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News Articles: Georgia film industry

Nearly 400 people attended Atlanta's 2024 Georgia Film Day when the event returned after a 4 year hiatus.

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Georgia Film Week kicks off in Atlanta, honoring state entertainment industry founders and workers

The week of events will recognize contributions of past leaders and current organizers contributing to film and entertainment production in Georgia.

March 17, 2025
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
The "Made in Georgia" panel at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in Park City (Photo by Sammie Purcell). The “Made in Georgia” panel at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in Park City. (Photo by Sammie Purcell)

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  • Arts

‘Made in Georgia’ panel talks cultivating state talent at Sundance

Georgia film industry professionals gathered in Park City, Utah, over the weekend to discuss the state’s film future at the Sundance film festival.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Sammie Purcell
Jimmy Carter accepts the presidential nomination of his party at the Democratic National Convention, August 14, 1980.

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  • Pop Culture

Though best known as a politician and humanitarian, Jimmy Carter is also remembered as a film buff

Georgia’s film and TV industry can, in part, thank Carter for its booming success. 

January 07, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza and Jon Voight pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Megalopolis' at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Photo by Daniel Cole/Invision/AP)

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  • Movies

Coppola's futuristic 'Megalopolis' premieres at Cannes with Hollywood stars and Atlanta credits

On Thursday, movie director Francis Ford Coppola's self-financed opus Megalopolis made its much-awaited premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The futuristic epic was filmed at Trilith Studios in Fayetteville, Ga., and other metro Atlanta locations.

May 17, 2024
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  • Associated Press ,
  • GPB News Staff ,
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Robert Kim met Francis Ford Coppola and is credited as an Elvis Impersonator in the new Georgia-filmed 'Megalopolis.'

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  • Movies

Robert Kim goes from singing at Georgia supermarkets to a role in new Coppola movie, ‘Megalopolis’

The singer, photographer and actor spoke with journalist Sammie Purcell about his life in show business, why he sings at Kroger and how he ended up in Megalopolis as an Elvis impersonator. 

May 17, 2024
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  • Sammie Purcell
Nicholas Galitzine as Hayes Campbell and Anne Hathaway as Solène Marchand stroll along Savannah's Waterfront in 'The Idea of You,' which also includes primary Atlanta locations.

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  • Movies

Saucy rom-com 'The Idea of You' masquerades as California but its locations are pure Georgia

The Prime Video streamer directed by Michael Showalter debuted online May 2 after an opening night presentation at the Atlanta Film Festival April 26, and its filming locations are garnering as much attention as its saucy plot.

May 03, 2024
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By:
  • GPB News Staff and
  • Kristi York Wooten

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  • Economy

Major changes looming for Georgia’s film tax credit

Georgia legislative leaders’ pledge to rein in some of the state’s generous tax breaks to industry is starting with the most expensive on the books: the film tax credit.

February 19, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
The Color Purple (2023) is filmed in Georgia locations including Savannah (pictured), Atlanta and Macon.

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  • News

Actor Louis Gossett Jr. visits Atlanta to discuss ‘The Color Purple,’ opening in theaters Dec. 25

Ahead of the Christmas Day release of the musical remake of The Color Purple, actor Louis Gossett Jr. stopped in Atlanta to talk about starring in the film and shooting in Georgia.

December 21, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
Visit Macon has been working with film scouts to identify potential scenes for Denzel Washington’s Netflix adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Piano Lesson, which is scheduled to shoot in Macon in January.

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  • Movies

Extras casting for Denzel Washington’s new Netflix movie filming in Macon

Director Malcolm Washington will be staging scenes for The Piano Lesson, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Depression-era play by August Wilson.

 

December 11, 2023
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  • Liz Fabian
Stranger Things Mural

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  • Arts & Life

Visit the Upside Down at these 8 ‘Stranger Things’ film locations in Georgia

If you’ve seen Stranger Things on Netflix, you know the show is full of '80s vibes like Radio Shack, funny hair trends, arcade games and skating rinks. But it's also full of Georgia scenery.

October 23, 2023
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  • Chelsea Madden
Springer Film Institute director Sara Lynn Herman, left, and playwright Natalia Temesgen, second from left, lead rehearsals for their upcoming webseries “Grounds,” which will be filmed over two days at Fountain City Coffee. The five-episode show is a series of five-minute vignettes that portray a day in the life of a Columbus coffeehouse. Columbus-natives Temesgen wrote the series, and Herman and her husband, Institute producer Jef Holbrook, will direct the production.

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Here’s why this Columbus television writer says she’s prepared to strike all summer

Columbus resident and television writer Natalia Temesgen fears the inability of production studios to see eye-to-eye with writers will lead the current strike to drag on for months.

May 24, 2023
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  • Brittany McGee
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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  • Sarah Rose
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
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
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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  • Sarah Rose
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