Hulu series about Murdaugh murders films in Dunwoody

Filming for a show about the Murdaugh murders took place at the Dunwoody Village on May Photo by Cathy Cobbs The Dunwoody Village got a little taste of Hollywood last week A limited series about the Murdaugh murders in recent months filmed at Morty s Meat Supply in the Dunwoody Village on May The restaurant was closed for filming bulk of the day but opened up again by about p m according to David Abes owner of DASH Hospitality and the driving force behind the redevelopment of the Dunwoody Village complex It s unbelievable the logistics of how they pull it all together he announced Get it all set up decorate the whole place and as soon as they re done shooting they re out the door The limited series which is called Murdaugh Murders on the Georgia Film Office s online production list but does not yet have an official title is about Alex Murdaugh the prominent South Carolina lawyer who murdered his wife Maggie and son Paul in The series is headed by showrunner Michael D Fuller who co-created the show with documentary producer Erin Lee Carr The series stars Madeline Popovich Jessi Occurrence Mark Pellegrino and others Abes commented about six weeks ago members of the series production company were scoping out Dunwoody Village when his son Mitchell Abes approached them and appealed if they needed assistance They needed to shoot a bar scene and were trying to choose between Morty s and another Dunwoody Village restaurant Bar n booze n bites They eventually settled on Morty s The show takes place in South Carolina s Lowcountry According to Abes the scene shot at Morty s represents a bar in Charleston Abes witnessed the shooting process and recalled the experience of watching Morty s briskly turn into an entirely different place We have a Dunwoody Hall of Fame and we have a shrine to Dunwoody native and American Idol host Ryan Seacrest Abes revealed Of module they took all that down and covered up so it looked like they were in Charleston It s just amazing that those artists can do that Abes noted there will be another production filming in the Dunwoody Village area in about two weeks but couldn t give any more details The whole crew and everybody they were just great to work with Abes declared about the production gang behind the Murdaugh murders series Everybody was just great The post Hulu series about Murdaugh murders films in Dunwoody appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta