Exploring the Filming Locations of the Movie “Tammy” The Enlightened

With the help of film production crews, Rubio's restaurant was transformed into a TopperJacks, the fictional fast food chain at the center of the locally filmed Melissa McCarthy comedy "Tammy.. Tammy is a 2014 American road comedy film directed and co-written by Ben Falcone in his directorial debut and co-produced, co-written by, and starring his wife Melissa McCarthy as the title character.

Tammy filmed in locations including The Grille Restaurant in Shallotte (which plays the"part" of TopperJack's), Two Women Cooking Over a Pot in Wilmington, as well as several homes, and also filmed part of the film on a lake in Boiling Spring Lakes. Production on the movie Tammy lasted more than 140 days in 2013.. The majority of Tammy was filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, according to Why the Book Wins. Wilmington has been a hot commodity for a plethora of movie and television show productions for the past couple of decades, so it is not too surprising that the comedy film's producers chose the city as the primary location for principal photography. The first part of the movie is set in Murphysboro.