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There was no monkeying around this weekend over at Fox Studios, as summer set piece War for the Planet of the Apes took off in the US and Canada with $56.5 million in first place. With the first battle over, this weekend’s box office champ has made a nice beachhead but there are still a lot of skirmishes left to win before it can call its campaign victorious.
The Commissioner met with companies that have made significant investments in the state including the Pinewood Studios Group. Pinewood Studios Group represents Georgia’s rise to the top as a film destination. 320 film and television productions shot in Georgia in the past year.
“The state of Georgia has the most robust incentive program,” says Christine Dudley, director of the Illinois Film Office. “They incentivize anything that walks across the street.”
Matthew owns Matthew Head Productions and does a lot of work right here in Georgia. He is currently the musical producer for Greenleaf – the popular show on the OWN network.
David is the executive producer at Sumtuous Media. He talks about how they interact with clients in the region.
“It’s really a funny industry, because you might receive a call on Friday with a need for Monday, or even next day. These requests often seem spontaneous. The more we deal with the industry, the more proficient we have become in meeting the quick needs that arise last minute in entertainment.”
“We had 409 writers’ rooms in North America last year. About 15 or 16 of those writers’ rooms were in New York. All the rest were in Los Angeles.” GFA executive director Jeff Stepakoff
Last month, the Department of Education released the new Georgia Standards for Excellence in media, visual and theater arts, which revises the arts guidelines in the Georgia Performance Standards of 2009.
Eastwood is directing the movie. It will be called The 15:17 to Paris. According to imbd.com, the movie is based on american soldiers discovering a terrorist plot on a Paris-bound train.
To try and stem the exodus of industry workers to states like Georgia, which has a film incentive program worth more than $60 million, commissioners have largely supported a measure that would establish a county-based tax rebate incentive program.