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Killing Season (film)
The project was originally set in the 1970s and titled Shrapnel . It was being considered by John Travolta and Nicolas Cage as a project to follow up on their film Face / Off and by director John McTiernan as a directing vehicle . Subsequently renamed and modified to take place in modern - day Appalachia , and co-financed and co-produced by Corsan , Nu Image and Millennium Films , filming began on January 16 , 2012 , in the Appalachian Mountains of north Georgia . Major filming was scheduled for Tallulah Gorge State Park and Black Rock Mountain State Park . The locations in Rabun County were chosen by director Mark Steven Johnson to create the effect and mood he had previously seen in the film Deliverance . Other minor filming locations included Sofia , Bulgaria , Sweetwater Creek State Park , and the Pine Mountain Gold Museum in Stockmar Park , Villa Rica . International sales for Killing Season , offered by the American Film Market , commenced on November 2 , 2011 , in Santa Monica . American cellist / singer / songwriter Ben Sollee contributed solo cello performances as well as an original song , `` Letting Go '' , for the end credits . 
The project was originally set in the 1970s and titled Shrapnel . It was being considered by John Travolta and Nicolas Cage as a project to follow up on their film Face / Off and by director John McTiernan as a directing vehicle . Subsequently renamed and modified to take place in modern - day Appalachia , and co-financed and co-produced by Corsan , Nu Image and Millennium Films , filming began on January 16 , 2012 , in the Appalachian Mountains of north Georgia . Major filming was scheduled for Tallulah Gorge State Park and Black Rock Mountain State Park . The locations in Rabun County were chosen by director Mark Steven Johnson to create the effect and mood he had previously seen in the film Deliverance . Other minor filming locations included Sofia , Bulgaria , Sweetwater Creek State Park , and the Pine Mountain Gold Museum in Stockmar Park , Villa Rica . International sales for Killing Season , offered by the American Film Market , commenced on November 2 , 2011 , in Santa Monica . American cellist / singer / songwriter Ben Sollee contributed solo cello performances as well as an original song , `` Letting Go '' , for the end credits .
The filming was in the Appalachian Mountains of north Georgia, Tallulah Gorge State Park and Black Rock Mountain State Park, Sweetwater Creek State Park , and the Pine Mountain Gold Museum in Stockmar Park in Villa Rica, and in Sofia , Bulgaria.
Subsequently renamed and modified to take place in modern - day Appalachia , and co-financed and co-produced by Corsan , Nu Image and Millennium Films , filming began on January 16 , 2012 , in the Appalachian Mountains of north Georgia . Major filming was scheduled for Tallulah Gorge State Park and Black Rock Mountain State Park . Other minor filming locations included Sofia , Bulgaria , Sweetwater Creek State Park , and the Pine Mountain Gold Museum in Stockmar Park , Villa Rica .