As I was driving to work last week, I kept seeing these little yellow signs all over the place -- Movie Crew Parking and JN. I also noticed that Broad Street was blocked off in places. I decided to take some photos and see if it was the new movie called Joyful Noise that was filming in Newnan. (Those JN signs were a pretty clear clue.)

I found this on Facebook about the movie:

 

Dolly Parton makes her big screen comeback for the 2011 Musical "Joyful Noise", alongside Grammy-winning actress Queen Latifah. The gospel-musical centers on an unlikely friendship that's the result of a choir director's death. His widow (Parton) assumes she's going to be left in charge of the struggling choir, but a strong-willed mother of two (Latifah) has already taken on the job. Soon, they learn to work together, and with the help of the choir, make musical magic on stage.The two team up for Dolly's first big-screen debut since 1992's Straight Talk. Set to come out summer of 2011. Shooting starts in January. Who else can't wait?

Dolly Parton makes her big screen comeback for the 2011 Musical "Joyful Noise", alongside Grammy-winning actress Queen Latifah. The gospel-musical centers on an unlikely friendship that's the result of a choir director's death. His widow (Parton) assumes she's going to be left in charge of the struggling choir, but a strong-willed mother of two (Latifah) has already taken on the job. Soon, they learn to work together, and with the help of the choir, make musical magic on stage.The two team up... (read more)

Screenplay By:

Todd Graff

Produced By:

Warner Brothers 

 

 

 Pretty cool, huh? I am not a celebrity chaser but it is interesting when "Hollywood" comes to your town. I would have gone a street over and taken some photos but the police were stopping would-be gawkers, as I would have become. I am not sure if the stars were in our town but it is nice to have the movie filming here because I would imagine it helps our local economy.

The great thing about it was everything seemed to be handled in an orderly fashion. It was exciting for a couple of days for us and I think the filming will be moving on this week to Atlanta. I only wish I could have gotten some better photos.