The film production program offered by the Department of Communications and certified by the Georgia Film Academy is poised for expansion and a business stands ready to offer a helping hand.
On Wednesday night, a capacity crowd gathered at Moonshine Post-Production for the Georgia Entertainment 102 event. It was an evening of networking, but also a time to celebrate Georgia’s dynamic entertainment industry.
Chad talks to us about American President and Savannah Smiles. Those are Chad’s two favorite movies. Chad loves how you go through almost every emotion in Savannah Smiles.
The Mall of Georgia is inviting residents to help it celebrate the 10th anniversary of its “Movies Under The Stars” series this summer.
If Matt Hullum, CEO of Austin-based entertainment network Rooster Teeth, and Gray G. Haddock, the head of the company’s animation studio, spend much time battling insecurity about their place in the wider media landscape, they don’t show it.
Georgia high school students will now be able to take dramatic writing for film, television and theater as an English language arts course.
The break room was buzzing at Skillshot Media. The new eSports production company, a subsidiary of video game developer Hi-Rez Studios, is already hosting its second tournament since opening in early May.
For five years now, Southern-Fried Gaming Expo (SFGE) has provided the southeast with an amazing event filled with arcade games and pinball, but as the event has grown, so has the list of things you can do while attending.
Deadpool 2 opened last weekend with $300 million, a huge release but not quite as successful as the original Deadpool. Deadpool 2 and Avengers: Infinity War will have stiff competition coming up with the new Star Wars and Jurassic World movies coming out.
This year, the Atlanta Jazz Festival is teaming up with one of the fastest-growing new social media apps called SpokeHub, a platform that allows users to connect and chat in real-time around topics and events.
Lynn talks to us about how the company came about and how they started dipping their feet into the film industry. They are licensed in insurance in most states so they can help clients about anywhere in the country.
Season 2 of IFC’s “Brockmire” premieres tonight, with the show shifting ballpark locales for ’18. Season 1 saw Luther Williams Field in Macon, Ga., serve as the home for the fictional Morristown (Pa.) Frackers.
Sci-fi thriller Anon sees Clive Owen play a detective in a near-future where everyone’s life is recorded down to the millisecond.
CBS was the biggest beneficiary of the state’s film and TV tax incentive in 2017.
Two Josh Brolin-led Marvel movies dominated the domestic box office this weekend, led by 20th Century Fox’s “Deadpool 2.”
Jeff Stepakoff, executive director at Georgia Film Academy, discusses legislation that the state of Georgia is set to pass that will make dramatic writing a core part of high school public school curricula.
Valdosta State University Continuing Education has once again partnered with Black Rocket Productions LLC to help area children between the ages of 8 and 14 launch their creativity this summer.
Bryan talks to us about the company’s main facility in Hampton that includes a 13,000 square foot greenhouse. They also have a large farmhouse that is available for filming and will soon host weddings and events there as well.
The three employees running Kentucky’s film office spent the last week of January watching emails roll in.
Reinforcing Hulu’s position as one of the world’s top 10 direct-to-consumer entertainment brands, the company announced that it has surpassed 20 million U.S. subscribers.
The world-famous eccentric master gardener designed the yards of Atlanta’s elite (including Anne Cox Chambers), once owned a beloved garden shop in Buckhead, opened his own flowering wonderland in Decatur for tours, and could be seen about town donning umissable colorful tunics, hats, and jewelry.
On a muggy May evening in 1981, a group of musicians pulled up to the curb across from the Fox Theatre and started lugging their instruments into a nightclub where the Georgian Terrace parking deck now stands.
The National Infantry Museum Foundation and the Muscogee Moms will be bringing back the NIM Kids Summer Film Fest.
A television show is set to film its pilot in Downtown Macon next month.
Georgia film is as busy as ever, and coming off the heels of The Avengers: Infinity War blowing up the box office the state has gotten even more publicity for being a great place to film.
Chris talks to us about Network-his favorite movie. He is fascinated by how the movie portrays mass media and how it can control narratives.
Georgia Entertainment News sits down with Head of Communication, Media & Journalism Dr. Jeff Marker to preview the upcoming Georgia Film Festival hosted by the University of North Georgia from May 18-20.
190 SCCPSS students from 16 schools at all levels were awarded District recognition and advanced to state-level competition in the Georgia Student Media Festival this month. Charles Bowen, of The Bowen Law Group, will serve as the event’s emcee.
Michael sits down with us and takes us on a verbal journey of how and why his company moved to Atlanta and how Atlanta’s culture was a part of that. Another part is the fact that crews and studios are moving to and originating from Georgia.
How does a local kid with dreams of creating movies get his foot in the door of Georgia’s billion-dollar film industry? Darrius Tucker of McDonough found a way.
This year, the global eSports industry is projected to grow to more than $900 million in revenue, a year-over-year growth of 38 percent. This fast-growing media empire holds promise of fame and fortune, involving big sponsors, sold-out tournaments and fan followings in the millions around the world.
The 14th annual MomoCon, a multi-genre convention for fans of all ages, celebrating gaming (video, board, live-action role playing (LARP)), music, costuming, comics, visual arts and voice acting, will take place May 24 through 27 at the Georgia World Congress Center and Omni Hotel in downtown Atlanta.
Thanks to a huge opening in China, Avenger Infinity War sits on the top of the charts for a third straight week. With the release in China, Avengers is now up to $2 Billion in worldwide sales.
Next month, on June 9th, the inaugural Rejected Reels Film Festival will take place at Cinevision. The programming committee is excited to announce the 14 films the festival will showcase during the one-day event.
A slew of television series were cancelled late last week, and Atlanta-filmed shows were not immune.
U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., joined a bipartisan group of senators to introduce a major music license reform bill to bring outdated music licensing laws into the 21st century and create a fairer marketplace for songwriters and other content creators.
After criticizing his predecessor’s use of tax incentives as an overused tool that yielded questionable returns, Gov. Phil Murphy is poised to bring back a film credit program that could lose up to $425 million.
Chris discusses something that makes Sapelo a very unique insurance company. They are very involved in the film industry and offer services such as actor’s insurance. They also insure productions.
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Tim Hightower, a pinball enthusiast and set dresser for Georgia-filmed television and motion pictures, this week launched a Kickstarter campaign looking to raise $250,000 to open Atlanta Pinball Museum.
Mermaids are coming to Mississippi in a new movie set to be released this summer.
The award winning, historically renovated building that houses Ciné is now up for sale, and Athens Film Arts Institute has launched a new crowdfunding campaign to buy it!
The real-life Georgia setting is both a popular spot for vacations and film crews. It needed no props or backdrops to create an earthly taste of heaven.
Gamer World News Entertainment officially debuted as an ambitious new, free and completely independent 24/7 multi-platform network, featuring eSports and gamer news, information, entertainment and original programming exclusively dedicated to professional, competitive and casual gamers.
Rick talks about training within his security business and the implementing of this training at Paradigm Security.
The AMC Classic Summer Movie Camp is set to kick off in June.
The Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the New York Indian Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, India China and America Institute and the Indian Consulate in Atlanta is is proud to present the Atlanta Indian Film Festival.
Gentleman Jack is kicking off its second-annual Real to Reel local film screening tour in Atlanta, Georgia. In collaboration with Codeblack Entertainment, Gentleman Jack looks forward to helping uplift the voices of the next wave of Black film creatives and showcase their works to local and national audiences.
The idea is simple enough: Be the last person standing. On an island. Where everyone is trying to kill each other. This is the concept behind Epic Games Inc.’s “Fortnite: Battle Royale,” a campy survival video game that has swept the country.
Georgia-filmed Life of the Party, which premieres in theaters on Friday, May 11 generated more than $15 million in local economic activity.
A first-of-its-kind event that marries movies, immersive art installations and food, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival is pleased to announce Cinebash, translating literally to a “film party,” that celebrates Jewish cinema through multimedia art forms.
Alpharetta, Ga.-based Hi-Rez Studios is launching an esports production company.
Nicole talks to us about her hobby outside of work. She happens to have a theater degree and puts it to good use! She loves performing in community theater and being around the theater scene.
In 2016, the state became the nation’s leading producer of feature length films, and last year, production studios large and small made an economic impact in the state of more than $9 billion.
The Aurora Theatre’s expansion in Lawrenceville could include an exterior design that seemingly echoes famous performing arts venues such as the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center.
The historic Fox Theatre, an Atlanta institution since opening its doors in 1929, has announced its lineup of shows for the rest of spring and summer 2018.
For the second time in the University of North Georgia’s (UNG) history, the Georgia Production Partnershipnew window (GPP) will open itself to the public for questions and answers regarding the film and television industry on UNG’s Gainesville Campus.
The two-story brick home looks no different than any other in the quiet Gwinnett County subdivision. The grass is manicured, pruned shrubs line the walkway to the front door, and luxury SUVs are parked in the driveway.
Last week’s box office report was all about the dominance of Avengers: Infinity War, and the many records it won on its first outing. This week is about … pretty much the same story. At the end of Sunday, Avengers had collected an extra $112.5 million domestically, for a total so far of $450 million. Internationally it added $162 million, for a total of $713.3 million.
The “first phase” of Atlanta’s fast-growing electric dance music festival is complete.
The game development landscape in 2018 is vast, with handheld devices, consoles, PC, and even mixed reality. With so much out there, it can be staggering to get started, even if you’re a veteran.
Augusta is being considered for a feature length film carrying a lot of name recognition.
Hollywood blockbusters looking to shoot in Australia will have access to a new $140 million pot of taxpayer funds over four years from July 1.
Disney’s “Avengers: Infinity War” crossed $1 billion in worldwide box office sales on Saturday, according to the studio. The blockbuster hit the mark in just 11 days — the fastest in film history.
Danielle Deadwyler dreamed of being an actress, but in 2008 when she was a teaching assistant at a charter school, it seemed like an impossibility.
Kennesaw State University senior Derek Martin was in a windowless classroom on a recent afternoon, having a blast as he stared at a computer screen.
This past week, Donalsonville and Seminole County really rolled out the red carpet and impressed the heck out of Georgia Resource Team visitors.
Georgia Entertainment News goes behind the scenes of the busy and unique world of entertainment travel, through our one-on-one with Steve Thomason of New Act Travel. Thomason is home-based out of Los Angeles with a bustling satellite office in Atlanta to facilitate the comings and goings of entertainers who work on both Coasts.
Zombies and the undead, rejoice! The Fox Theatre is kicking off its 2018 Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival with a 50th anniversary screening of the cult classic, “Night of the Living Dead.”
The festival is a chance for communication arts students to showcase the work they have completed throughout the school year.
Four gigantic, Chinese characters are aligned on a hill overlooking a seaside film studio complex, in a nod to the fabled Hollywood sign, the American cultural icon in Los Angeles.
According to industry analysts Film L.A., Georgia was the production center for more feature films released in 2016/17 than any other market in the United States.
U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson said he thinks President Donald Trump’s tariffs might work out after all.
According to BeltLine.org, the Atlanta BeltLine is most comprehensive transportation and economic development effort ever undertaken in Atlanta, and is one of the largest urban development programs in the United States.
Suda51, Blizzard, Warren Spector and voice actors from some gaming’s most popular franchises are among the guests lined up for MomoCon 2018, the convention with the largest gaming floor in the Southeastern United States.
Georgia State University’s Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence is accepting applications for its new workforce development program that prepares local youth for careers in the booming film, media and entertainment industry in Atlanta.
Have mistakes been made? Most likely. Are there some that abuse the system for singular or limited gain? Probably. There are problems in every government program but that doesn’t mean the benefits of such programs should be ignored.
The National Association of Collegiate Esports announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Hi-Rez Studios to build varsity esports competition in SMITE and Paladins.
It’s the converted warehouse off Constitution road that is now the home to Tom Hardy, the Rock and Kevin Hart to name a few. The name is Blackhall Studios!
The latest movie in Marvel’s Avengers series, which is just coming off the biggest opening weekend in history, was filmed in Georgia.
Georgia-filmed Avengers: Infinity War which premiered in theaters on Friday, April 27, generated more than $182 million in local economic activity.
MelodyVR, the world’s first dedicated virtual reality music platform that enables fans to experience music performances in a revolutionary new way, is now available.
Youth nonprofit organization, re:imagine/ATL is pleased to announce it has received a $50,000 contribution from AT&T. AT&T is supporting re:imagine/ATL’s mission to empower the next generation of storytellers, creating a pipeline from schools to companies in the film and digital media industries.
At “only” $248 million, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now second in the domestic market. Its $641 million global start puts Infinity $100 million ahead of the previous global record holder, The Fate of the Furious ($541.9 million), which had the benefit of $185 million from China from the start.
CINEMA will prepare program participants with hands-on training provided by CMII faculty and staff on animation and character design for virtual reality, game design, and interactive media.
The contest is designed to capture the imagination and empower young kids to be creative and get into the film industry.
What do you think happened in 1957 when Erskine Caldwell and his Hollywood pals came to Augusta to check out locations to film a movie?
We’re right in the thick of the spring production season here in Atlanta. It’s one the busiest times in the Hollywood of the South, with numerous film and television shows in the middle of production.
A graduate of Georgia College is showcasing his short film in the town of his alma mater, which has, of course, impacted him in a very real way.
The outsized role music plays in the cultural landscape of the United States is undeniable, from artists known the world over, to fans that bond over their favorite albums, to songs from our teenage years that we can still sing today. But music’s impact goes further than that.
More than 2,500 people were in attendance April 26 at The Fox Theatre for a special red carpet screening of Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War.”
The Atlanta Jazz Festival will host a free viewing party of The 2018 All-Star Global Concert on April 30 at The Plaza Theatre beginning at 4 p.m. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m.
The bipartisan Music Modernization Act, which includes several key reforms – including the CLASSICS Act – that update the country’s…
The two-day Set Production Assistant Job Training teaches you everything you need to know to get your start in film, no film degree required!
If you want to short a movie in the great city of Macon, then the first organization you would want to contact is the Macon Film Commission.
While the Marvel stars were in town, they put their talents to use in a very special performance to raise $500,000 for a very worthy cause: hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico.
Atlanta festivalgoers could catch nearly 100 narrative features, documentaries and blocks of short films—selections from among the 7,600 submissions the festival received this year from 56 different countries. ATLFF announced several award winners from the fest.
The Creative Industries Loan Fund is a joint project between the Mayor’s Office of Film and Entertainment and the City’s Economic Development Authority, Invest Atlanta.
Gov. Nathan Deal announced that Pandora, the largest music streaming service in the U.S., will expand its presence and create 250 jobs in Atlanta over the next three years.
With the state’s film tax credit bill now past the Senate and the Assembly, production companies are eager to work in the Garden State, say those in the industry.