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Story Mill’s future projects are slated to increase commerce in the city, in addition to employing locals.
“As the No. 1 state in the nation to do business, we have to prepare Georgians for the unprecedented opportunities coming our way by equipping students with the skills needed to succeed.”
This week’s episode focuses on all things “Games Week Georgia.” To end the year, Georgia celebrated the gaming and esports industries.
Andrew Capezzuto, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel at Georgia Department of Economic Development will be leaving to join Rivian as Director of Corporate Affairs.
The producers of Neon Highway, a feature film starring Beau Bridges and Rob Mayes, wrapped in 2021. Neon Highway was shot exclusively in Columbus, Pine Mountain and Hamilton, GA.
Havird Usry of Fat Man’s Hospitality Group sat down with Georgia Entertainment before the Unscripted Roadshow in Augusta to talk about how his family business is impacted by the entertainment industry.
An economic impact study commissioned by the New Mexico Film Office found the film industry directly spent $2.6 billion in the state over the past four years.
It was a diversified crop of family and adult films over the holidays that got us there, including Warner Bros‘ trifecta of Wonka (which is leading the four-day New Year’s box office with $30M), Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (4-day $23.5M), and The Color Purple ($15M 4-day), as well as adult movies like The Boys in the Boat ($11.2M 4-day) and even YA romantic comedy Anyone But You ($11M 4-day).
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he’s delivering the motion picture industry a $9 billion-plus year at the domestic box office, a feat many thought was unimaginable with the lack of a mega-tentpole over the holiday, coupled by a Q4 impacted by the double strikes.
We started the year with a glowing audit by the state of the video game development tax credit program. The Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts praised the program not only for its economic impact – almost $400 million of economic output in the audited period.