'Ozark' Set To Shoot Scenes Friday In Bartow For Final Season

CARTERSVILLE, GA — The popular Netflix series “Ozark” will be filming scenes for its final season Friday night at Bartow County’s landfill and nearby Allatoona Dam Road.

Because the shoot is at night, “the negative impact to traffic / citizens will be very minimal,” said Bartow County Clerk Kathy Gill.

Gill told The Daily Tribune News in Cartersville that Bartow County has attracted numerous movie and TV shoots over the last few years, thanks to its proximity to production facilities in Atlanta.

Movies that have used Bartow County as a backdrop include “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” “The Fundamentals of Caring” and “90 Minutes in Heaven.”

In fact, Bartow has drawn so many shoots that the county enacted an ordinance in 2014 requiring production companies to apply for permits for road closures, use of pyrotechnics and the like.

Gill told the Cartersville newspaper that she’s issued more than 60 permits since the film ordinance was enacted seven years ago.

“Ozark” stars Jason Bateman as a financial advisor who flees to the Missouri mountains to launder money for the mob. Nominated for numerous Emmys and several Golden Globes, “Ozark" is shot mostly in Georgia near Lake Allatoona and Lake Lanier. The show is going into its fourth and final season.

Read the story in The Daily Tribune News.