Tag: Hollywood of the South
Amazon’s I Want You Back is a classic, feel-good rom-com with Atlanta as a centerpiece
For as many movies that film in Atlanta, few actually set their stories in the city. But director Jason Orley’s new Amazon Original rom-com, I Want You Back, puts the city at the forefront, as stars Charlie Day and Jenny Slate try to win back their exes.
Georgia’s Film and TV Crew Unions Prepare to Strike
Streaming media is booming, and production crews are working harder than ever. But they say the gains of the digital-entertainment age aren’t being fairly distributed.
Where Loki, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and WandaVision filmed near Atlanta
All three Marvel streaming hits filmed at least partially in metro Atlanta. The filming locations included some easily-recognizable landmarks, such as the downtown Marriott Marquis, Krog Street Tunnel, and Peachtree Center.
The animal wrangler: Jamie Stimach on why raccoons make great costars
"Never work with kids or animals." I hear it every day. That’s why we have wranglers.
Stacey Abrams is an Emmy nominee (and other Atlanta connections in the 2021 nominations)
While Abrams is easily this year's most surprising nominee with a Georgia connection, she is far from the only one—several Atlanta-filmed shows and actors with Atlanta ties earned nominations for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards.
60 years of covering Atlanta: The 2010s
The city booms after the bust, the South more powerfully confronts its past, Stacey Abrams plans a progressive revolution, Josef Martinez is king, and Staplehouse emerges.
Playwright Katori Hall chats about Atlanta-filmed P-Valley, strip club wings, and representation
The P-Valley showrunner talks about a typical outing to Atlanta's strip clubs, using theater as a vehicle for change, P-Valley’s success, and what Ryan Murphy's directing program taught her about making television.
Atlanta-filmed Watchmen is nominated for more Emmys than any other series this year
Watchmen, HBO's incredibly timely hit mini-series, deserves a lot of Emmys. Now, it officially has a chance to take home a bucket of them.
HBO is offering Atlanta-filmed Watchmen free to stream this weekend
HBO will offer all nine episodes of the critically acclaimed Atlanta-filmed series—which focuses heavily on themes of systemic racism, particularly in the police system—for free this weekend on its website.
What was filming in Atlanta now: How the film industry reacted to COVID-19 and what shot before sets closed
Like everything else, COVID-19 has put a temporary pause on the Hollywood of the South. But here's a roundup of what filmed in early March and how the virus has impacted the industry so far.
