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Georgia’s movie industry still raking in big bucks

Newnan-Coweta Chamber President and CEO Candace Boothby led the conversation with Mitch Seabaugh, former State Senator and former Senate Majority Whip; Scott Tigchelaar, President of Senoia Enterprises Inc. and Nic & Norman’s Inc.; and Greg Torre, deputy commissioner of marketing and communications with the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

Senate tax bill could aid booming Georgia film industry

Elected officials have pointed to billions in direct and indirect economic activity generated by the industry — Gov. Nathan Deal’s office estimated film and television production generated some $9.5 billion in economic development during fiscal 2017.

World Box Office: Coco takes first pace from Justice League

The five-day Thanksgiving holiday take was $71.2 million. Coco, which features the voices of Gael García Bernal, Anthony Gonzalez, and Benjamin Bratt, is about a boy in a Mexican village who travels to the underworld after defying his family’s wishes and playing a magical guitar on Dia de los Muertos.

A Leap Forward for Animation in Georgia

We created this new annual event because — out of more than 100 professionally focused degree programs at SCAD — animation is by far our most popular major, followed by fashion, film and television, graphic design, and illustration.

TV crew films in downtown Villa Rica

The scene was for the TV show “Hap & Leonard,” which is now filming its third season. The show is based on a series of novels by Joe Lansdale, and is currently the highest rated program on Sundance TV.

How Are Filming Locations Picked In Georgia?

It’s Firestone’s job to know Georgia – its landscape and attractions, its highways, its small town squares – so when productions come looking for viable places to shoot, he’s ready with a few suggestions.

Macon theater one of three in state to show Coco in Spanish

“Coco” opened in U.S. theaters last week. It was first released in Mexico and, according to some reports, enough people asked for the film to be released in Spanish that Pixar decided to offer either Spanish-dubbed versions or screenings with Spanish subtitles in the U.S.

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