Coweta and

Fayette counties are going Hollywood.

Wynn's Pond

is a prominent location in the upcoming Touchstone Pictures release, "Sweet

Home Alabama." Pigeon Creek Films, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios,

began filming at the location this week. Andy Tennant, who directed "Anna

and the King," is directing the film.

The pond borders

Wynnmeade subdivision on Peachtree City's west side. The set is just across

the county line in Coweta.

One of the

locations in the film is a cabin on Wynn's Pond on private property, known

as the Featherston Fishing Club. They will also be filming a pontoon plane

taking off and landing on the pond.

"Sweet

Home Alabama" is a romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon as

Melanie, a young woman who runs away from her white trash background and

husband and reinvents herself as a New York socialite. In New York, she

falls in love with the mayor's son, played by Patrick Dempsey, who proposes

to her. Melanie returns home to finalize her divorce from her beer-swilling

pontoon pilot husband but ends up falling in love with him again. Other

cast members include Glenn Close as Melanie's mother, Candice Bergen as

the mayor and Ethan Embry as Melanie's gay friend from Alabama, as well

as Jean Smart, Fred Ward and Mary Kay PlaceFilming began yesterday and

the crew plans to be in the area for eight days. Though most of the filming

will be done during the day time, they will be doing some night filming

at the location as well.