The "Diva" Is Back
Decatur Metro | April 16, 2009
From Scott's Infamous iPhone
My wife and I noticed the tell-tale signs while walking the dog up to the Square last night:
- Giant lights keeping the confederate monument company
- Mechanical dinosaurs reaching towards courthouse windows
- The long white trailer taking up those two coveted parking spots along Ponce
- The bored security guard
Sure enough, more filming at the Courthouse!
By the time I checked in this morning, Steve, Scott, GAK and the AJC(!) all filled me in on the details. The Lifetime original “Drop Dead Diva” is back at the Courthouse and is sporting a California flag, opening up the opportunity for countless jokes involving left-leaning Decatur and the Left-Coast.
The AJC article doesn’t mention this, but this isn’t “Diva’s” first time in Decatur. It was here last September filming at the same location and around town.
GA tax credits to film studios have inadvertantly turned Decatur into a film set. And while we know the city and county make a tidy sum from permits and whatnot, I wonder what kind of financial boost the DeKalb History Center gets from this activity…
Over at The Decatur Minute, Cheryl gives the inside scoop on the filming.
Apparently the show got picked up by Lifetime after they filmed the pilot here last September. Good news for Decatur!
I wanna be a lifetime movie. everything always works out so well on lifetime.