Since its arrival on the downtown skyline in 1985, and given its distinctive form, many Atlantans inform guests who’re on the lookout for instructions to search for the “pregnant constructing.” However for film followers around the globe, the late architect John Portman’s 52-story, 1,663-room Atrium Resort can be identified for starring in such movies. The Starvation Video games sequence and 2024 miniseries A whole particular personPlus a bevy of Marvel choices, from Spider-Man: Homecoming from Ms. Marvel from loki. The lodge’s suites had been additionally featured in Denzel Washington’s 2012 set-in-Atlanta thriller, Flight.
So how does an almost 40-year-old lodge rating so many close-ups in Hollywood movie and TV initiatives? In keeping with Paul Buff, Marquis director of gross sales and advertising and marketing, it is a mixture of Portman’s iconic futuristic structure and a seasoned senior gross sales govt overseeing upcoming productions in Georgia.
“Our structure lends itself to a singular view for the digicam lens,” says Buff “Due to Mr. Portman’s imaginative and prescient and design, our lodge is each current and future-proof.”
As one of many host lodges for Dragon Con, the annual Labor Day weekend science fiction, fantasy and comedian fan competition, it does not damage the lodge’s avenue cred that the Marquis doubles as each a tribute heart. The Starvation Video games and time variance as authority loki.
Film buff or not, anybody who has set foot within the lodge foyer can attest to its visible grandeur. Says Buff: “On any given day, our lodge visitors will be wanting down at our 52-story atrium whereas pulling out their telephones to take pictures.”
This text appeared in our November 2024 difficulty.
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