Source: Obama will visit movie set
"See ya tomorrow, Atlanta!" AP photo
President Barack Obama, headed to Atlanta for a fundraising visit at the Westin Peachtree Plaza on Tuesday, will work in a stop at the set of “42,” filming this week in Midtown and in Inman Park, according to a well-placed source with direct knowledge of the situation.
The movie is about Jackie Robinson, who broke Major League Baseball’s color line when playing for the Dodgers. It has been filming in Macon, Chattanooga and Birmingham. Things are wrapping up this week in Midtown. Good timing for the president, whose people let it be known he’d like to stop by.
The movie folks were happy to oblige, and we hear from someone in a position to know that the visit is a go.
This will do traffic no favors, of course. Detours and lane closures are often part of the package when a movie films on city streets. Add in presidential security and … you get the idea.
According to fliers that went up over the weekend, filming is taking place in Midtown, on Cypress, West Peachtree and Peachtree streets this week. We drove by that area earlier and the only evidence of movie making we saw was a bunch of equipment on the sidewalk outside a location around the area of 6th and Cypress streets. It looked like things were just getting set up.
The moving is also doing some filming in Inman Park, on Edgewood Avenue between Elizabeth and Hurt streets.
We’ll post updates as they are available.
- Jennifer Brett/The Buzz/jbrett@ajc.com
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222 comments Add your comment
Jennifer Brett
June 25th, 2012
4:54 pm
itsmeagain
June 25th, 2012
4:07 pm
Lol. These comments are ridiculous
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Yep.
I have removed a few including one that made disparaging comments not only about the president but gross remarks about his wife and kids. As a fan of the First Amendment I take a pretty light hand at axing comments but we’re not going to have people posting crude comments about children on this blog.
Jennifer
DHD
June 25th, 2012
5:11 pm
Make sure you monitor this page just like you did when discussion about Bush and Cheney was here. Oh wait…never mind. You ignored it.
Jennifer Brett
June 25th, 2012
5:13 pm
I didn’t cover a Bush-Cheney visit but I did cover a visit by President and Mrs. George W. Bush, and did monitor the blog then just as I am doing now. Here is the link.
http://blogs.ajc.com/the-buzz/2010/12/16/a-visit-from-former-president-george-w-bush-and-laura-bush/
Hope that helps,
Jennifer
Tiredofdummies
June 25th, 2012
5:14 pm
All of you Obama haters. Distorting facts, forgetting recent history. I never understood republicans. They usually came to be christians but they have no interest in helping the poor or less fortunate, They only care about their own self interest. That was clearly not what Jesus did when he was on earth but I Digress because no matter how much solid evidence is given to show that the sky isnt falling, you people will continue to hate on Obama. If you can say with a straight face that you were better off under Bush and republicans, you are a flat out LIAR
UGADawg7
June 25th, 2012
5:15 pm
Ryder, you are an idiot. I did not and never will vote for Obama and it has NOTHING to do with race. I voted for Monds for governor and contributed to Herman Cain’s campaign. I also voted in the primaries for Ron Paul. I don’t care what the candidate’s race is, I just vote intelligently based on the FACTS.
AMERICA 2012!
June 25th, 2012
5:15 pm
his fundraising will not get him much here, this is a RED STATE after all, thank goodness. Romney/America 2012!!
Traffic is the Devil
June 25th, 2012
5:26 pm
Obama is evil cause I disagree with his politics. That much is obvious.
Mitt Rmoney will save everyone because he’s rich and I agree with his politics. That much is obvious.
And traffic in Atlanta! It’s all Obama’s fault!
How dare Obama, that Kenyan usurper Atheist Muslim cause traffic in Atlanta!??!!??
SCREAMING! YELLING! SOCIALISM!!!!!!!!
Jennifer Brett
June 25th, 2012
5:27 pm
Lisa
June 25th, 2012
4:51 pm
Jennifer, please shut this down! This is ridiculous!
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Blog commenting’s often ridiculous. As a fan and beneficiary of the First Amendment I am hesitant to just shut off commenting altogether unless things go really off the rails though.
Jennifer
Plain and simple
June 25th, 2012
5:29 pm
Most libs that vote for Obama are ignorant of how the economy, business, the system, etc… truly works. Most don’t know the difference between a profit and profit margin. Don’t believe me? Whenever they spout out that corporations and wealthy people need to pay more taxes, that is proof positive.
It’s called a trickle down effect folks. The US has the highest corp taxes in the world. Gee you wonder why they move to other countries and take the jobs with them… Thank President Obama for that.
Tax the rich!! Well, I’ve never worked for a poor guy, and neither have any of you libs either. Tax the man that pays your salary more and you may just find out you don’t have a paycheck anymore, because he/she can’t afford to pay you because of those higher taxes you wished so badly on them.
Oh… don’t like the fact that you have to pay a higher price for some of those goods and services you buy/use? Well, maybe if the corporations that you wished higher taxes on didn’t have to make up the difference by charges higher prices, you’d get those lower prices.
You GIMME GIMME libs don’t see the BIG PICTURE. All you focus on is you and that’s the problem.
That's right
June 25th, 2012
5:36 pm
Great point “plain and simple”. Its a proven fact that if you lower taxes, the government’s revenues rise. Obama, in his infinite wisdom of growing the govt so freaking large, doesn’t realize that and by now, the govt is so big that that plan probably wouldn’t work.
We need a Pres that MASSIVELY shrinks the size of Government and then lowers taxes to stimulate buying and job creation.
midtown123
June 25th, 2012
5:41 pm
Are there honestly still Birthers in this country? I can get how you might not like Obama, but to truly believe that he faked his birth certificate and got it past the CIA, Secret Service, FBI, DOJ, and both houses of Congress smacks of your ignorance of the entire election process.
Bubba
June 25th, 2012
5:41 pm
Good day to go out of town . . .
Dee Rockin
June 25th, 2012
6:00 pm
I’m not a big fan of Obama (by any means)
But I’m even less of a fan of Romney’s.
But if you REALLY want to get to the root of ALL of our problems- it’s corporate influence in politics and government.
All politicians are controlled by wealthy business interests. None of them care about the people. Just the extremely wealthy people.
I dare you to name a single politician, dem or rep, that is NOT controlled by corporate lobbying…
Midtown Worker
June 25th, 2012
6:01 pm
Traffic will be horrendous.
Dee Rockin
June 25th, 2012
6:02 pm
BTW- to the people who are saying that we need to lower taxes on the wealthy–
It has not worked in 12 years. how long will it take for that money to ‘trickle down’ to the rest of us?
Dee Rockin
June 25th, 2012
6:05 pm
Food for thought-
If you were a business owner, would you prefer to have 99 people come in and spend 20 bucks on your product, or 1 person come in and spend 50 bucks on your product?
THAT is why we need real financial reform that helps low and middle class Americans. Fund education, agriculture, and health care with even a quarter of the amount of money we spend on ‘defense’ (aka dropping bombs on brown people) every year and we’d see ALL of our problems disappear.
(One more point- for all the racist and ignorant trolls- at least have the decency to post under only 1 screenname. We realize you are trying to make your point of view seem popular, but we’re not falling for your tricks.)
TruthLies
June 25th, 2012
6:12 pm
You know… I think I’d rather use a toenail clipper to snip across my entire eyelid than run a blog where I readily accommodate filth, but then I employ bias to determine which filth is too flthy to tolerate. No wonder the “American” experience is $—. Trash news outlets, rag newspapers and low rent “journalists”. All contribute to an ill-informed, socially inept public. And since the truth is painful as hell I am certain my post will be moderated out. Oh well.
BUCKMASTER
June 25th, 2012
6:17 pm
Leave the man alone he come to get some chicken dinner @500 a plate it better come with a dam drank…………………..Peace
For real?
June 25th, 2012
6:25 pm
Will he accept food stamps for contributions?
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gnomeboy
June 25th, 2012
6:30 pm
All Hail! Ceasar Obamas!
Funny! His people had to let them know he wanted to drop by. Should feel right at home with the “hollywierd” Left.
Charles Douglas Edwards
June 25th, 2012
6:32 pm
WELCOME to Atlanta President Barack Obama !!!!!
President Obama has accomplished remarkable things during his tenure as President of the United States of America. History will show him as one of America’s greatest leaders.
He took office with TWO wars, financial meltdown with banks, auto manufactures and investment companies on the verge of collapse, European instability, economy in a down spiral and a Congress that fight him tooth and nails on most issues.
President Obama took office and stabilized things and helped to end the wars and bring some of our brave heroes home.
May God Bless President Barack Obama and the United States of America.
We pray and hope for your re-election !!!!!
ylojkt
June 25th, 2012
6:41 pm
We need to change the channel, but there’s no one but Romneybot on the other side. We’re screwed.
Might as well bow down to our corporate government masters and take it like we always do.
For real?
June 25th, 2012
6:48 pm
@CD Edwards: Please educate us all on the following regarding your post.
What has HE done with regards to those 2 wars? And what did he PROMISE to do with regards to those 2 wars (here’s a hint: what he has done and what he promised will not be the same if you answer honestly!)
Other than bailing out the banks with my tax dollars, what has he done to stabilize the economy? (here’s a hint: you can’t answer with anything that revolves aroune OPM – other peoples money)
Go look at the House majority when he took office genius. It was a DEMOCRATIC majority – so if there was any fighting from Congress, it was while his party was in the majority (until 2010 when enough voters got tired of that and voted the Democrats OUT).
Just in case you missed his promise – he said he would end the war (that’s still going on 4 years later) and bring home ALL soldiers, not some.
The blind beliefs that you are showing truly indicate that you are not in touch with reality.
claytodawg
June 25th, 2012
7:22 pm
Nonsence is absolutely correct. I see Obama as nothing but a celebrity hound and nothing else.
My Two Cents
June 25th, 2012
8:25 pm
Traffic at a stand still? The thugs will love it. Hold on to your wallet or best yet…leave it at home!
vietnamvet
June 25th, 2012
9:33 pm
We have had Presidents that: Owned slaves, supported slavery, supported the disfranchisement of women and blacks; supported the extermination of Native Americans-killing them-, supported segregation, and you are telling me that President Carter and Obama are the two worst President in the history of our country.
You and people like you don’t belong in this country if you believe that.
scott
June 25th, 2012
9:41 pm
Atlanta and GEORGIA has got to be the most racialy divided place i have ever lived///NEW SOUTH??my A$$..Atlanta..and Georgia…you may advertise yourself as progressive..But you have a looooongggggg way to go…Seattle for retirement away from here and in the 21st century lookin good..
scott
June 25th, 2012
9:46 pm
IGNORANCE AND RACISM STILL VERY OBVIOUS..IN THE SO CALLED NEW SOUTH
Ashamed
June 25th, 2012
9:47 pm
Wow. The level of vitriol, ignorance, and utter stupidity in these comments makes me embarrassed to live in Atlanta. Some of you epitomize why the rest of the country thinks the South is such a backwards place. It appears that many of you would like to go backwards, to a time when only white men were allowed to run things.
Go to school, get out in the world, travel, meet people from all walks of life. Love>Fear.
andesi
June 25th, 2012
10:20 pm
The worse president in my life time has been GW. For all you “informed” ones. Though the downward spiral did not start with GW, he sure as hell escalated the process big time. While fighting 3rd world countries, he was making the USA a 3rd world country. WAKE UP
AmericanPublic
June 25th, 2012
10:33 pm
Stop spending taxpayers money on fundraising trips. Thank you.
VoiceOfReason
June 25th, 2012
10:43 pm
If you voted for Obama in 2008 to prove you’re not a racist, you’ll have to vote for someone else in 2012 to prove you’re not an idiot. “Yes we can” is dead. Romney 2012!!!
Stop the bleeding!
June 25th, 2012
11:41 pm
Do you know how you can tell when Obama’s lying?
Answer: His lips are moving!
An American
June 26th, 2012
12:02 am
I pray to the Christian God above that Obama is defeated this November. Thank you in advance, Lord.
ylojkt
June 26th, 2012
1:28 am
I think An American and Charles Douglas Edwards prayers may cancel each other out, kind of like when you’re playing rock, paper, scissors and both of you come out with rock.
One of you is certain to be disappointed by the god of your choice, it seems you have both chosen the same god but he apparently will be letting one of you down come November.
John Ellison
June 26th, 2012
5:17 am
The private sector is fine. We need more to borrow more money so we can hire more government employees.
TheLazyComic
June 26th, 2012
5:42 am
Well, at least if the O-Man is side-tracked… that will be one day he won’t be on his throne throwing his executive powers around.
bearcrazyman
June 26th, 2012
6:31 am
Ba Rock Star!
Invggor Please
"Bridesmaid" Mixmaster Mark
June 26th, 2012
7:11 am
I think Obama is more interested in being a celebrity than he is being the President. Nice guy… yes. Good president… NO. And all you fools blaming Bush for everything… give it a rest. That was so 2008.
Sigh
June 26th, 2012
7:23 am
Nothing we in the aviation community like more than having our airspace shut down for 7 hours so Obama can visit Tyler Perry… Why doesn’t upset more people? Air Force 1 costs 180k per flight hour, secret service, motorcades, shutting down Atlanta – for a movie about himself! How egotistical do you have to be? He looks at us as an inconvenience most of the time.
GBelle
June 26th, 2012
7:31 am
Figures, his goal is to be a star anyway, not a President. What a waste of time and money.
Amina
June 26th, 2012
7:40 am
HATERS, HATERS, HATERS . . .
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Chi Town
June 26th, 2012
9:03 am
Shocker he is visiting the set of 42.
The Realist
June 26th, 2012
9:06 am
Go Georgia Tech students!
Hillard Crump
June 26th, 2012
9:16 am
Is this what he meant by “change” back in 2008?
Sher
June 26th, 2012
9:21 am
Does everyone here know my son, Donnnnnnnnnnny?
Steve
June 26th, 2012
9:35 am
IF he had to depend on just the black population to get elected/re-elected, he would not be in office you idiots. Blacks only make up 12% of the populations….Whites voting for him in record numbers. Do the Math!! Get out of Georgia and see the rest of the country you idiots and maybe you will realize that All white people don’t think like whites in Georgia!!! They love him and will vote for him again.
CC
June 26th, 2012
10:13 am
So goes to show you where his priorities are…. no one would ever guess there is an election (amid economic crisis) going on…. but yeah… let him go play on a movie set.
(i sincerely hope that this shows people that he could careless about this country. that he is really just in it for the perks.)