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The February 4 event includes a concert by Grammy-nominated Chicago blues guitarist Lurrie Bell, and beer samplings including Rollin’ & Stumblin’, a limited release double IPA and the big brother to the popular festival IPA.
Georgia Film News recently spoke with Kris Bagwell, Executive Vice President at EUE/Screen Gems Studios Atlanta. During our time together, Bagwell shared the history of Atlanta’s first full-service “physical” production studio spanning 33 acres with 300,000 square feet of furnished office and production space.
This is not the first time Marvel will be shooting at both Atlanta and The United Kingdom, and in fact, they have been producing films in both locations plenty of times.
Scott Jacobs, President of Tytan Pictures provides new details of the new studio the company is building in Eatonton, Georgia.
The drama will focus on FBI profiler Jim Fitzgerald, whose old-school linguistic skills eventually helped catch Ted Kaczynski, a recluse known as the Unabomber who sent explosives through the mail over the course of nearly 20 years.
People across the nation and internationally will get a chance to see contestants in Howard Gilman Memorial Park, strolling along the St. Marys River and enjoying the park fountain.
“But then there’s the issue of cost. You’ve got to juggle what’s worth more to you: Do you want another 10 cars and 200 extras or do you want one less shooting day? There’s that kind of math that goes into it. We were as close as the Georgia tax rebate away.” Ben Affleck
The launch of Georgia’s Undead Trail was Dec. 29. A brochure will take visitors on a 93-mile journey through urban landscapes and trendy downtowns that have all been the backdrop of television series depicting zombies and vampires.
During each month of the spring semester, a film related to an anthropological topic will be screened. The Society plans to screen films of interest to a broad University audience that will encourage viewers to think about what it means to be human.
Atlanta Producer Ed Richardson is now in active development on a feature film adaptation of Georgia native Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man Is Hard To Find. Richardson, also the owner of Atlanta based R&R Productions Worldwide, is producing with Mike Sears and David Zander.