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The Movie 'Super 8' Could Get People Road-Tripping to Weirton, West Virginia

June 10, 2011 at 1:30 PM | by | Comments (0)

Super 8 is getting a lot of buzz this weekend as it finally opens in theaters, but so is the small town in West Virginia where it was filmed.

Weirton, West Virginia, where J.J. Abrams shot the movie last fall, was recently named one of the top five summer movie location-destinations movie-goers would most want to visit in the U.S. And, the former steel town is planning to take full advantage of its 15 minutes of fame by launching its own Super 8 movie location tour later this summer.

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