Atlanta Weekly Filming Roundup: ‘The Originals’, ‘Bastards’ and More!

Here’s your Atlanta Weekly Filming Roundup covering the week of October 4th-October 10th, including sightings for The Originals, Bastards and more!

Coming Soon

• More Marvel is headed our way! Thor: Ragnarock will shoot in the city at Pinewood Studios in 2016

• Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will film in Atlanta beginning in Feb 2016 (the exact date is allegedly Feb 15th)

• Lee Daniels is developing Star,a new TV series for FOX that will be based in, and more than likely film in, Atlanta

• Will Packer is developing a TV show for NBC called Buckhead, that will be filmed, you guessed it, in Buckhead.

• Daniel Radcliffe’s new film Young Americans is heading here to film

• HBO has ordered a full season of Brothers in Atlanta, so look out for that to begin shooting in the state in the near future

Currently In Production

• Chris Evan’s new movie Gifted was spotted shooting at Lovell Avenue and 8th St on Tybee Island

• The Originals was seen shooting in downtown Madison in Morgan County

• Bastards, starring Owen Wilson and Ed Helms, spent some time at Hartsfield/Jackson Airport

• The Vampire Diaries filmed in downtown Stone Mountain this week (thanks mom!)

Celebrity Sightings

• Jennifer Lawrence, Aziz Ansari and Amy Schumer were hanging out in the city like regular pals (Aziz and Amy were in town for the Oddball Fest comedy tour)

This morning @azizansari and Jen woke up an angel #sleepmanager

A video posted by @amyschumer on Oct 4, 2015 at 3:09pm PDT

• Aziz also spent some time directing this “short film” with his buddy Chris Pratt

CHRIS PRATT AND AZIZ ANSARI present… “hi guys” a short film. Directed by Jennifer Lawrence Director of Photography @amyschumer Written by @azizansari, @prattprattpratt, @kimcaramele, @amyschumer A video posted by @azizansari on Oct 4, 2015 at 2:28pm PDT

• Tracy Morgan is in town filming his first post-accident role for the movie Fist Fight (starring Charlie Day and Ice Cube)

• Tim Tebow was seen checking out Jersey Boys with family at the Fox Theater

• Jon Lovitz is in town shooting Mother’s Day and was spotted eating at Dolce Italian in Buckhead

Casting Calls

• Ed Helms and Owen Wilson’s movie Bastards is looking for extras to participate in a funeral scene

• Neighbors 2 needs extras for a “1950’s early 60’s flashback scene”…Hmmm…
  

• The Originals wants your kids!

• In other vampire extra news, The Vampire Diaries needs extras that are cool with shooting a Civil War battle

• Sleepy Hollow wants you to party the day away in your togas, dude!

‘SLEEPY HOLLOW’ CASTING IN ATLANTA For Tuesday at our Toga Party Frat House Scene (filming in Midtown/Buckhead area), we are looking for: 1. Several KISSING COUPLES. We need real couples here, please, because it needs to look real and not awkward. You will be kissing in a corner or on a couch while the party is going on around you. Age Range must be between: 18-25 RATE: $64/8 + $25 kissing bump Email us at: [email protected] SUBJECT: Couple Please include pictures of BOTH of you as well as your: Name Age Phone Height/Weight All Sizes 3 photos of yourself and/or your partner #atlanta #atl #film #tv #theatre #actingjobs #atlantacasting #castingcall #extras #extrascasting #atlantaextras #setlife #igersatl #weloveatl #atlfilm #filmjobs #featureroles #production #actors #acting #sleepyhollow #FOX #sleepyheads

A photo posted by Oz Magazine (@ozmagazine) on Oct 8, 2015 at 7:09am PDT

• Julie Plec’s new series Containment needs lots of extras to work throughout next week

Decoded Production Signs

• PLASS-Passengers

• HSN-Hot Summer Nights

• T2P- Neighbors 2

• FALCON- Mother’s Day

• DS1- Detours

• SF-The Walking Dead

• SH-Sleepy Hollow

• OC-Offer and Compromise

• LANTRAC- Miracles from Heaven

• HF-Home Free

• SN- Sleepless Nights

• WTM-Mena

• Scorpion- Keeping Up with the Joneses

• Element- Divergent: Allegient

• IDB- In Dubious Battle

• SAT-Satisfaction

• SRS2- Survivor’s Remorse

• BIA- Brothers in Atlanta

• SNC- Being Mary Jane

• GOS- Game of Silence

• 1159- Containment

• WHO- Finding Carter

• HCF- Halt and Catch Fire

• TOGS- The Originals

• SDS- The Game

• DM- Devious Maids

• LOC- The Vampire Diaries

• RR2- The Red Road

• Sic’Em- Powers

Miscellaneous (But Still Interesting) Stuff

• Rockdale County’s economy is seeing quite the boost thanks to all of the filming out there
• Ben Affleck is building a whole city for the filming of his new movie Live by Night

• Find out who’s hiring in the film industry on the Georgia Help Wanted Hotline page.

• Project Casting and the GA Film & Music site both have great lists of all of the productions that are currently filming or headed here soon.

A huge thanks to FanBolt Editor-in-Chief Emma Loggins,  Atlanta Movie Tours and Carrie Burns, Creative Loafing, The Buzz, @ATLWood411, On Location Vacations, Atlanta Magazine, Jennifer Brett and @Peachyscoop for the tips!

If you have any filming location tips and/or celebrity sightings, be sure to tweet us at @FanBolt or me at @TheJasmineAlyce with the hashtag #ATLFilm or #AtlantaFilming and you could end up in the weekly roundup! Also, if there’s anything you’d like to see included that we currently don’t, let us know!

Be sure to check back every Friday and see where some of your favorite TV shows, movies and stars have been spotted in Georgia.

Photo Credit: The CW