Many people will remember last year when the old Chevrolet location in Burnsville was taken over by movie stars and props as they used it as a hub for filming an Amazon original series. The series, “The Peripheral” is set to take you into an alternative reality, though we may recognize some of the landscape and some familial faces that were hired as extras in the film. On October 21st, “The Peripheral” will premiere on Prime Video streaming with a new episode released every Friday through December 9th. In September 2021, the production began filming in locations across the Blue Ridge Mountains. Most filming was in and around Marshall in Madison County and in Burnsville. Filming was also done in London, England.
“The Peripheral” is partially set in the fictional mountain town of Clanton, North Carolina, but many real towns helped to create the backdrop of the futuristic science fiction drama. “The Peripheral” is a screen adaptation of a 2014 novel of the same name by author William Gibson. “The Peripheral” stars Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack Reynor as siblings who live with their dying mother in a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains in 2032. They sign on to play simulations to make the money needed to cover their mother’s medical costs. The high-stakes game leads to danger.
Recently, Yancey County hosted additional TV/film productions – the upcoming season of the national PBS documentary series “The Highpointers with the Bargo Brothers” and a romantic comedy movie called “Snapshot of Love.”
Promotional trailers have been released and can be found on amazon.com.
