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

Here’s your Atlanta Weekly Filming Roundup covering the week of October 25th-October 31st, including sightings for  The Walking Dead, The Originals and more!

Coming Soon

• Rumors are circling that we might get Jurassic World 2

• Donald Glover’s FX comedy Atlanta was picked up for a full season and will film here in the near future

• Lee Daniels’ new series Star will shoot in Atlanta beginning in December and is looking for it’s (yup) stars!

• More Marvel is (maybe) headed our way! Thor: Ragnarock was scheduled to shoot in the city at Pinewood Studios in 2016, but it’s also been confirmed that it will film in Australia (no word on what that means for Atlanta)

• Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will film in Atlanta beginning in Feb 2016 (the exact date is allegedly Feb 15th) and casting calls are starting soon (see below!)

• 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

Currently In Production

• Basecamp for Sully was spotted at the Alpharetta Athletic Club

• The Walking Dead was spotted filming at Gin Property, Senoia

• The Originals filmed at Terminus (for all you Walking Dead Fans) aka 799 Windsor St SW, Atlanta

• Chris Evans and Octavia Spencer have been on Tybee Island shooting their new movie Gifted

Celebrity Sightings

• Taylor Swift met Taylor Rayburn, an adorable young fan of hers who has been battling cancer

• Swift also stopped by to say hello to young fans at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Thanks to @taylorswift13, #1989TourAtlanta was a fairytale for Amelia who recently underwent her 41st brain surgery! pic.twitter.com/xGV7hTIjIA

— Children’s (@childrensatl) October 28, 2015

• Chris Pratt visited some young fans at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta as well:

Actor Chris Pratt, who is currently filming in Atlanta, made a surprise visit to the kids at @childrensatl. #Awesome pic.twitter.com/sEUwWYmgSZ — Everything Georgia (@GAFollowers) October 28, 2015

Our patients & staff will remember @prattprattpratt‘s visit for millions of years. Thanks for a great visit, Chris! pic.twitter.com/OMAiWWTCjW

— Children’s (@childrensatl) October 25, 2015

Casting Calls

• The Vampire Diaries needs tough “biker” types for next week

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• Containment needs a wide assortment of people to work Monday

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• Powers needs extras to portray members of the press, waitresses, military and more

• Anyone want to work on Guardians of the Galaxy 2? There’s a casting call next weekend!

Decoded Production Signs

• S&K- Fist Fight

• LCP- Bastards

• KIKI- Sully

• 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

• The trailer for the Atlanta-filmed Dirty Grandpa, starring Zac Efron and Robert De Niro, premiered this week and it’s pretty wild

• If you’re interested in getting a foot into the film industry door, there’s a new film industry training program that could be of interest to you

• 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: AMC