Marietta, Georgia, and its surrounding areas have been used in countless television shows and movies since Georgia enacted tax incentives for Hollywood productions. You might recognize the historic square and other buildings in the background of your favorites. This is only a list of the most famous ones and that doesn’t even include the long-running reality television shows, like Alton Brown’s Good Eats and the first season of Love Is Blind, plus yet-to-be-released films like Scream 7. Which one is your favorite?
Television Shows Filmed in Marietta
Brockmire
Brockmire is a dark comedy TV series that originally aired on IFC from 2017 to 2020. The show stars Hank Azaria as Jim Brockmire, a once-famous Major League Baseball announcer who suffers a spectacular public meltdown on air after discovering his wife’s infidelity. The incident goes viral, derailing his career. The series picks up a decade later, with Brockmire attempting to rebuild his life and career by calling games for a struggling minor league team in a small town. The show filmed at several baseball stadiums, including Truist Park.
Cobra Kai
Cobra Kai is a martial arts dramedy series on Netflix that picks up decades after the original Karate Kid films. Set in the present day, the show reintroduces Johnny Lawrence (played by William Zabka), the former high school bully who lost to Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) in the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament. Now a down-on-his-luck handyman, Johnny decides to reopen the infamous Cobra Kai dojo to give his life meaning again.
The show has filmed several places in Marietta in its six seasons, including the gymnasium at Kennesaw State University, Olde Towne Athletic Club, and Marietta City Hall. The LaRusso family home is a private Tuscan-style mansion in Marietta.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House is a psychological horror-drama series created by Mike Flanagan, loosely based on the 1959 novel by Shirley Jackson. The series follows the Crain family, who move into the ominous Hill House in the summer of 1992 with plans to renovate it and flip it. But the house has other plans. The show filmed around Atlanta, including at Marietta’s Whitlock Inn.
Ozark
Ozark is a gritty crime drama series that ran on Netflix from 2017 to 2022. Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) is a seemingly ordinary financial advisor living in Chicago—until it’s revealed he’s been laundering money for a Mexican drug cartel. When his partner skims funds and gets caught, Marty offers a bold plan to save his own life: relocate to the Ozarks in rural Missouri and launder $500 million to make up for the loss. The show filmed at Williamson’s Brothers BBQ and at the shopping center across the street.
Stranger Things
Set in the fictional small town of Hawkins, Indiana, the series begins in 1983 with the mysterious disappearance of a young boy named Will Byers. As his friends and family search for him, they uncover a web of government conspiracies, supernatural forces, and a creepy parallel dimension called the Upside Down.
In season 4, the gang goes to War Zone, a gun and ammo store, to pick up essentials for their fight against Vecna. It was filmed at the former location of Hodge Army Navy, which was demolished after filming. The new location is nearby and sells the type of clothing the kids wear in the Upside Down.
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead is a post-apocalyptic horror drama series that originally aired on AMC from 2010 to 2022, centered around Rick Grimes, a small-town sheriff’s deputy, waking up from a coma in a hospital—only to find the world has collapsed. A mysterious virus has caused the dead to reanimate as “walkers” and society has fallen into chaos. One of the most recognizable locations from the early seasons of the show is the Cobb Energy Centre, which stood in for the Centers for Disease Control.
Movies Filmed in Marietta
Dumplin’
Dumplin’ is a feel-good coming-of-age comedy-drama film released on Netflix in 2018, based on the novel by Julie Murphy. It stars Danielle Macdonald as Willowdean Dickson—nicknamed Dumplin’ by her former beauty queen mother, played by Jennifer Aniston. The movie filmed at locations like Marietta Middle and High Schools and the Cobb County Civic Center.
Goosebumps
The Goosebumps movie is a fun, spooky adventure-comedy inspired by the wildly popular children’s horror book series by R.L. Stine. In the film and its sequel, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, a small-town teenager discovers that his father is the reclusive author and his wild tales come to life. The movies used locations like the Marietta Ice Center and Daniell Middle School. The second film used Vinings for a trick-or-treating scene.
Pitch Perfect 3
In the third and final installment in the Pitch Perfect musical comedy series, the Barden Bellas reunite for a USO tour while Beca contemplates a solo career. The movie filmed around the Marietta Square, including at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, used to resemble Rota, Spain.
Remember the Titans
Remember the Titans (2000) is a powerful sports drama based on the true story of a high school football team navigating racial integration in early 1970s Virginia. It stars Denzel Washington as the head coach and used several local schools as background, including Marietta’s Sprayberry High School.
Selma
Selma (2014) is a historical drama directed by Ava DuVernay, focusing on the pivotal events surrounding the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches in Alabama. The film centers on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s leadership in the fight for voting rights for Black Americans during the Civil Rights Movement. The Marietta Cobb Museum of Art stood in for King’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
