PHOTOS: Hollywood Takes Cherokee By Storm

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Social media websites have kept Cherokee County residents informed about a slew of topics, ranging from the latest crime trends to which neighborhood dog has gone missing.

These residents are also utilizing social media, Facebook specifically, to post photos, trade information and encounters they have with Hollywood actors who are in the county filming movies.

At least two groups have been created to allow residents to share photos and keep track of information pertaining to two movies under production in Cherokee, Canton GA Movie Set 2015 for The Founder and Cruisin’ Ball Ground for Mena.

Mena stars Tom Cruise as Barry Seal, a TWA pilot turned drug smuggler for the Medellin cartel. Seal was later recruited to provide intelligence for the DEA and CIA, and was later killed in 1986, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The Founder recounts the story of how Ray Kroc was able to turn McDonald’s into a successful fast food empire. Actor Michael Keaton stars as Kroc.

The Canton City Council last month approved agreements with Speedee Film Productions, Inc. to film a portion of The Founder at Canton Theater at 171 East Main Street and the former Canton Cotton Mill offices at 221 West Main Street.

According to the agreement outlining filming at the theater, the producers started filming June 4 and that leg of the project was expected to wrap in one day. The company will pay the city $2,500 each day they are utilizing the theater.

The agreement to utilize Cherokee County School District’s Building A facility calls for producers setting up shop on or around May 29 and using about seven days of occupancy over a roughly 11-day period (which includes about four days of preparations, one day of shooting and about two days of wrapping up).

The company will also pay the city $2,500 each day it utilizes the building.

Be sure to visit these Facebook groups to get all the details about the projects, Hollywood celebrity sightings and more. In the meantime, check out the photos we’ve compiled or share your own.

Tell us: have you met some of Hollywood’s royalty? Share your encounters!

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Photo 1: Cruise on the set. Credit: Susan Ramsey Lumpkin‎
Photo 2: Michael Keaton talks with two young fans in downtown Canton. Credit: Fabi Makiast‎
Photo 3: Cruise signs autographs. Credit: Melissa Karen‎
Photo 4: Cruise waves to the crowd. Credit: Daniel Sisson
Photo 5: Actress Reese Witherspoon poses with a fan in Blue Ridge. Credit: Kim Milligan Henderson
Photo 6: Cruise getting into a vehicle in Ball Ground. Credit: Brandon Perry‎
Photo 7: Tom Cruise poses with family. Credit: Jessica Krut‎
Photo 8: Cruise on the set. Credit: Susan Ramsey Lumpkin‎
Photo 9: Development Authority of Cherokee County Chairman Marshall Day with actor Tom Cruise. Credit: Cherokee Office of Economic Development
Photo 10: Actor Michael Keaton in front of B.Loved in downtown Canton. Credit: Mandy Phillips Spell.
Photo 11: classic cars in downtown canton. Credit: B.Loved’s Facebook page.
Photo 12: Cruise. Credit: Emily Gibson
Photo 13: Filming extras coming out of the Canton Theater. Credit: Emily DeLany Byrd
Photo 14: The Founder set outside the Jones-Cloud Building. Credit: Renn Johnson
Photo 15: Banner posted outside The Snug. Credit: Bill Grant
Photo 16: Crews in front of the Cherokee County School Board’s Building A, the former Canton Cotton Mill offices. Credit: Adam Dayton Gibson