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Employment Opportunities at Pinewood Atlanta Studios

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Living Near Pinewood Studios Atlanta

December, 2017 Update: If you are looking to work as a background extra on any movie, be it at Pinewood Studios Atlanta, or any of the other studios or productions, there are extra’s casting companies that handle these opportunities. 

Ones that we are aware of are:

CL Casting

Extras Casting

How to become a Movie Extra in Atlanta has additional information and resources as well!

We have had tremendous success with our Facebook Page, Living Near Pinewood Studios Atlanta! There, we have connected people that wanted to know more about the studio as it was announced, and in fact is now open and working on their first production, Marvel Comic’s Ant Man! But the power of the Internet has brought us lots of calls on the subject of….

Employment Opportunities at Pinewood Atlanta Studios

So we wanted to share this information with you as an additional resource if you are looking for employment in and around the studio. This is directly from Pinewood Atlanta Studios offices.

If you are a vendor offering industry-related services, send your information to info@pinewoodatlantastudios.com

If you are interested in working for one of our vendors, submit your resume via Futurestaffnow.com 

If you are interested in working in or operations office, send your resume to jobs@pinewoodatlantastudios.com.

If you are interested in production jobs on the set, contact Georgia’s Union of Professional Filmworkers at iatse479.org

Hopefully this information will be of help. Keep in mind, each specific production will hire people ranging from production assistants to hairdressers to makeup as needed, and not directly by the studio itself. Another GREAT source of information is the Georgia Production Partnership (GPP) This organization is primarily responsible for creating the original tax credit that is bringing the film industry to Georgia. They have monthly luncheons where you can learn about upcoming projects happening, as well as network with various people in all kinds of businesses related to, or serving the film industry in Georgia.

Another excellent resource is the Georgia Office of Film and TV. There is just all kinds of good stuff here!

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“Behind The Scenes On Set”

Mailing Avenue Stageworks Expands to Conyers

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Mailing Avenue Stageworks Expands to Conyers

Film Production TrucksThe Atlanta Business Chronicle has reported that the investors behind Mailing Avenue Stageworks, is again expanding. This time they are headed East…to Conyers.

The group, made up of Paul and John Raulet and Tyler Edgarton paid $3.4 million for the 130,738 sq foot building that sits on some 23 acres in Conyers. The site is located at 2030 East Park Drive and will be called Eastside Stageworks. The article reports that the Conyers Rockdale Economic Development Council also helped with the deal.

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Location of Eastside Stageworks – Conyers, GA

The purchase, and subsequent signing of a 5-year lease for a TV show, only confirm that the film and television business is full steam ahead in Georgia, and especially the Atlanta area!  The ABC article states the partners would not confirm who the lease is with, but Warner Bros. is in the area, with the shooting of “The Originals” and offices nearby.

One has to give this team an A+ for their foresight and what could happen to their properties IF the movie industry were to bail on Georgia. (Only likely if a new Governor or State Legislature tinkered with the tax incentive responsible for the $6 BILLION industry) Rather than build from the ground up, a purpose-built studio (think Pinewood Studios Atlanta or Third Rail Studios) the team looks to buy intown properties in areas that could be revitalized in the years ahead, and the studio space could then be repositioned into other uses, like retail, restaurants, office space, etc.

Mind you, Conyers is not an “intown property” but with 23 acres attached to this site, they certainly have some options available to them.

MyMidtownMojo is familiar with this area in that Sleepy Hollow has filmed in the area, as did Fast And Furious.

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Tyler Perry’s Buckhead Mansion Could Be Yours!

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Tyler Perry Buckhead Mansion For Sale June 18, 2015Let’s be clear here….the 35,000 square feet does not include the “hobby house” or the “underground ballroom with catering kitchen.”

Ok.

Tyler Perry’s Buckhead Mansion Could Be Yours!

Situated on 17 private acres with “substantial Chattahoochee River frontage, the listing photographs really make it a home  mansion you could live in. You know…you’ve seen those mansions where the rooms look like no one has ever, or would ever sit on the furniture?

Tyler Perry’s home looks to be as gracious as he is. I’ve actually met Tyler at a wrap party for one of his movies, and used to manage a condo that the studio leased for actors to stay in. (Rumor has it from residents of the building that Janet Jackson was spotted there!….Nah, I’m not telling you where! That’s a no-no!) I’ve also been on a couple sets of the movie For Colored Girls and actually spoke to him then as well. (That ALSO is a big deal as you are given strict instructions not to speak to him when you are on set…but he spoke to me first! Ok, wait. Back to the mansion….

From the living room, to the kitchen, to the Master Suite…it all looks very livable indeed. And the resort-like infinity pool….well after the heat we’ve seen in Atlanta the past few days…it looks like a mirage in the desert! Amazing!

While the home is listed by Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International, I’d be delighted to be your Buyer’s Agent in purchasing this one-of-a-kind Atlanta estate. There are some pretty strict showing and financial guidelines to meet before we will be touring the estate..but I didn’t have to tell you that, did I?

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Five Reasons Why Film Is Here To Stay in Georgia

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Fast and Furious 7 Atlanta Filming May 15, 2015I’ve worked with many individuals relocating to the Atlanta area because of our ever-growing film industry. And yes, you look around and new sound stages and/or studios are going up everywhere. And there is good reason to think this will be an industry that will be around for some time to come.

Five Reasons Why Film Is Here To Stay in Georgia

I just read this article this morning online in the Southern Political Report Magazine. I’m sharing the link with you for you to read the entire article.

But in summary:

  1. Georgia has one of the best film incentive programs in the country by several measures.
  2. Not only does Georgia have a strong incentive program, but it is well known in the film industry as being stable.
  3. Studios and related businesses are being constructed, moving from other states or expanding.
  4. Georgia is one of only two states (New Mexico is the other) that have developed a statewide centralized a crew training program in its higher education system.
  5. Georgia has a number of indigenous features that make it attractive for film production.

We are delighted to help the many people moving here. With the diverse location of studios (Pinewood Atlanta in Fayette County, Eagle Rock and Atlanta Media Campus in Gwinnett, Mailing Avenue and Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta…and the list really does go on…..) many of our clients have found the central location of Midtown or Buckhead as the place to live. Having easy access to The Downtown Connector (I-75/85) and GA400 make it easy to get to and from any set or studio in the metro Atlanta area. Additionally, the access to MARTA in Midtown makes getting in and out of the city with access to Hartsfield Jackson International Airport easy for many of these people that can be on tight schedules.

Yep. The film industry is here in Georgia in a big way. And we are happy to help you find the place to call it home!

Five Reasons Why Film Is Here To Stay in Georgia

Third Rail Studios at Assembly Doraville

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Third Rail Studios May 5, 2015Third Rail Studios will join the growing number of film and television studios opening in the Metro Atlanta area. This studio will have a unique location as part of Assembly Doraville, which is the official name for the site where the GM Doraville plant is being redeveloped.

The Integral Group, which acquired the GM site last year, is partnering with Capstone South Properties to develop “Third Rail Studios” on a six-acre section of the 165-acre development.

Third Rail Studios at Assembly Doraville

The first phase of Third Rail Studios will be in an existing 130,000-square-foot building retrofitted into film and television production studios. It will include 60,000 square feet of sound stages and 20,000 square feet of production support mill shops, administrative offices and related vendor spaces.

MyMidtownMojo.com took a walking tour of the site that is still going through demolition.

You can learn more about the studio as it developsThird Rail Studios, or at our Facebook Page, Living Near Third Rail Studios on Facebook.

Thom Abbott

Associate Broker, REALTOR(R)
905 Juniper Street, NE Suite 110
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
770.713.1505 Direct
404.876.4901 Office

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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