WE want to make YOU a car loan! Decisions are made LOCALLY! Tray Baggarly is Coweta’s Film Ready Liaison. He experienced Georgia’s early filming boom first hand as an extra in “Guyana Tragedy: The Jim Jones Story” in the late 1970s.
world,” he said. “That doesn’t always happen in the film business.” The film tourism industry is growing every year in Georgia, and locally, it’s not just about “The Walking Dead.” Though that’s the major attraction in Senoia — helped by the existence of The Georgia Tour Company that offers walking tours hosted by actor lookalikes such as “Senoia Rick” and “Senoia Abraham.” There’s also The Walking Dead Store and The Waking Dead coffee shop, and Nic and Norman’s, the restaurant and bar partially owned by Greg Nicotero, who is executive producer of the show and has directed and been the head of makeup, and actor Norman Reedus, who plays Daryl Dixon. There is also a Walking Dead tour in Haralson, and there are filming locations all around Coweta County, from Grantville to Newnan to Sharpsburg. “Fried Green Tomatoes” is still a big tourism draw. In downtown Senoia, there’s the Bridge Street bridge and railroad track, where Buddy lost his life, and the house that was the Threadgood home. Newnan’s Starcrest nursing home, now Avalon Health and Rehabilitation, was the facility where Evelyn first met Mrs. Threadgood. The famous Towonda scene in the Winn Dixie parking lot, however, wasn’t filmed in Newnan, despite some reports to the contrary. It was filmed at Bank’s Crossing in Fayetteville. “Sweet Home Alabama,” filmed at Starr’s Mill in nearby Fayette County and Wynn’s Pond, still gets tourists, Tigchelaar said. “The Fighting Temptations” was filmed at Senoia United Methodist Church, and “Meet the Browns” was filmed on Main Street and at a local home. As the industry grows, crew members are starting to get homes here and stay year-round. And eventually, Tigchelaar thinks producers, directors and writers will do the same. Currently, most content originates in Los Angeles and then it’s decided to do filming in Georgia. “The industry-wide goal is to start seeing this all evolve into an indigenous Georgia film industry
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