Governor's Daughters Filming

We got a call earlier today about an independent film titled “The Governor’s Daughters” filming in Columbus, Mississippi, this weekend. A fictional account of a robbery that takes place in an Atlanta nightclub, the film’s plot also includes the kidnapping of the governor of Georgia’s two daughters and a trial scene, to be filmed at Lowndes County Courthouse (pictured). Atlanta writer/producer/director Lawyer Henderson and Cinema City Productions secured two bigger names for the project. Donna Biscoe, who appeared in TV series “In the Heat of the Night” in the early ’90s and more recently Tyler Perry’s “Daddy’s Little Girls,” as the coroner in horror flick “One Missed Call” and an episode of “One Tree Hill,” co-stars with Glenn Plummer, a veteran Hollywood actor who’s appeared in an episode of “Dexter,” 15 episodes of “ER” as Timmy Rawlins and films “Saw 2” and “Speed” I and II. Columbus actor/producer Aial Jones will be playing the part of Judge George E. Morris and presiding over the trial.

Filming begins around 1 p.m. Saturday at the courthouse and continues Sunday with a classroom scene at Columbus High School. About 25 locals already have roles in the film, but more extras are needed this weekend. Anyone is welcome to come out and watch the filming and/or inquire about being an extra. Columbus’s Film Commission has been assisting with the production, and “The Governor’s Daughters” is expected to be released in spring 2011.