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Currently in production in the Georgia capital, the film centers on a sentient AI chauffeur bot that escapes the lab and begins killing reckless drivers under the guise of public safety. Its grief-stricken creator must stop the carnage before the machine evolves into the embodiment of AI gone bad.

SCAD is a global leader in creative AI education, hosting annual summits that bring together top voices and powerhouses in business, entertainment, design, and tech, including Google, Meta, Adobe, Deloitte, Maison Meta, ServiceNow, Gensler, NVIDIA, and Netflix. These events offer SCAD students a front-row seat to explore emergent trends and the future of intelligent systems — connecting them directly with major employers in the AI space who are pioneering what’s next.

Georgia was on full display during the Toronto International Film Festival, spotlighting the state's cinematic achievements, locations and industry infrastructure. Georgia Entertainment's From Script to Screen programming during TIFF 50 included an expert panel and a cocktail soirée.

When we started in 2012, we were dealing predominantly with movie studios and video game companies, which are still loyal clients. But now, we often work with technology companies like Amazon that also have film studios. So the structure [of the media we are serving] is always changing so fast.

Last Rites had all the blessings from its fans this weekend, who made the film the third highest opening ever for a horror movie at the domestic B.O. with $83M and the second biggest worldwide at $187M. The Conjuring: Last Rites‘ opening is technically also the biggest opening in Blumhouse/Atomic Monster history surpassing Five Nights at Freddy’s $80M. The two companies merged in January 2024.

Known for his visually stunning blockbuster films and kinetic work across various genres, Chu carries a unique storytelling ability that has earned him the honor of inclusion on The Hollywood Reporter’s Power 100 list as well as Variety’s New Hollywood Leaders. Most recently, Chu directed Universal Pictures’ critically acclaimed Wicked, starring Academy Award-nominated actors Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, which garnered 10 Oscar nominations, among them Best Picture.

Thanks to generous support from the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation, the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art will host their fifth-annual Grandparents Day celebration from noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 14, 2025, on the Woodruff Arts Center’s campus.

The Savannah Music Commission, which was created with the passage of HB 762 by Rep. Carl Gilliard (Savannah), came together for its first meeting at the Savannah Convention Center on Friday, August 29.

Georgia was one of the first to reopen. And so we saw some of the traffic that was slated to go to other states end up in Georgia. We also saw a pent-up demand, y'know, of all of the streaming services trying to keep up with the demand of the viewership. And we also saw they were all kind of beefing up their slates.

Dakin began her film industry career in 2018, and this year she worked as travel coordinator on eight episodes of series “The Bondsman” with Kevin Bacon [Amazon Prime Video, 2025]. We caught up with her to learn exactly what her role entails and why she’s drawn to such a demanding, everchanging industry.