Jessica Chastain returns to Atlanta for Netflix thriller ‘Heartland’
Oscar winning actress Jessica Chastain is coming to Atlanta later this month to star in the Netflix mystery thriller “Heartland.”
The film is set to shoot at Shadowbox Studios from Sept. 29 to Nov. 14, according to information provided by IATSE, the union representing crew members.
Shadowbox, previously called Blackhall, has been home to a wide range of productions in recent years, such as “Jungle Cruise,” “Lovecraft Country,” “Dear Evan Hansen” and “Back in Action.”
Deadline.com reports “Heartland” revolves around Misty Jones (Chastain), a former country star who comes out of seclusion to investigate the disappearance of her niece (played by Carter Faith), herself a rising country musician. Jones must grapple with her own past and Nashville’s seedy underbelly, as her search uncovers a murky side of Nashville where no one is who they seem.
Chastain won an Oscar portraying Tammy Faye Baker in the 2021 film “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.” She received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star earlier this month and will star in an upcoming Apple TV+ crime drama, “The Savant,” debuting Sept. 26.
She last shot a film in Georgia in 2011, an American gangster movie called “Lawless” that came out in theaters a year later. It also starred Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke and Guy Pearce. The film generated $37 million in box office revenue domestically.
John Hawkes, who was nominated for an Oscar for supporting male actor in 2011 for “Winter’s Bone,” is also part of the “Heartland” cast.
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