It’s the most wonderful time of the year!…for holiday movies, we mean. Come November, your television is full of commercials for box office and small screen films set around Christmas and other winter holidays

In its second week of release Thor: Ragnarok took again first place on the US box office chart with $56.6 million, while second place belonged to newly opened Daddy’s Home 2. 

The University of Georgia’s esports team won both the Brawlhalla and Paladins championships at the Georgia Esports League state championships Oct. 8.

Joseph Cross will make his directorial debut on the indie drama “Summer Night.” “The Spectacular Now” helmer James Ponsoldt will produce the film. It just wrapped in Coweta County. 

A film starting Ryan Gosling is scheduled to shoot in Central Georgia next week.  According to a permit from the City of Perry the movie, “First Man” will film scenes Nov. 20-21 near the Georgia National Fairgrounds. 

“The MPAA looks forward to continued work with Rep. Goodlatte to advance American creativity in the 115th Congress, and we wish him luck in his future endeavors.”

NY Assemblyman John McDonald is pushing a $50 million tax credit program for the video game industry in New York state, and he is hoping that if adopted as part of next year’s budget that it could help grow an industry that has taken hold.

Todd Fischer and Ashley Cambron, familiar faces at various Atlanta area studios and film sets since their arrival in Georgia this year, were indicted on theft charges in Indiana earlier this month.

Rome’s mayor and city manager is here, as well as several members of the business community. There are even look-alikes of the characters from one of Reynolds’ most famous films, “Smokey and the Bandit”.

One new trend in gaming that is changing things is the early access model. Games can be announced and released before they are even finished–and this can be extremely lucrative.