LOCAL FILMING NEWS
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. 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 the past...
‘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 Horse,"...
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...
TV, film production brings economic boon to area
By Jay Jones Rockdale Citizen CONYERS — As Jessica Lowery explains it, to be a good vampire stalker in Olde Town Conyers, you’ll need comfortable walking shoes and a fully-charged camera rather than wooden stakes and garlic. The filming of the television series “The...
Fox series ‘Sleepy Hollow’ to begin filming in Rockdale County
By Aimee Jones Rockdale Citizen aimee.jones@rockdalecitizen.com CONYERS — Rockdale County will be the new site of another popular television series. The Fox TV series, “Sleepy Hollow,” which had been filmed in Wilmington, N.C., is slated to begin filming its third...
Bessie Premiers on HBO Tonight
The HBO biopic Bessie starring Queen Latifah premiers tonight on HBO. The movie shot scenes in Olde Town Conyers for the movie. http://www.hbo.com/movies/bessie#/
Chipmunks & Vampires Bring Money to Conyers & Rockdale
By Sandra Brands Rockdale News It's a quandary. On one hand, the revenues brought in by production companies pumps money into the local economy - more than $23 million over the last five years - and helps the tax base. On the other hand, some of the merchants in film...
Sarah Jones Opportunity Annual Internship Announced
“The Vampire Diaries” production team, Warner Bros Television, the International Cinematographers Guild, Local 479 and the Atlanta-based production house SIM Digital have created the Sarah Jones Opportunity, an annual internship and job training program dedicated to...