Macon Film & TV

Macon' It to the Big Screen

You can find a quick look at some of the locations that served as a filming set in Macon below OR find an interactive, accessible mobile app that takes you through over 40 film set locations in Macon by downloading the "Tour Macon" app today!

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Need for Speed (2014)

Scenes of racing were filmed throughout Downtown Macon. The “racing” took place at relatively low speeds. In addition, the exit from Interstate 75 that leads to Hardeman Avenue and Forsyth Roads was used. None of the businesses on those streets were changed, and many of the present-day businesses, and their signs, can be seen in those scenes.

Black Widow (2021)

The Terminal Station is used as a bus station in Albany, New York. Scenes were filmed in the lobby and restrooms of the Terminal Station and viewers can see a SWAT Team member stationed on the roof of the Tubman Museum as William Hurt is seen walking into the Terminal. Macon was initially scouted for school buildings and neighborhoods, as well, to play for schools and neighborhoods in Ohio..

42 (2013)

This biopic tells the life story of baseball player Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first African American to play Major League Baseball. Produced by Legendary Entertainment.

If you go....Visit Luther Williams Field in Carolyn Crayton Park. Second Street, also featured in the film, was beautifully transformed into 1940s Brooklyn. The Macon Terminal Station stands-in as an airport. The photo below was taken at Third and Plum Street.

The Color Purple (2023)

Scenes were filmed at the Douglass Theatre and at the corner of Third and Poplar Streets. A gas station was constructed in the park at the corner of Third and Poplar, just for the production.

Lovecraft Country (2021)

Episode 9 features pyrotechnics on Second Street, which played for Tulsa, OK during the 1921 Tulsa race riots. A large green screen was used to enable the film to “place” the Dempsey Hotel (at the corner of Third and Cherry Streets) at the end of Second Street. Filming in Macon was delayed multiple times due to inclement weather. Ultimately, the production had to move to another community and come back to Macon nearly a week after originally scheduled.

The Originals (2015) (Season 3, Episode 4)

Characters, Elijah and Hayley, attend a gala thrown by a mysterious group of ancient vampires, The Strix, in order to discover why an old acquaintance is in New Orleans. This scene was shot inside the beautiful Hay House!