Not counting the 2021 pandemic year when all theaters were closed, it’s the second lowest MLK 4-day weekend of the last 10 years with the marketplace now estimated to do $96.3M. The last time it was this low was 2022 with $85M, and that’s when Paramount/Spyglass’ Scream led with a $33.8M Friday-Monday opening.
As film and entertainment projects boom throughout Georgia, industry professionals say Forsyth County could become a hub for the “creative economy.”
Dunwoody gives filmmakers a combination of beautiful locations, top-of-the-line hotels and shopping, restaurants and all manner of amenities, world-class sound stages, expansive backlots, a bleeding-edge LED volume for virtual production, and every other type of professional service or production space a film team requires.
We’ll start off with an update carrying over from the fall 2024 season – Congratulations go out to the Truett McConnel Bears League of Legends team for their second place finish in the Fall NACE Open Plus Season – with that goes a shoutout to senior Landon Guthrie being named team Most Valuable Player.
The Georgia Department of Economic Development team specialized in supporting arts and culture, Georgia Council for the Arts, today announced that 10 Georgia communities have been selected to host a curated traveling exhibition of works from Georgia’s State Art Collection.
Trilith Institute is joining Georgia Entertainment at the 41st annual Sundance Film Festival as a presenting partner of its “From Script to Screen” programming. These events are designed for filmmakers, producers and directors attending the Sundance Film Festival to spotlight the state’s locations, infrastructure, world class studio facilities and incentives.
Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers will receive the Variety Showrunner Award at the 13th annual SCAD TVfest next month. The university’s signature event celebrating the best in TV and streaming, SCAD TVfest will screen at the state-of-the art SCADshow theater in Midtown Atlanta Feb. 5–7, 2025.
The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (AJFF) has revealed the lineup for its milestone 25th anniversary edition, running Feb. 19 to March 16. This year’s festival will present 50 films – 22 documentaries and 28 narrative works – that celebrate the diversity of Jewish experiences around the globe.
“Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” leads across the television categories with nine nominations, including recognition for stars Hart, Don Cheadle, Jackson, Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard.
Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the lineup for the Festival’s annual Beyond Film programming, a series of talks and…