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Stephen King movie could be filmed in Porterdale
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Porterdale’s former Village Inn, off Ga. Highway 81, is being considered as a filming site for the upcoming Stephen King movie "The Cell." - photo by Darrell Everidge
The newest Stephen King-inspired horror film, "The Cell," could be filming in Porterdale in early 2014. Location scouts recently toured Porterdale’s former Village Inn, a Tudor-style hotel, and The Green Room, an event rental venue on the city’s Main Street strip, as well as some other spots for "The Cell," which is expected to begin filming in the Atlanta area in January. The film will star Samuel L. Jackson and John Cusack, who will play the lead character Clay Riddell, a struggling artist about to celebrate the sale of his first graphic novel, who finds himself stranded in Boston after a