies Baby Driver and Hidden Figures, a new comedy, Office Christmas Party, starring Olivia Munn and Jason Bateman, is filming in Atlanta. Plus, find out which TV pilots are in town and which major Marvel hero you might soon see on the city's streets.

Baby Driver, starring Ansel Elgort; Hidden Figures, with Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner; and Thank Your For Your Service are just a few of the many movies and TV shows filming in Atlanta this month. Also, why religious liberty bill HB 757 threatens Georgia's filming industry.

Productions in Atlanta currently include the "Red Band Society" teen dramedy and an update of the "Vacation" series starring Ed Helms.

It was the single moment in last summer’s interview with “The Help” actress Viola Davis when she became too embarrassed to make eye contact. “Oh, God,” she whispered while averting her eyes when we asked the inevitable question about the early Oscar buzz swirling around her lead role as Aibileen. The film’s director Tate Taylor, seated next to her at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead, ended up answering the question for the two-time Tony winner and previous Oscar nominee for “Doubt.”