Eastside Stageworks Coming to Conyers

Eastside Stageworks Coming to Conyers

Built by Takahashi Works in 1990 to manufacture heavy equipment cabs (think front end loaders and tractors), in 2000 this plant closed. The property was purchased by Clarence Hall in 2005. This 130,000sf building on 23 acres remained empty until 2009 when Georgia’s...
Warner Bros Makes Donation to Rockdale Career Academy

Warner Bros Makes Donation to Rockdale Career Academy

Warner Bros. Entertainment executives toured RCA on March 23, which ended in a generous surprise donation from the film and television entertainment giant. Mary-Elizabeth Michaels, Director of Community Affairs for Warner Bros. Entertainment, and Trish Standard, Line...

Filming brings major economic impact to Rockdale

By John Ruch Rockdale News jruch@rockdalenews.com With metro Atlanta now known as “Hollywood South” for a bevy of major movie and TV show productions, Rockdale is among the places reaping the financial rewards-and gaining a bit of glamor along the way. In...

‘Sunday Horse’ co-producer visits RCA

Jessica Smith news@rockdalenews.com Rockdale News On a random Friday in May, Rockdale Career Academy students scored a lucky break when a Hollywood producer stopped in to give some insider insight. In town to scout locations for his upcoming film, “The Sunday...
AMC show, ‘Halt and Catch Fire,’ filming in Conyers

AMC show, ‘Halt and Catch Fire,’ filming in Conyers

By Aimee Jones Rockdale Citizen aimee.jones@rockdalecitizen.com CONYERS — There’s going to be a carjacking on Main Street Friday, and it will be caught on film. The scene won’t involve criminals or victims, though. Rather, it will be carried out by actors for the AMC...