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Louisiana’s new film incentive laws were intended to attract more television series, which employ crew members for longer periods of time and offer the possibility of economic impact from future seasons.
Speaking of vendors, this will be the second year ShowSouth’s tradeshow takes place in the Château Elan’s 10,000-square-foot Paris Ballroom, which completed construction in late 2015.
“We are honored that Georgia State has become one of the Georgia Esports League’s inaugural members,” said Andrew Greenberg, president of the Georgia Game Developers Association, the organization sponsoring GEL.
Aprio is one of the largest accounting firms in the Southeast and has a thriving tax business. As a CPA focused on State and Local tax, Jess interacts frequently with executives within the entertainment space exploring strategies related to incentives and credits.
The state had 52 productions budgeted over $1 million each last fiscal year, with several written and directed by local New Mexico filmmakers. Studio features also continue to choose New Mexico to make their big budget and mid-range films.
Pennsylvania’s film tax credit program, wasting about $60 million annually, has a winner-picking sequel: a similar program for touring productions that build, rehearse and perform stage shows in the state.
The Walking Dead is nominated for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role and Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or a Special, which Greg Nicotero and his team won in 2011 and 2012.
The workshop, “RIFF 101- An introduction to our local international film festival,” is being offered to encourage local residents to attend the 4-day film festival, now in its 14th year in Rome.
A nuclear bomb was ‘irretrievably lost’ off the coast of Savannah, Georgia some 50 years ago and now has become the backdrop for a film.
Gay Hammond, director of WonderQuest, has adapted Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale of the man-cub Mowgli and his funny, faithful friends, Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther in their wild adventures.