“We have the complete package,” Lee Thomas says. The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s deputy commissioner for film, music, and digital entertainment is enumerating the reasons the state makes for an attractive filming destination prior to and independent of the incentive.

The film is no stranger to changes, having shifted production last minute from Canada to Georgia back in March.

The author has a cameo in the movie – In the beginning of the film when Kathy Bates is attending a women’s group the author is the woman that directs the ladies to use their mirrors to look at their southward regions.

Houston will perform in an upcoming movie, “Killer Issues,” that will be shot in his hometown of Blakely, Georgia. The movie, which is being created as a pilot for Netflix, is the first of a series of independent movies that will be filmed in Blakely.

Commissioner Wilsons’ staff included Bert Brentley, COO, Tom Croteau Deputy Commissioner of Global Commerce, and Lee Thomas Deputy Commissioner of the Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office.

Fellow newcomer Logan Lucky did break the top ten but played its cards completely wrong and only landed $8 million after its first frame in North America.

Among the notable national acts playing in Forsyth Park that weekend are vocalist Carmen Bradford,tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson and guitarist Randy Napoleon.

“Music scoring for motion pictures is really where the jobs are for musicians and that’s not happening in L.A.”

The event will have signature WIFTA cocktails, provisions & music by DJ Adora Tokyo. Bbeer, wine & other spirits will be served as well.

For the production’s most complex sequence of the heist, Atlanta Motor Speedway served as the location for many of the close-ups of race cars in action.