“CINEMA’s mission of providing 20 opportunity youth with the resources, knowledge and support necessary to obtain entry-level jobs in Georgia’s entertainment industry is not only revolutionary, but critical in our endeavor to make the entertainment business a more diverse, inclusive and egalitarian space,” said Taharka Davis, CINEMA Project director.
It wasn’t just football fans that enjoyed activities during Super Bowl LIII week in Atlanta. Atlanta children of all ages that have a passion for technology received a day off from school as they enjoyed 50 hands-on exhibits and interactive experience at the STEM WARS eSports Bowl for Super Bowl LIII.
The judges have worked on several award winning and popular projects, i.e., The Walking Dead, Black Lightning, Black Panther, Halt & Catch Fire, Meet the Browns, and Baby Driver.
“We really need to bring these jobs back to Florida instead of giving up all our economic development to Georgia, Louisiana and California, too,” Stewart said.
“Our number one goal is to bring people to Valdosta,” said Jason Brown, South Georgia Film Festival director. “We want to provide a venue where filmmakers want to show their work here. While they’re here, we want to show them why they should make their next film here.”
“When the North Carolina film tax credit dried up there was a mass exodus,” said Lucy Keller, a graduate of the University of North Carolina – Wilmington. “Many of my friends were quick to get out and when they told me about the opportunities in the film industry in Georgia, I was in.”
The documentary, filmed over the course of a single school year, follows five students and their families as the students cope with cruelty from classmates while trying to fit in.
Two productions – HBO’s “Brooklyn” TV series and the film “Jumanji 2” – have required days-long street closures and detours for vehicles and pedestrians already this year.
He’s going though some things that are very relatable, and the biggest difference I see between me and him are the method of coping for the obstacles he’s going through,” Perkins said. “I could have been just like my character in another life.”
In the five-time Oscar nominated movie Green Book, New Orleans, Louisiana becomes, for a cinematic moment or two, Macon, Georgia.
“Any opportunity we have to be able to share with community, both good films and good topics that can reflect on what was going on here, in our community, we want to do that,” said Jason Brown, the South Georgia Film Festival director.
Sklar attended an introductory class on the film business taught by producer Linda Burns, did her own research and started attending film industry events “to try to up my game and understand it better,” she said.
“That people just kind of think that it’s okay and they can get away with it at all and I hope if anything this sends a message that we at Film Club take this stuff seriously.”
Former Gov. Eric Greitens and allies ended the state’s involvement in the program, but Parson said the state could again issue those credits if the Legislature reforms the program.
Georgia is one of eight states to make Esports an official school team sport, complete with a state championship, while five other states offered Esports this past fall as a club sport.
Killion has introduced legislation to raise the cap on the state’s film production tax credit program from $65 million to $125 million. The program is used to attract movie and TV productions from around the country, which bolsters economic activity throughout the state.
When the network renewed Atlanta for a third season last June, it was expected to return in 2019 but it’s become clear that’s no longer possible.
Sig Mosley, has been privy to the potential of technology long before it reared its head into the world of Esports. As the most prolific investor in the southeast, Mosley is confident that this contribution to Axis Replay and the gaming industry will prove to provide an immediate impact.
Between the Super Bowl and freezing temperatures across much of the Midwest and northeastern United States, this weekend turned out to be a dull affair at the domestic box office. Glass remained number one again with a $9.5 million third frame.
The film entitled “Fair Game: Surviving A 1960 Georgia Lynching” profiles the tiny Blakely community, where 24 known black men were lynched, and where, in 1960, a black New Jersey Navy veteran risked becoming the 25th victim.
Kris Bagwell is Executive Vice President at EUE/Screen Gems Studios. Today he shares how they work with politicians to educate and communicate issues.
Charli Traylor is the Practice Leader of Frazier Deeter’s Entertainment Group. Today she talks about the value clients place in the business environment and mainly the tax incentives available to produce in Georgia.
The film follows three refugees and a former member of the Ku Klux Klan as they grapple with their identities and their relationships with the town of Clarkston, all while America is experiencing its own crisis of identity.
Jones, 27, was a camera assistant on the never-finished movie “Midnight Rider,” based on the life of the Allman Brothers Band singer.
The Showboat Theater on South Eden Plantation in Thomasville looks like your average, run-of-the-mill playhouse. But, if only these walls could talk.
“In my mind, they kind of stole the momentum from the state of New Mexico – and we’re going to steal it back,” Lujan Grisham said. “We have to remove a disincentive for folks to be filming here.”
“It has been enough to keep a couple big (TV) shows in the state, and some video game productions and a couple of big movies. But we’re on life support.” Mindy Raymond, Texas Motion Picture Alliance
Since his murder, the dash cam video has become one of the most infamous police dash cam videos ever captured.
In a slow weekend at the US box office, last frame’s top three held their spots and shrugged off a small crop of unsuccessful newcomers. Universal and Bulmhouse’s Glass stayed at number one with $19 million, taking its total domestic sales to $73.5 million after less than two full weeks in theaters.
The long-awaited Academy Awards nominations have been announced, with nine of the nominated films having worked with Studios over the course of their production.
Now in its seventh year, the university’s annual signature event celebrating the television industry will be held at SCADshow on Feb. 7-9, 2019. Entertainment Weekly (EW) will serve as the first ever Official Media Partner for SCAD aTVfest.
CINEMA is a workforce development initiative that will train and provide new opportunities to 18-24-year-olds who are disconnected from work and/or education to obtain entry-level jobs
Former Gov. Nathan Deal introduced Georgian of the Year Lee Thomas, deputy commissioner of the Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment office.
COED President Misti Martin and COED Film Projects Manager Molly Mercer spoke at the opening of the event, recapping the increasing filming in the county and the state and encouraging event attendees to bring more shows and films to the area.
The Columbus Film Commission announced its plan to position Columbus, Georgia, as the state’s third film hub during the “Choose Georgia” event at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Representative Josh Bonner talks about how the film industry has impacted his district as well as the segments that benefit like housing.
The $65 million in film tax credits Pennsylvania offers each year may not be enough to convince many film producers to bring their business to the state, but it does likely help keep productions in Pennsylvania that might otherwise leave, the state Independent Fiscal Office reports.
The CollegeTown Film Series compliments student life activities, supports downtown revitalization and gives students an enriching experience in Middle Georgia’s historically significant and completely restored Douglass Theatre.
Peel back the shiny surface and who congeals all this revolutionary activity is native son Jeffrey Stepakoff, the steam engine behind our state’s business of film entertainment.
The global TV analytics firm announced the news during the inaugural Global TV Demand Awards. AMC’s undead drama The Walking Dead was the most in-demand TV series in the world while the nostalgic Netflix sci-fi series Stranger Things was the Most In-Demand Digital Original Series in the World.
Directed by Ashley Avis, “Adolescence” is about a teenager from an abusive household (Mickey River) who falls in love with a free-spirited runaway (India Eisley) that leads him into the fast-lane lifestyle of drugs and addiction which threatens to destroy him.
Students work on-set during the program and are ready to go to work when they complete it. The Georgia Film Academy program offered at Savannah Technical College is designed to prepare students specifically for what he calls “below the line” positions in television and films.
Small business owners say they hope a new fair approach can be reached since recent productions paid some local businesses for their lost earnings and not others.
Jim Stone is CEO of Tytan Pictures. Today he talks about securing the crew for film projects and how they are working in the community to help educate young school aged kids about the entertainment industry.
Netflix joins other leading producers of film and television content that make up the MPAA, including Disney, Paramount, Sony, Fox, Universal, and Warner Bros.
Qualifying international and local film and TV projects will be able to access both immediately, as long as the amount they receive does not exceed 50% of each project’s total production spend.
The caucus’ mission is to “create a dialogue that bridges the gap between politicians, entertainment professionals and the community and shares the importance of activism always and not only during highly-publicized events.”
State Representative Josh Bonner (R-Fayetteville) was recently named Vice Chair of the House Working Group on Creative Arts & Entertainment by House Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge).
One suspect, Dewayne Antwain Williams, 49, has been transferred to the Gwinnett County Detention Center and remains in custody without bail as of Tuesday morning. The driver of the second vehicle has not been identified.
Drew Sawyer of Moonshine Post talks about the need for producers in Georgia to connect and collaborate at events like Georgia Entertainment and other affairs.
he Actor is more than just a trophy, however. He symbolizes the art and craft of acting, and receiving one is recognition of an outstanding performance.
It’s easy to look back over your lifetime and wish you had evidence of some of the big moments. But for filmmaker and artist Bennie Mitchell III, that’s not a problem.
Hi-Rez Studios has revealed the teams participating in its restructured SMITE and Paladins professional leagues.
Hosted by the Valdosta-Lowndes Chamber of Commerce, the breakfast is an annual event for business owners to have an inside look at how the economy is expected to perform in the upcoming year, said Betty Morgan, vice president for business development with the chamber.
Tweed’s creator is Andrew Ratcliffe, a native of Georgia with a twenty-two-year history in the audio recording industry and a part owner of the recently revived Sound Techniques console company that will feature several formats of the new consoles throughout the Tweed facilities.
What really goes on behind the scenes of a movie set? That’s what award-winning journalist Meredith Jordan set out to answer in “BELOW THE LINE: Anatomy of a Successful Movie” to be released by Citation Press.
Alex talks to us about the process they use in working with clients in the film and entertainment space.
Rick Strawn is CEO of Paradigm Security Services. Today, he offers an example of why sites must be secure.
The screening of a new documentary profiling a Southwest Georgia town infamous for lynching will help mark Black History Month at Georgia Institute of Technology next month.
For Taylor Vickers the journey from the runway to the production site began in earnest when she joined her husband Dodd Vickers as he worked as a location manager for “Sharp Objects,” the popular 2018 mini-series starring Amy Adams filmed in Barnesville.
Kentucky lawmakers said the incentives could be reviewed again. “We do have to make sure that if we’re using taxpayer money we’re truly getting a return on that investment,” Democratic Senator Morgan McGarvey said.
Following up on the report of best large cities where Atlanta ranked 2nd, MovieMaker has released its best small cities to live in. #1 is Savannah.
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston announced Wednesday he’s starting a legislative effort to further boost the state’s booming film, TV and entertainment industry.
State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said today that 2018 was another banner year for Georgia with increases in jobs, work force and employed residents.
Laurie talks about their partnerships with brands and filmmakers and how they interact with their clients.
“The film business as we know it is never going back to Los Angeles. It’s a jump ball in terms of what the next big city that could build the industry is going to be,” director Joe Carnahan
This news marks a 48% subscriber increase year over year and catapults Hulu’s customer reach beyond that of the country’s largest cable and satellite pay TV providers.
Productions that spend more than half of their total budget in Massachusetts or film at least half the time in the state are eligible for a 25 percent production credit and a sales tax exemption, with the same $50,000 minimum in-state spend mentioned above.
Founded in 2011, this year marks the 8th annual awards program for the critics group. GAFCA is made up of 32 film critics from around the state, representing print, television, radio and online media.
COE professor Regina Rahimi, Ed.D., explained that the film highlights topics that are relevant for teachers, principals, parents and others working with today’s youth.
MomoCon is one of the fastest growing “all ages” conventions in the country, with more than 38,000 unique and 110,000 turnstile visitors expected in 2019. Fans of Japanese Anime, American Animation, Comics and Gaming (Video, Tabletop, LARP) will celebrate their passion with hours of panels and sessions.
The film industry brought in about $900 million for North Carolina from 2012-14, according to Zapple, and about $500 million for New Hanover County.
In his role as a professor of practice at the Creative Media Industries Institute, James Martin teaches Georgia State University students how to use the latest hardware and software to create 3-D, real-time animation.
Most parties, especially at the beginning of a relationship, rarely think about potential litigation that could happen down the road. This is especially true in the entertainment industry where agreements are mostly handshake or oral.
We sat down with Chris Escobar recently and he explained that they are as “independent as the films they show.” He walks us through the organization and some of the misperceptions people have of what they do.
“A 2017 study of Louisiana’s system found that film tax credits cost the state $282.6 million in 2016 and generated $63.2 million in taxes. That was a net loss of more than $200 million.”
In January 2018, the MPAA joined Netflix in an amicus brief in the California Court of Appeal in support of FX, warning that upholding the Superior Court’s decision denying FX’s anti-SLAPP motion would seriously chill artistic freedom and public discourse.
Think of some of the most jaw-dropping scenes and sequences you’ve ever seen. Chances are, a number of them were only made possible by wide shots.
Awards season has well and truly kicked off this week. Roma, which completed foley and sound mix with Pinewood Creative’s audio team, has won ‘Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language’ and ‘Best Director – Motion Picture’ at the Golden Globes and has been nominated for 7 BAFTAS.
The Macon Film Guild presents “The Guilty” Sunday as its first film of 2019. It’s a Danish thriller reviewers praise with words like “intense” and “taunt.”
Sean Powers is director of podcasting at Georgia Public Broadcasting, the statewide NPR and PBS affiliate. He has developed new podcasts over the last few months, but there is one we want to share with you. It’s called “The Credits.”
Always subject to change and often set before filming begins, here is the latest info on release dates for projects that filmed in Georgia.
AMC Theatres is spending the holidays with its AMC Stubs A-List family; a family that is growing by leaps and bounds every day. Six months to the day that the A-List launched, AMC is excited to announce the program has surpassed more than 600,000 members.
Film and entertainment continued to be an integral part of Georgia’s growing economy in 2018, and shows few signs of slowing down.
One of the most highly-anticipated sequels out there, “Bad Boys for Life,” has just started production in Georgia. Hours before the 76th annual Golden Globes, Will Smith teased the first day of filming of the third installment of the Bad Boys action film series, co-starring Martin Lawrence.
The Recording Industry Association of America announced that Mitch Glazier has formally taken office as Chairman and CEO of the recording industry trade group.
eSports, or multiplayer, spectator-focused competitive video games, is experiencing global growth — and thriving in Georgia. With the video game industry’s economic impact topping $750 million in Georgia in 2017, the latest figures available, 2018 showed to be another pivotal year.
The Georgia Film Critics Association has announced their slate of nominees for the 2018 GAFCA Awards. Founded in 2011, this year marks the 8th annual awards program for the critics group. GAFCA is made up of 32 film critics from around the state, representing print, television, radio and online media.
Although Georgia is the backdrop for more films than most anywhere else in the world, the Peach State was left out of the winner’s circle during Sunday’s Golden Globes awards.
On June 7, Charlie Shaw’s daylily farm looked the best it ever had. And just a few days later, it looked its worst.
Jess shares with us the reasons for Inception being his favorite movie.
Georgia Production Partnership, the Atlanta Film Society and Production Consultants & Equipment (PC&E) are proud to present The PA Academy.
Stand-up comics who do theater or arena shows like to test out material in the place where they started: comedy clubs.
Travis Scott will join the Super Bowl halftime show in Atlanta with Maroon 5, according to TMZ.
The emergence of Looping Atlanta is one of the biggest happenings right now in the Film and TV industry in Atlanta. Led by Voice-Over Veterans, Grant George and Jessica Gee-George, who bring their 30 plus years of experience on major Television Shows and Blockbuster Movies, Looping Atlanta provides best-in-class Walla, Looping, ADR, Dubbing and Voice Casting for Film and TV Projects.
2017 was a big year for collegiate eSports. The list of U.S. colleges offering varsity eSports programs grew to at least 56 institutions.
“Over the past several years through marketing and direct day to day contact with the industry we have been able to increase the awareness of all Savannah has to offer for tv series, feature films, commercials and more.” – Executive Director of the Savannah Area Film Office Beth Nelson.
Hailed as the most significant tax-advantaged investment solution of its kind, the Opportunity Zone (OZ) program presents profound tax savings and investment opportunities for investors. Introduced last year in the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, the OZ program intently promotes long-term investments to stimulate designated Opportunity Zones in each state.
Financial Planner at Creative Financial Group Crystal Stevens talks about the recent tax law changes. For all individuals and businesses in the entertainment space, it is so important to make sure you have the right information.
Drew takes a moment to educate potential investors of independent productions.