The film industry has become a massive aspect of Georgia’s economy, contributing upwards of $9 billion to the state. This has led to an increase in behind-the-camera film training programs, be it the Georgia Film Academy or other smaller options, such as the We Show Up program in Clayton County.

Several prominent celebrities have called on the film and television industry to protest the recent election victory of Brian Kemp as Georgia’s new governor by pulling productions out of Georgia.

Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz and their team are returning to Georgia to film episodes of the popular series “American Pickers” throughout the region in February 2019.

Despite accusations of voter suppression and calls for a boycott from Judd Apatow and other top Hollywood figures, the film and television industry is unlikely to pull out of Georgia.

In the days that have passed since Stacey Abrams lost the gubernatorial race in Georgia’s midterm elections to governor-elect Brian Kemp, many of Abrams’ famous supporters —including actress Alyssa Milano and Veep exec producer Frank Rich — have expressed their disappointment in the outcome by urging Hollywood not to film in the Peach State.

As interactive entertainment has asserted itself as a mainstream media form in recent years, it’s adopted norms of the more traditional entertainment industries, such as the production of annual award ceremonies.

The former LA Deputy City Attorney who prosecuted dozens of casting directors in a sweep of bogus actors’ workshops said tonight that industry professionals who violate an oft-ignored law to protect child actors from registered sex offenders could soon be the subjects of a similar undercover operation and prosecution.

A Georgia native is the youngest woman trader at the New York Stock Exchange, and now her story is being told on the big screen.