Tag: Hollywood

When producer Nicole Avant approached Tyler Perry about the “Six Triple Eight,” the Atlanta-based filmmaker’s immediate reaction was one of shock. “I was like, Wait, is this story real?” Perry says.

For movie fans around the world, the late architect John Portman’s Marriott Marquis hotel is known for its starring role in such movies as the Hunger Games series and the 2024 miniseries A Man in Full, plus a bevy of Marvel offerings, from Spider-Man: Homecoming to Ms. Marvel to Loki.

With all the film and TV projects that have been shot here, Atlanta has no shortage of talented local stage actors successfully crossing over to do film and television work. Here are some notable Atlantans you may have first seen onstage who now lend their talents to both the big and small screens.

Until it becomes clear what this new normal will entail, the future of Georgia’s film industry—and the livelihoods of thousands of crew members who serve as the backbone of your favorite blockbuster film or TV show—remains in limbo.

Georgia’s film industry employs tens of thousands of people every year. Here are five who have carved their own unique niche.

As Hollywood continues to choose Atlanta as a prime filming destination—Georgia productions generated more than $9.5 billion in impact last year—actors, crews, and other talent are infiltrating Atlanta neighborhoods and sometimes even setting down roots. From Buckhead to Midtown to Pinewood Forest, here’s where they hang their hats.

If you need to make it rain in a music video or want hundreds of $100s for that drug-deal scene, Rich “RJ” Rappaport is the man to see. He owns RJR Props and is Atlanta’s premiere proprietor of fake money for movies.

From where we sit, I can pick out Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Nicole Kidman, and, in a floor-level opera box, butt-kicker extraordinaire Jackie Chan. Oddly, the two seats next to me remain empty throughout the night. Could someone really not find a babysitter willing to work during the Oscars?

When Tom Ford's logoed barricade went up yesterday at the main entrance of Buckhead Atlanta, his hush-hush imminent arrival seemed to be announced.

She may be but a wee thing, but she has big ambitions. Simmons grew up in Atlanta but moved to L.A. with her mom last summer to pursue her acting career—and it sounds like it was her idea (see “quadruple threat” aspirations below).