Atlanta is not only great for filming big budget movies, the city is also great for filming TV pilots.
After filming the TV pilot in Atlanta, Georgia, the CW has ordered a reboot of the hit classic TV series Dynasty.
According to reports, the CW has picked up the reboot to series for the 2017 to 2018 season. Described as the Rolls-Royce of all prime time TV soap operas, the reboot will be a modernized version of the story that follows two of America’s wealthiest families as a feud and fight over control of their future, fortune, and children. The series will be told through the perspectives of two different women: Fallon Carrington and her soon-to-be stepmother Cristal.
The reboot stars Grant Show, Elizabeth Gillies, Nathalie Kelley, James Mackay, Alan Dale, Sam Adegoke, Robert Christopher Riley and Rafael de la Fuente).
The CW also announced on Wednesday that the network will pick up the Atlanta-filmed TV pilot Black Lightning. After filling for several weeks across Atlanta the Akil production. Cress Williams stars in Greg Berlanti’s latest comic book show and is based on the comics of the same name. Black Lightning centers around Jefferson Pierce (Williams), who hung up the suit and his secret identity years ago. But with a daughter hell-bent on justice and a star student being recruited by a local gang, he’ll be pulled back into the fight as the wanted vigilante and DC legend — Black Lightning.
The creators of BET’s Being Mary Jane co-created the show and wrote the pilot.
In other Atlanta film industry news, the CW also renewed The Originals for another season. This news comes after the CW canceled the vampire diaries after filming for nearly a decade in Atlanta.
That said, it is important to note that just because the TV pilot films in Atlanta it does not mean that the show will film in the same city and state as well. However, there is a good likelihood that it will happen considering George’s film tax credit.
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