The Borough of Waynesburg usually does not attract much attention. Recently, however, there has been a buzz in the air. Within the last couple of months two movies were filmed in Waynesburg.

“Night Zero,” the first of the two was filmed in August and took just eight days to film, according to co-producer Tredd Barton.

“[For] Night Zero, we had 90 days to write it, film it, edit it and release it,” said Barton.

The second film, “A Jury of His Peers” just wrapped up filming Thursday, Oct. 5.

The filming took around two weeks, and the producers emailed Waynesburg University students to fill in as extras.

The film is set to be released within the next six months to a year, according to Barton.

Starring in this movie is Brian Ceponis, who has previously starred in two other movies as well as the major network TV show NCIS.

The movie is about a famous college basketball coach that is accused of molesting one of his players and goes on trial to win his life back.

Barton has also been a producer in two other movies that were filmed in southwestern Pennsylvania; “The Chop” and “Truce”.

He is also the weapons master for the films, in charge of all of the weapon props brought on set, and he owns and operates Washington County Machine Guns, where a scene was filmed for a Netflix original film.

According to Barton, working your way up is how to “make it” in the film industry.

“If you want to be in the movies just do it,” said Barton “But you have to start small and don’t ask to get paid.”

The different productions that Barton has been a part of have taken place all over southwestern Pennsylvania.

Barton said that Waynesburg was chosen for the films because of the beautiful courthouse located on E. High St.

“Typically, we don’t go into Greene County just because most [actors] are from Pittsburgh and it’s a long drive, but we love this courthouse” said Barton.

According to Barton, the borough was very willing and understanding to accommodate the needs of the films.

“We went and set off 10 smoke grenades and literally filled all of downtown with smoke” said Barton. “That is the final five minutes of Night Zero: we filled the town with smoke, we had police cars, we had an ambulance and a firetruck and extras running up and down the street.”

“Night Zero” will be released to the public Dec. 12. Barton said he wanted to premiere “Night Zero” in Waynesburg for a free viewing, but ran into complications due to the lack of movie theaters in Greene County.