The Pine Mountain Gold Museum became a Hollywood movie set Monday for a feature film starring two of the biggest actors in the business.
One scene from “Killing Season” starring Robert De Niro and John Travolta was shot on Pine Mountain, using the manway tunnel that was once used to haul gold ore from one side of the mountain to the other as the backdrop. Though Travolta and De Niro were both in the scenes that had been shot previously at Sweetwater Creek State Park in Douglas County, only De Niro was on set for the scene shot at Pine Mountain. It is reported that it is a very dramatic seen that will likely not end up on the cutting room floor.
Killing Season, a production of Millennium Films and Corsan Pictures, is an action movie set in the Appalachian Mountains about an American military veteran, played by De Niro, who has retreated to a remote cabin in the woods. When a rare visitor, a European tourist, played by Travolta, appears on the scene, the two men strike up an unlikely friendship. But, in fact, the visitor is a former Serbian soldier bent on revenge. What follows is a tense, action packed battle across some of America’s most forbidding landscape that proves the old adage: the purest form of war is one-on-one.
“We’ve never seen these two great actors on screen together before, and we’re excited to see what comes of the combination,” Nu Image/Millennium topper Avi Lerner said in a press release.
The film is being directed by Mark Steven Johnson, who also directed such films as “Ghost Rider” and “Daredevil.” It’s based on a script written by Evan Daugherty, who wrote “Snow White and the Huntsman.”
“I’ve loved this project from the moment I read Evan Daugherty’s remarkable script,” Corsan CEO Paul Breuls said in a press release. “It’s thrilling, imaginative, unexpected and dominated by two extraordinary characters on a collision course.”
Trailers, equipment and crew members — which numbered in the hundreds — began to set up camp in the Pine Mountain Gold Museum parking lot last Friday, bringing with them their own security and catering crews. Filming began shortly after daybreak on Monday and by 8:30 p.m. nearly everything had already been packed up and the parking lot deserted as the production had moved on to another spot in Georgia to finish out week four of six of the on-location shooting before everything moves back to a sound stage.
“The local community here has been so hospitable and this is truly a peaceful and beautiful region of the U.S. You are very lucky to be able to call it home,” Gregg Brilliant, unit publicist for Killing Season, said after shooting wrapped up in Villa Rica.
Though security was tight and no one was allowed on the property for three days, Museum Manager Carla Smothers and Historic Preservation Coordinator Carl Lewis were allowed a sneak peek while filming was taking place.
“Everyone was so nice and the production company was a pleasure to work with,” Smothers said. “Robert De Niro is much better looking in person than he is on the big screen. It was exciting to have Hollywood here for a day.”
Though the museum received no official location fee for shooting here, Smothers said it was a pleasant surprise when they received a generous donation for the live farm animal exhibit. The museum store also made money during the production as crew members were constantly streaming through the museum during breaks and making purchases from the store.
The U.S. release date for Killing Season has yet to be officially determined, but several movie production websites are reporting it will be released in 2014.
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One scene from “Killing Season” starring Robert De Niro and John Travolta was shot on Pine Mountain, using the manway tunnel that was once used to haul gold ore from one side of the mountain to the other as the backdrop. Though Travolta and De Niro were both in the scenes that had been shot previously at Sweetwater Creek State Park in Douglas County, only De Niro was on set for the scene shot at Pine Mountain. It is reported that it is a very dramatic seen that will likely not end up on the cutting room floor.
Killing Season, a production of Millennium Films and Corsan Pictures, is an action movie set in the Appalachian Mountains about an American military veteran, played by De Niro, who has retreated to a remote cabin in the woods. When a rare visitor, a European tourist, played by Travolta, appears on the scene, the two men strike up an unlikely friendship. But, in fact, the visitor is a former Serbian soldier bent on revenge. What follows is a tense, action packed battle across some of America’s most forbidding landscape that proves the old adage: the purest form of war is one-on-one.
“We’ve never seen these two great actors on screen together before, and we’re excited to see what comes of the combination,” Nu Image/Millennium topper Avi Lerner said in a press release.
The film is being directed by Mark Steven Johnson, who also directed such films as “Ghost Rider” and “Daredevil.” It’s based on a script written by Evan Daugherty, who wrote “Snow White and the Huntsman.”
“I’ve loved this project from the moment I read Evan Daugherty’s remarkable script,” Corsan CEO Paul Breuls said in a press release. “It’s thrilling, imaginative, unexpected and dominated by two extraordinary characters on a collision course.”
Trailers, equipment and crew members — which numbered in the hundreds — began to set up camp in the Pine Mountain Gold Museum parking lot last Friday, bringing with them their own security and catering crews. Filming began shortly after daybreak on Monday and by 8:30 p.m. nearly everything had already been packed up and the parking lot deserted as the production had moved on to another spot in Georgia to finish out week four of six of the on-location shooting before everything moves back to a sound stage.
“The local community here has been so hospitable and this is truly a peaceful and beautiful region of the U.S. You are very lucky to be able to call it home,” Gregg Brilliant, unit publicist for Killing Season, said after shooting wrapped up in Villa Rica.
Though security was tight and no one was allowed on the property for three days, Museum Manager Carla Smothers and Historic Preservation Coordinator Carl Lewis were allowed a sneak peek while filming was taking place.
“Everyone was so nice and the production company was a pleasure to work with,” Smothers said. “Robert De Niro is much better looking in person than he is on the big screen. It was exciting to have Hollywood here for a day.”
Though the museum received no official location fee for shooting here, Smothers said it was a pleasant surprise when they received a generous donation for the live farm animal exhibit. The museum store also made money during the production as crew members were constantly streaming through the museum during breaks and making purchases from the store.
The U.S. release date for Killing Season has yet to be officially determined, but several movie production websites are reporting it will be released in 2014.
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