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News Articles: Film Industry

A commercial for the Temu app run by production services company The Lift in Mexico City. This ad aired during the 2023 Super Bowl.

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  • Latin America

The next show you watch could be filmed in Mexico City

American and European companies are increasingly having their commercials, shows and films shot in Mexico, taking advantage of lower costs and experienced Mexican crews.

May 22, 2023
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By:
  • James Fredrick
The new professional network Impact hopes to connect film industry workers with productions.

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  • Business

New professional network hopes to make 'Impact' on ATL film industry

A new professional social network backed by some major Hollywood names is hoping to help Atlanta's film industry workers connect with productions across the state.

October 13, 2022
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By:
  • Sarah Rose
Rebekah Weigel of Peacetree Productions scans the shooting schedule Wednesday in their temporary Macon office at 338 Poplar St. (Liz Fabian)

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  • Arts & Life

Casting call goes out for $8.5 million movie filming in Macon this fall

A Hollywood production team is setting up temporary offices in downtown Macon to film a major motion picture backed by big names and benefactors that bankrolled the $8.5 million project.

September 08, 2022
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his 2022-2023 state budget revision during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 13, 2022. Newsom recently called for film productions in Georgia to reconsider working in the state due to the state legislature "legislatures waging “a cruel assault on essential rights."

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  • Business

California's governor says the film industry should leave Georgia. But film workers disagree

Georgia's film industry is once again in the spotlight — against the backdrop of an increasingly politicized climate in the state.

August 29, 2022
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By:
  • Sarah Rose
Talk show set

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  • Business

Georgia film industry sets another economic impact record

Film and television productions spent $4.4 billion in the Peach State in fiscal 2022, which ended June 30, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday. That’s up from the previous record of $4 billion set in fiscal 2021.

August 01, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
Film Slate

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  • Business

Review finds Georgia film tax credit has improved oversight

The General Assembly passed legislation two years ago requiring all film productions located in Georgia to undergo mandatory audits by the state Department of Revenue or third-party auditors selected by the agency.

July 25, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Blackhall Studios in DeKalb

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  • Economy

DeKalb gets major film studio expansion

The Blackhall Studios expansion is expected to make it the largest film studio in the state.

May 09, 2022
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  • Orlando Montoya
Film set under construction in Macon

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  • Business

'Filling station' built in downtown Macon for Warner Bros. new film

The musical version of "The Color Purple" is set to begin filming in Macon. The original 1985 film starred Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey and was based on Eatonton native Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize winning book. 

March 30, 2022
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
State Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Hufstetler, R-Rome, , speaks to reporters on Jan. 13, 2020 at the state capitol in Atlanta. Hufstetler on Monday, March 28, 2022, unveiled a rewritten income tax cut proposal that would be more modest than the one sought by the House, while also seeking to limit Georgia’s film tax credit.

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  • News

Georgia Senate seeks smaller tax cut, film tax credit limit

Georgia senators have proposed a much more modest income tax cut than the $1.1 billion plan passed by the House, and also want to sharply reduce tax breaks for film and television productions that have been credited with transforming the state into one of the world's biggest filming hubs.

March 29, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Photo taken by Hopper Stone, provided to GPB by Cristen Clark

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  • News

As a potential strike still looms, here's a look inside the lives of Georgia's film workers

Atlanta film workers live a life that many moviegoers never get to see or consider — one full of shoots with long hours and challenging workloads. 

November 01, 2021
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By:
  • Sarah Rose
In this 2019 photo, guards are posted near Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta near the set for Clint Eastwood's film "Richard Jewell." One of the nation's largest film crew unions voted Oct. 4, 2021, to potentially strike over long hours. A tentative agreement reached last weekend could stave it off.

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  • News

The film industry union has reached a tentative agreement with producers. Will it stop a strike?

Negotiators for the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees - the country’s largest film worker union have reached a tentative agreement with production companies averting a strike. But whether it holds remains to be seen.

October 19, 2021
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By:
  • Sarah Rose
In this Thursday, July 25, 2019 photo, security guards are posted near an entrance to Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta where a sign for movie extras is set up for Clint Eastwood's film "Richard Jewell."

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  • News

Film workers' union votes to strike over long hours. Georgia's ready to join in

One of the nation’s largest film and television unions voted Monday to authorize a strike, which could have a huge impact on Georgia’s film industry.

October 05, 2021
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By:
  • Sarah Rose
Filmmakers transform Cherry Street in Macon.

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  • Economy

Downtown Macon Backdrop For New Tyler Perry Film

A street in downtown Macon is being transformed for the production of a Tyler Perry film that was written by Perry 26 years ago. A Jazzman’s Blues, a story that follows an investigation into an unsolved murder that unveils a story of forbidden love, will be filming in Macon on Friday and Saturday.

May 25, 2021
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By:
  • Jenna Eason
Camera

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  • Economy

Georgia Film Industry On A Roll Coming Out Of Pandemic

Movies and TV productions filmed in Georgia generated $101 million in wages for members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees during the first quarter of this year, Lee Thomas, the state Department of Economic Development’s deputy commissioner for film, music and digital entertainment, told members of the agency’s board Wednesday.

May 20, 2021
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua have pulled production of their runaway slave drama “Emancipation” from Georgia over the state’s recently enacted law restricting voting access.

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  • Economy

Film Industry, Atlanta Mayor React To 'Emancipation' Production Move

Director Antoine Fuqua and actor Will Smith's new film Emancipation will not be shot in Georgia — further fallout from Georgia's controversial new elections law. Local industry workers react. 

April 13, 2021
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By:
  • Sarah Rose
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