Fayette County takes on Hollywood
FILMED IN FAYETTE
Some of the movies and TV projects shot in whole or in part at Pinewood Atlanta Studios and other locations in Fayette County:
Ant-Man, starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas
Captain America: Civil War, starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johannson
Passengers, starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence (coming soon)
Spiderman: Homecoming, starring Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr. and Marisa Tomei (coming soon)
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South of Atlanta's airport, behind some scraggly pines in a bucolic corner of Fayette County, sits one of the jewels of Georgia's movie business.
Follow the meandering curves of Sandy Creek Road, past the smattering of houses on large tree-lined lots, and rows of warehouses appear that look like any old industrial park. A few years ago, it was a wheat field. Today, it’s where A-listers like Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson shoot summer blockbusters.
Imagine that? Fayette: where blockbusters are made.
Among the recent big-name films that have ties to Fayette are Marvel’s “Ant-Man” and “Captain America: Civil War.” Coming soon is a sequel to “Guardians of the Galaxy.”
Only on MyAJC.com, read about how Fayette has embraced Hollywood as an outsized part of its economic future, and what might come next.
