Set-dressing a street in Loganville, Georgia, for the Apple TV+ comedy “The Big Door Prize” has begun production, which may or may not be titled “Zoltar.”
A magical item called “The Big Door Prize” was purchased by Apple in May 2021, and a straight-to-series order was made in June of that year. A Loganville, Georgia resident’s Saturday tweets hint the show’s potential aesthetic by showcasing some of the town’s newest attractions.
Photos from Matthew Smith reveal how the event was utilised as a shooting location, which necessitated the repurposing and repainting of local businesses. A deer statue and an ice cream kiosk called “Dairy Field” were part of the town’s set construction.
As if that wasn’t confusing enough, Smith first refers to the production as “Deerfield,” but then claims it’s for an Apple TV+ series named “Zoltar.”
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The Monroe Local News first reported on the “Zoltar” moniker on January 24th, during construction on Main Street. As of early February, local shooting in Loganville was scheduled to begin and continue through April, according to Kirsty Daniel, director of marketing and events for the city.
A high school teacher in a tiny town is the focus of a “Apple TV series titled Zoltar,” Daniel said.
Confusion regarding the title is to be expected, given the overlap between “The Big Door Prize,” which has been verified, and “Zoltar.” Foretelling Machine from “Big,” which has already been rumoured to be turned into a TV programme and already has many IMDB entries, is the latter.
Some similarities may be seen in the plot of “The Big Door Prize,” which tells the storey of people of Deerfield, a small town, who find a magical, destiny-predicting machine in their local grocery store. M.O. Walsh’s book of the same name is what inspired the programme, which stars Chris O’Dowd as a teacher and is based on that novel.
It’s fairly uncommon for TV series to alter their names during production or film under a working title in order to avoid being scrutinised. It’s possible that “Zoltar” is utilised as a codename for the film, or perhaps a total production name change, since the enigmatic vending machine is a major aspect of both the book and the film.