Macon Film & TV

Macon' It to the Big Screen

The Macon landscape presents itself for many as the perfect place for filming. Industrial parks, city streets, historic homes, and lush woods, it can become almost any setting. Our locations have been featured in some of the biggest movies and shows, making it a film destination dream. 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!

Superman (2025)

The iconic newsroom of the Daily Planet found a new home at the historic Terminal Station. With so many scenes using this location, it truly shines on the screen.

The Piano Lesson (2024)

With the film set in 1936, production used the historic homes of Macon found on Bay Street, Seventh Street, Sixth Street, and Roff Avenue to set the scene.

The Color Purple (2023)

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

Black Widow (2021)

Terminal Station doubled a bus station in New York. While most scenes were filmed in the lobby, viewers can also see a SWAT agent on the roof of the Tubman Museum.

LoveCraft Country (2020)

With pyrotechnics, massive green screens, and vintage props, Second Street of Macon was converted into Tulsa, OK during the 1920's for scenes depicting the Tulsa race Massacre.

Watchmen (2019)

While scenes taking place in 1930's New York where filmed on Second Street, the Douglas Theater was also used for a climatic finally between characters.

The Best of Enemies (2019)

The Macon-Bibb County Government Center served this production as a stand-in for Durham's City Hall, along with sections of Poplar Street with hundreds of extras in a protest scene.

Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)

While driving across country, the main characters stop on the Eisenhower Parkway Bridge to scope out the landscape around them and see if any zombies are coming their way.

Rampage (2018)

With armored cars, jets, and helicopters, Middle Georgia Regional Airport became a military base for this high action monster movie.

I Tonya (2017)

The Macon Mayhem's ice rink at the Macon Coliseum was centered stage for scenes featuring ice skating competitions.

The Fifth Wave (2016)

This sci-fi adventure movie was a blast for Macon, literally. During one of many action scenes shot on Cotton Avenue and Second Street, a transportation bus was exploded!

Need For Speed (2014)

Racing scenes were filmed throughout Downtown Macon. Keen-eyed viewers may notice familiar places as no businesses on streets were changed and can be seen passing by.

42 (2013)

This Jackie Robinson biopic used Historic Luther Williams Field as classic baseball fields, transformed Second Street into 1940s Brooklyn, and the Macon Terminal Station as an airport.

The Originals (2013)

Characters, Elijah and Hayley, attend a gala thrown by a group of ancient vampires in New Orleans. What better place for the Vampires to live than the Hay House!

The Crazies (2010)

The film The Crazies was filmed in Macon, Georgia, featuring a spine-tingling scene shot at the iconic Fountain Car Wash that left viewers gripping their seats.