Five Things You Should Know about Georgia-lensed 'Ant-Man'

With so many movies and television shows choosing Georgia, it’s easy to overlook a few; it will be hard to pass over this Marvel giant, however. “Ant-Man,” starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas, was filmed in and around the Atlanta area over the course of a few months. The first Marvel film shot in Georgia, “Ant-Man” follows a regular con-artist, Scott Lang (played by Rudd), who is armed with a super suit giving him the power to shrink in size while increasing his strength. Be sure to catch the movie for yourself on July 17^th when it premieres in theaters across the country. In the meantime, here are five fun facts about its filming in Georgia!

• Spent more than $106 million while filming in Georgia. Giving the state’s economy a super-  sized boost.
• “Ant-Man” was the first film to use Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayetteville. Pinewood Group is the world’s leading studio and production services operator with sound stages all over the world.
• More than 22,000 hotel rooms housed the production crew for three months.
• 3,759 Georgians were employed to help film the action-packed movie.
• Look closely at the setting and you can recognize some landmark Atlanta buildings including the state-owned Archives Building, the Bank of America building, and Broad Street downtown.