Tag: movies

Spider-Man: Homecoming was spotted filming at Grady High School, Fast 8 took Vin Diesel to the burbs, and Georgia reaches a new level of filming dominance.

“The more we put Georgians to work, the more our industry will grow. And the more it’ll be Georgia’s business.”

When life takes a turn for the dramatic, anyone can feel like the star of their own movie. Most people, though, will not go to the lengths Bill Lundy did to translate their experiences to the big screen.

The latest Edgar Wright film, Baby Driver, starring Ansel Elgort, recently started production in Atlanta, along with war film Thank You For Your Service, which stars Miles Teller and Amy Schumer in a rare dramatic role.

Marvel’s "Ant-Man" reimagines the old Georgia Archives Building as the waterfront headquarters of Pym Technologies. That got us thinking: What other Atlanta icons could be transformed with a little movie magic?

In an age of IMAX and 3-D vision, this theater transports guests back to Hollywood's Golden Age.

When a trailer for filmed-in-Atlanta “Furious 7” premiered during February’s Super Bowl, one particular stunt stood out: Vin Diesel driving a rare Lykan HyperSport through a skyscraper window as explosions blasted behind him. But diving through sky-high windows is just the tip of the iceberg. We found the craziest scene in each film and ranked them.

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.

Winter is upon us. It’s cold, the trees are barren, and the production signs are drying up. If you’ve noticed the lack yellow non-yard-sale-affiliated signs, don’t fret! It’s only the customary winter break in filming. We’ve still got a few sightings, a few new films starting up this January, and a preview of what you’ll see in town this spring.

Selma director Ava DuVernay shot her new film about the civil rights movement’s 1965 bloody march to voting equality in just six weeks this summer in Atlanta and Alabama. Scheduled to open in limited release on Christmas Day, Selma stars David Oyelowo as MLK, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, Andre Holland as Andrew Young, and Stephan James as a young John Lewis. We talked with DuVernay in the fall, when she took a break from the editing room to discuss the film.