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Film production granted morning road closures in downtown Jonesboro for Aug. 26 shooting
Summary
Amazon/MGM production requested and received council approval to close portions of Main Street, North McDonough and adjacent blocks for morning filming with a child actor on Aug. 26; city and production agreed to signage, detours and coordination with Clayton County schools and emergency services.
Council granted a request from a film production team (Amazon/MGM) to close portions of downtown Jonesboro for morning filming on Aug. 26 in order to safely shoot a child actor crossing Main Street and entering the train depot (Road to Terror Museum).
Production representatives explained they need an early‑morning window (roughly 7 a.m. to noon) and asked to close Main Street and North McDonough (with intermittent control on adjacent blocks) to secure the set and protect participants. They also outlined staged camera positions and an operations plan including traffic control company STC for signage and VMS message boards.
The police chief emphasized that the city must coordinate detours, school bus routing and 9‑1‑1/EMS access in advance. "We would need to communicate this to Clayton County Public Schools," the chief said, and staff agreed to place message boards a week in advance and work with county partners on emergency routing.
Council approved the requested closures, asked production to finalize signage/detours, and required coordination with the county school system and emergency services. Production said it will distribute cast/background‑actor opportunities locally and offered to use city parking lots under a temporary agreement.
Provenance: topicintro SEG 4850 — production introduction; topfinish SEG 5419 — council vote and approval.
Speakers quoted (first reference shown): Production representative Andrea/Willard (speaker 18/25); Chief / police (speaker 1).
