Atlanta – The Founder (2016)
Atlanta and the majority of Midwest cities have little in common. However, filmmaker John Lee Hancock used Atlanta as a stand-in for a variety of locales while filming The Founder. The movie “McDonald’s” about the company’s founding, which was released in 2017 is set in Minnesota but filmed in Atlanta.
North Carolina – The Conjuring (2013)
Late February 2012 saw the start of principal photography. Shooting took place mostly at EUE/Screen Gems Studios as well as various sites in and around Wilmington, North Carolina, over the course of 38 days. In March 2012, while the campus was on spring vacation, filming took place at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. The film’s primary photography ended on April 26, 2012, after wrapping in Wilmington on April 20.