Fun Fact: Tyler Perry of “Madea” fame built his own studio outside of Atlanta, initially to support his desire to make movies/shows that were harder to sell in Hollywood. It’s 200 acres of diverse sets and backlots including an 80% scaled White House.
The Atlanta cops and some large Atlanta based companies are building a 80 acre fake town for the police to get trained in urban warfare, right outside of Atlanta.
Tyler Perry and his studio system are parodied relentlessly in an episode of the last season of Atlanta and in The Boondocks, these episodes assume one knows about Tyler Perry’s studio.
