A live-action remake of “Lady and the Tramp” will be filming in Savannah this fall, with the production title “Goodbye Stranger.” Filming is scheduled to begin Sept. 10, and end Nov. 7.
Georgia studios Crafty Apes and Moonshine Post-Production have collaborated on the production of AMC Networks original series, “Lodge 49″ — the new series will debut on Monday, August 6 at 10pm EST.
By Cameron McAllister I first met Marisa Ginger Tontaveetong while working for the Atlanta Film Society in 2014. She was…
Valdosta State University Mass Media students recently met with a film industry professional for a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to create the various scenes inside a multi-million dollar movie.
AFFIRM Films, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. company, and Provident Films announce that principal photography has concluded for OVERCOMER, an inspirational new sports drama from Alex and Stephen Kendrick, the creators of WAR ROOM.
There’s an updated Help Wanted Hotline from the Georgia Department of Economic Development, with several productions looking for crewmembers right now.
The trip to San Diego’s Comic-Con was an emotional one this year for the cast of The Walking Dead.
Olamide Zaccheaus had to quit. Things had gotten out of hand — he was addicted.
Tom Cruise does it again. Despite an ankle injury that came from his desire to do most of his own stunts that delayed production, the movie was a hit on opening weekend. It brought in a massive $153.5 million with $92 million coming internationally. Mammia Mia! Here We Go Again came it at second in their second weekend.
Jeff shares with us some information about Aprio and goes over some of the many services they provide including tax advisory.
Drew talks to us about investing in independent films, the fears investors have, and the right way to invest in independent films so those fears are not realized.
Cox Communications announced that YouTube Kids and NPR One are now available for Contour customers, providing seamless access to video and audio content choices right alongside TV programming, On Demand content, DVR recordings and more.
MoviePass is on life support.
Kemp reiterated his support for state legislation that would replicate a federal law providing legal protection to individuals and businesses who tailor business practices to their religious beliefs. Opponents of the laws, which exist in several neighboring states, argue that they allow discrimination against serving or employing homosexuals and transgender people.
Outside a fourth floor elevator at St. Francis Hospital, the Lord was at work.
Branden Lee Roth has written and starred in his own short films before, but this time around, the Worthington native was working on a tight deadline.
In the new HBO miniseries “Sharp Objects,” a St. Louis newspaper editor dispatches one of his reporters to Missouri’s Bootheel to investigate the murder of a girl.
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) is looking to bring eSports competitions to high schools across the nation.
Creative Rights Caucus Co-Chairs Representative Judy Chu (CA-27) and Representative Doug Collins (GA-9) hosted a first-of-its-kind interactive event on Capitol Hill, featuring a working set with production crew members and professional actors, along with demonstrations that showcased a variety of production-related jobs.
Linda Burns is partnering with the Atlanta Film Society to teach this fascinating class on film business. Students will learn the basics of the business – development to sale, terminology, crew positions, definitions, and hierarchy. They will also get an overview of the film and television industry, including commercials, industrials, and music videos.
Steven Harrison comes to Red Willow Talent at the peek of its growth. As the new “Administrative Assistant of Talent” he brings with him a wealth of knowledge that he has gained from his studies at SCAD in Savannah along with his on the job experiences.
The Augusta Indie Film Festival was on July 22 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Poppin Stop on Windsor Spring Road. The event featured six films ranging from horror to comedy to drama.
It’s been sitting there for decades rusting and waiting, but the Regency Mall property may have just the right look to break into showbiz.
The movie theater experience seems to be in flux. While there is an appeal to visiting the theater with the more recent Savannah weather patterns — smoldering heat one day and rains leading to flooding downtown the next — one would assume there is still an audience to head out to the megaplex to catch the latest blockbuster offering.
The National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) hosted its first-ever national convention at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, July 18-20, 2018.
Georgia’s movie industry is opening up new opportunities for Georgia schools.
Cox Enterprises, Inc. announced that it is exploring strategic options for its ownership or other interest in 14 broadcast television stations, including partnering or merging these stations into a larger TV company.
Here’s a look at nearly all of the series and movies shooting around Atlanta and Georgia for the week of July 23rd.
It’s a wrap on production for a movie recently filmed in the Fountain City.
The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival will celebrate the opening of the new Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center with an encore presentation of “Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel,” a stirring, family-friendly story of sports, patriotism and personal identity.
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) is looking to bring eSports competitions to high schools across the nation.
The Equalizer 2 beat out Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again in the US by a slight margin of $1.4 million. Abroad, however, it was a different story. Mamma Mia! earned more overseas earning $42.4 million. The Rock’s Skyscraper continues to do disappointingly in the US but great in China.
Charles talks to us about how Savannah is killing it in the film industry this year despite Georgia’s overall downward slope. Gemini Man brought in major money and three other movies are currently in production.
The third piece of Marvel’s successful “Guardians Of The Galaxy” franchise hit a snag late last week after Disney fired its popular director because of years-old jokes posted on Twitter.
Blavity, a technology and media company aimed at black millennials, recently closed $6.5 million in new funding.
Craig talks to us about how the growth in Georgia’s film industry due to the tax credits is affecting the state. The boom in the industry not only has resulted in more jobs but also a growth in infrastructure.
In a now-infamous rant that originated in the DVD bonus features of his last film to date, 2006′s “Inland Empire,” filmmaker David Lynch expressed profound distaste at the notion of watching a movie on a mobile device.
Clint Eastwood and his production team have wrapped up filming in Augusta.
Rob Hardy loves Atlanta. Despite being a native Philadelphian, one of the first things you learn is how much he has embraced “The A” as his own after living here for more than 20 years.
SCAD seeks nationally recognized candidates to join the university’s Savannah location as a professor of production design and themed entertainment design.
On-location filming in Los Angeles dropped by 5.2% in the second quarter, due to a 15.1% decline in television shooting, FilmL.A. reported Thursday.
The man at the heart of the zombie apocalypse is indeed stepping away.
Did you know that you could get a scholarship for playing video games?
Tyra Banks is in Atlanta now shooting a sequel to her 2000 film “Life Size” where she plays a Barbie-like doll who comes to life.
The 70th-anniversary celebration of “Murder in Coweta County” began Tuesday night with a screening of the film and short interview with the movie’s producer, Dick Atkins.
The Disney-Fox merger is about to become a reality.
Throughout the United States, more and more universities are offering funded varsity esports programs.
Curious about what’s happening in the new Springer Film Institute? Gather at the Springer as we open the doors to the Springer Film Institute’s first soundstage, the newly-constructed Studio 7, and meet the director and producer of SFI.
Valdosta State University students are working with the South Georgia Regional Library System to create a feature film set at the new Willis L. Miller Library, which will hold its grand opening at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 28, at 2906 Julia Drive.
When New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on July 3 signed film and TV tax credit legislation that would allocate up to $85 million per year over the next five years to projects in the state, he pledged that the move would allow the state to “regain a competitive footing.”
The Georgia Film Academy program at Savannah Tech provides the perfect pathway to a rewarding career in the film industry. The program was designed to be hands-on so our students can “learn by doing”.
Marian talks to us about her journey as a stunt woman and how it led her from California to Georgia. Georgia reignited her career starting with a role in Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which was filmed in Atlanta.
At the 70th Annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations ceremony, the Television Academy announced that Hulu and its content creators received a total of 27 Emmy Award nominations.
The Sundance Film Festival has grown at a record pace over the past three years, with year-on-year increases in attendance, wages, jobs created, tax revenue and economic impact for Utah.
It’s been four weeks since the death of “Thumbs Up” Mike Gentry in Harrisburg, and the site of his memorial hasn’t changed – neither have the faint sounds of police sirens.
“How long will Atlanta’s retail boom last?” That is the multibillion-dollar question everyone in the market is asking themselves. Nobody knows for sure, although there are many valid reasons to think that Atlanta will sustain its growth through 2018 and beyond.
Asura, a fantasy epic based on Buddhist mythology touted as the most expensive Chinese film ever made, has been pulled from theaters after a dismal opening weekend.
Entropia is a short musically-themed thriller set in the Polish neighborhood of Philadelphia – Port Richmond – where an immigrant master piano restorer gets embroiled in an insurance scam that tests his sense of Old World integrity.
While the Rock considers a 2020 Presidential run, his recent film, Skyscraper, was soundly defeated by the animated film Hotel Transylvania 3. The animated vampires took home $100 million while the gritty former WWE star brought in only $28.8 million.
While the third season of “Stranger Things” will apparently include a new hangout, the Georgia backdrop remains for the award-winning series.
Eric talks about his experience in LA and Georgia with raising capital and dealing with private check-writers. A tidbit he has learned is to make sure the investor desires strongly to be involved in the film industry and the specific project they are funding.
Actor, Director, Producer Jason Bateman and Netflix have cemented their creative partnership as Aggregate, Bateman’s production company, solidifies a first-look, multi-year deal across film and television.
For more than a decade, Atlanta’s HowStuffWorks has built a popular podcast network primarily on shows that are informative, accessible and light-hearted.
“Atlanta Podcast,” the biggest podcast of the year, released a soundtrack last week — so you can listen to the brilliantly dark, evocative music that producer Makeup and Vanity Set created to underscore the podcast’s grim story of the Atlanta child murders.
New York Times best-selling author, motivational speaker, and evangelist Priscilla Shirer took to Instagram Wednesday to alert her fans that she was going to be at Lifeway Christian Bookstore in Columbus Park Crossing for a meet and greet.
Ultramarathoner Karl Meltzer, who speed-hiked the Appalachian Trail with the help of beer and bacon, is celebrated in a new…
If it were a Hollywood motion picture, the suspense would be building slowly as to whether or not Columbus can…
Jim talks to us about the many advantages and benefits Eatonton offers his company and why they moved to there from Tybee Island. One of the huge reasons is the proximity to Atlanta. Another huge benefit is that compared to Atlanta and Savannah, Eatonton boasts plenty of parking spots.
Originally approved last year as the Founders Studio project along Ga. Highway 74 in Tyrone, plans have transformed the project into the “Founders District” development, a studio and mixed-use development now under state review.
Award-winning actor and director Burt Reynolds will be in Valdosta this week for the city’s first RKDS Film Festival, an event celebrating the region’s contribution to the Georgia film industry.
Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood is to be the location of a new Dream Hotel Group property.
The City of Hapeville invites television, music, and film productions to pursue opportunities provided by its artfully historical city.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams took a break from talking about education, health care and taxes Wednesday night to discuss romance novels, “Supernatural” and Maxine Shaw.
A new publishing firm called one77 Music announced its launch this week, with a 6,000-song catalog and $27 million in assets backed by private equity firm Virgo Investment Group.
On August 24th, celebrate the future of Atlanta’s entertainment industry with a delicious dinner, auction, and evening of live entertainment with re:imagine/ATL! The gala is critical to raising the funds needed to offer free and reduced programs throughout Metro Atlanta.
The flashback sequence turned Saint Julian Street, The Olde Pink House and Reynolds square into an Argentinian plaza, while Factors Walk became a South American marketplace. A few shots were also filmed in Forsyth Park.
Owner Kraig Torres hopes to capitalize on Georgia’s growing film and television industry by opening a fourth Atlanta location in the development located across from the state’s largest film production studio, Pinewood Movie Studios.
When people think of art museums, they think of paintings. Classic films and novels don’t often come to mind.
If you live in Georgia you know how big Georgia film has become. Ant-Man and the Wasp just opened with nearly $80 million and the box office and it was primarily filmed in the peach state.
Most thought the weekend’s box office would be dominated by the newest Marvel project Ant-Man and the Wasp. In a surprise upset, Dying to Live took the prize thanks to a massive $200 million showing. Ant-Man and the Wasp opened with only $161 million.
Columbus State University will host the third annual Columbus Interactive Media Fest on Saturday, July 14. The event will feature keynote speakers, networking, and lunch with professionals in the gaming industry and those interested in a career in the field.
Local fans of Marvel can rejoice.
New Jersey recently passed tax credits for film and TV production companies that are even more generous than those in Georgia.
There’s a lot of talk about the growing movie industry in the state of Georgia, but “Rock-A-Bye” the movie is unique in that it’s local to Harris County.
The Garden State is back in the production tax credits game.
When two diminutive heroes team up on an urgent mission against a powerful new enemy in Marvel Studio’s Ant-Man and The Wasp, the result is action-packed comedy and outsized economic impact in Georgia.
Savannah Music Festival has accepted the resignation of Rob Gibson, its Executive & Artistic Director of sixteen years.
The BET Awards, which have been held in Los Angeles for 16 years, could be headed for Atlanta.
For the first time since California expanded its film and television tax program to draw runaway production back to the state, a television show has opted to leave Georgia and its rich incentives for the Golden State.
Prominence Films is excited to share some of what they’ve been up to recently. They are working on a long-term project to help grow a solid film industry in the Southeast.
AMC Theatres announced that AMC Stubs, the Company’s loyalty program, has grown approximately six-fold since its relaunch nearly two years ago, from approximately 2.5 million household members then to more than 15 million household members now.
Athens’ only nonprofit cinema recently reached its fundraising goal to buy its home on Hancock Avenue, a former tire recapping plant turned art house movie theater that has left its mark on downtown Athens since its opening in 2007.
Summer filming is well underway in Atlanta, and no amount of rain seems to be slowing it down.
He’s starring opposite Clint Eastwood in his new film The Mule.
Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound announced the composers and directors selected for the Sundance Institute Film Music and Sound Design Lab, which returns to the legendary Skywalker Sound Facilities for the sixth year.
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the Music Modernization Act, comprehensive legislation, including the CLASSICS Act, that updates music licensing laws for the modern streaming era.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed legislation extending California’s film and TV incentives to 2025.
Shelbia Jackson has been named Director of the DeKalb Entertainment Commission. The Commission is the primary driving force charged with attracting and expanding businesses supporting the film, television, music and digital entertainment industry in DeKalb County.
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, who faces Secretary of State Brian Kemp in the July 24 runoff election, wants people to boycott the work of Judd Apatow after the filmmaker posted a tweet disparaging President Donald Trump.
In celebration of the 10th year anniversary of the passage of tax credits that brought in a flood of TV and film production into the state of Georgia, here are the top 60 domestic grossing films since 2008 shot (at least in part) here.