How does a local kid with dreams of creating movies get his foot in the door of Georgia’s billion-dollar film industry? Darrius Tucker of McDonough found a way.

This year, the global eSports industry is projected to grow to more than $900 million in revenue, a year-over-year growth of 38 percent. This fast-growing media empire holds promise of fame and fortune, involving big sponsors, sold-out tournaments and fan followings in the millions around the world.

The 14th annual MomoCon, a multi-genre convention for fans of all ages, celebrating gaming (video, board, live-action role playing (LARP)), music, costuming, comics, visual arts and voice acting, will take place May 24 through 27 at the Georgia World Congress Center and Omni Hotel in downtown Atlanta.

Next month, on June 9th, the inaugural Rejected Reels Film Festival will take place at Cinevision. The programming committee is excited to announce the 14 films the festival will showcase during the one-day event.

A slew of television series were cancelled late last week, and Atlanta-filmed shows were not immune.

U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., joined a bipartisan group of senators to introduce a major music license reform bill to bring outdated music licensing laws into the 21st century and create a fairer marketplace for songwriters and other content creators.

After criticizing his predecessor’s use of tax incentives as an overused tool that yielded questionable returns, Gov. Phil Murphy is poised to bring back a film credit program that could lose up to $425 million.

Join GGDA for the second episode of the “Game Dev News Network” 7:30 pm EST May 22 on YouTube, Twitch and Mixer!

Tim Hightower, a pinball enthusiast and set dresser for Georgia-filmed television and motion pictures, this week launched a Kickstarter campaign looking to raise $250,000 to open Atlanta Pinball Museum.

Mermaids are coming to Mississippi in a new movie set to be released this summer.