By Carol Badaracco Padgett
If you’ve sat in the cool darkness of the cinema lately and watched Clark Kent in action, maybe you spotted the name in the credits at the end. Location Manager Ian Easterbrook.
Easterbrook’s primary role in the film was to oversee the entire process of filming on location. It’s a huge undertaking—one that showcases just how much talent and collaborative effort exists among Georgia’s crew base and creatives.
Read on for some superfly anecdotes that Atlanta-based Easterbrook shared in a recent sit-down conversation.
How did the 2025 blockbuster film Superman become such a cool summertime calling card for Georgia filmmaking?
Easterbrook: It was just a massive undertaking and there was involvement from so many different people, both within our production and also tons of support outside from municipalities and vendors–just so much support from outside of our production to make something like this happen.
It was really cool to see Georgia so prominently featured on the big screen in such a really touching and human story, as part of a project that has generated so much excitement and interest not only in Georgia but around the world. The outpouring of support and love is really cool, and so is seeing Georgia play such a huge part of it.
I’m from the South and I’ve lived in Atlanta for well over a decade now. And I’ve spent most of my career based out of here. So it’s really gratifying to see this come to life. As you know, for Superman we were based just south of the city at Trilith Studios for all of our pre-production and the work on stages. But we also had a number of very significant locations in the story that are here in Georgia, as well.
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