The Haunting in Georgia Update: Movie in Post-Production

As most of my readers know, in March 2010, I posted an email interview with Joyce Cathey, the mother of Heidi Wyrick, the little girl who is at the epicenter of the phenomenon that came to be a Discovery Channel episode called "A Haunting in Georgia."  According to Mrs. Cathey, Gold Circle Films had purchased Heidi's life rights with the intention of producing the film, The Haunting in Georgia.  This would be the second installment in the series of films that began with The Haunting in Connecticut released in 2009.
Recently, I was doing a little research on the topic again and I found out over at Internet Movie Database that the film is in post-production and will be released soon.  According to the site, the film will star Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill  and House of Wax) as Andy Wyrick, Heidi's father; Katee Sackhoff  (Battlestar Galactica and White Noise 2: The Light) as Joyce Cathey, Heidi's mother; Emily Alyn Lind as Heidi; and Cicely Tyson in an unnamed role. I am not sure of her involvement in the project.  According to the site, the budget for the film is $9,000,000 (nine million dollars).  Oddly enough, it is going to be released on 21 June, 2012, in the Netherlands, but there is no mention of a specific date for release in the United States.  The film is listed as being in post-production.  For those wondering if this film was shot in Georgia, unfortunately, it was not. The filming locations are Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada).  It is about Georgia, but not shot in Georgia. Of course, it is not unusual for a film not to be shot on location near the place where the events depicted in the film happened.
Speaking of filming in Georgia, it is amazing how many horror-related films and television series are shot in Georgia. While The Haunting in Georgia is not shot here, it is about Georgia, but other very popular horror series are shot here.  Included in that list is Teen Wolf starring Tyler Posey; The Walking Dead, which most folks know about by now; and The Vampire Diaries, which is shot in and around Covington, including near the old Gaither Plantation.  Last year, I blogged about the cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries being spooked by odd things happening at that old plantation house.  Georgia seems to be a magnet for odd occurrences, and it now seems that it is a magnet for movies and television series about them.  Is this the Southern Hollywood now?