Georgia has quickly became the “Hollywood of the South”. In little less than a decade, more movies and TV shows are filming in the Peach state than most places around the world. In fact, a recent study has put Georgia as the third largest film industry in the world only behind the United Kingdom. And with the recent BREXIT issues, expect Georgia’s film industry to only grow and possibly become the number #1 filmmaking location in the world.
In 2007 the Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment office reported an economic impact of $241 million for all of the film and TV productions in Georgia. In 2015, the same office reported an economic impact of $7 billion. That is one huge bump.
This time last year, there were 27 productions filming in Georgia. Now, heading into 2017 there are 34 new TV shows and movies setting up shop in the Peach State.
Georgia Film Tax Credit:
A state tax credit was signed into law in 2008 giving productions up to a 30 percent tax break by filming in Georgia. This incentive was enough to convince Hollywood producers to film in Georgia.
Big productions such as The Hunger Games, The Walking Dead and Divergent helped boost Georgia’s film industry. In fact, small cities are now being used as filming locations. Producers are searching and finding small towns across Georgia to film their TV shows. The small town of Senoia, Georgia has transformed since The Walking Dead set up location in the small town.
So what’s next? In November, Pinewood studios announced they will be doubling the size of their studios, expanding the Georgia Film Industry, making it one of the the biggest studios in the United States.
Recent Georgia Film News:
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Pinewood Atlanta Studios Now Has the “Largest Film Production Ever” – Business is booming in Pinewood Atlanta Studios. According to reports, Pinewood Atlanta Studios co-owner Dan Cathy announced at an African American Fi…
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Georgia May Increase Film Tax Credits to Boost Georgia’s Film Industry – There are over 30 movies and TV shows currently filming in Georgia. Now, new legislation could transform Georgia’s film industry and make it the number…
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Tyler Perry Upgrades Extras to Principal Speaking Roles – Tyler Perry made a few actors dreams come true. Southern Casting Associates, the extras casting company behind Tyler Perry’s TV shows, announced on Fa…
Here is the full list of TV Shows filming in Georgia.
Movies and TV Shows Filming in Georgia
AMC’s ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ is set in the early 1980s, it dramatizes the personal computing boom through the eyes of a visionary, Joe (Lee Pace); an engineer, Gordon (Scoot McNairy); and a prodigy, Cameron (Mackenzie Davis), whose innovations directly confront the corporate behemoths of the time
3000 LB Family
Reality show.
7 Little Johnstons
7 Little Johnstons is an American reality television series that premiered on the TLC cable network, on March 31, 2015. The series revolves around the Johnston family: a family of seven that live with dwarfism.
Bad Moms Christmas
Amy, Carla and Kiki struggle to cope when their respective mothers visit for the holidays. The movie features Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, and Kathryn Hahn.
The series was extremely popular on BET since it first debuted in 2013. For it’s entire three year run, Being Mary Jane was ranked as the number one scripted series among African American audiences. In fact, the most recent season averaged 2.54 million viewers, which makes it one of the top 5 cable TV shows in the key demographic. However, the show’s creator, showrunner, and director, Salim Akil and Mara Brock Akil signed a major deal with Warner Bros. Television in May which delayed the renewal of Being Mary Jane.
Black Lightning
A retired superhero becomes a vigilante for justice.
Bluegrass Blood Red
Ruby Adair, the sheriff of colorful small town Oxblood, Kentucky, finds her red state outlook challenged when Tag Fayad, a young FBI special agent of Middle Eastern descent is sent to help her solve a horrific crime that happened during the 4th of July parade. Together they form an uneasy alliance as Ruby takes Tag behind the lace curtains of this southern gothic community to meet an assortment of bizarre characters, each with a secret of their own…
Chrisley Knows Best
Follows Atlanta-based self-made multimillionaire Todd Chrisley, his devoted wife Julie and their five children who live a seemingly picture-perfect Southern life with everything money can buy.
After a disease kills 98% of America’s children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.
Dead Silent Season 2
A snap of a twig. A rustling leaf. In the woods, myth, urban legend, and horror collide with real-life killers. Transporting viewers into a vortex of dark mystery and psychological terror, each episode tells the true story of a crime set in a desolate location.
Den of Thieves centers around $120 million that is taken out of circulation on a daily basis by the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve and a notorious crew of robbers that plan the ultimate heist right under the noses of the city’s best cops.
Dish Nation
Dish Nation is a nightly syndicated television program that features celebrity news and humorous commentary on pop culture presented by radio personalities from across the United States
Don’t Be Tardy
Kim and her family are back after she gets a new lease on life, following the stroke and major heart surgery that brought her run on Dancing with the Stars to a standstill. In this season, Kim has the world on her shoulders, attempting to convince her husband and NFL star, Kroy that it is time to expand their tribe all while she manages her busy schedule, pursues an acting career for KJ, launches a skin care line, and takes the whole family on a trip to Kroy’s hometown in Montana for a taste of real country life.
Escape Plan 2
Sequel to the 2013 film that featured a security expert named Ray Breslin, who used his skills to test out the reliability of maximum security prisons.
Teams compete to match answers of nationwide surveys.
Friday the 13th Sequel
Friday the 13th is now filming under the code name “forest green”
Game Night
A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery.
Godzilla: King of Monsters
Plot is unknown. Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Vera Farmiga, and Kyle Chandler.
Greenleaf
Greenleaf is “described as the center of the community for the thousands of predominantly African-American members who attend services there. But beneath its steeple lies a den of iniquity — greed, adultery, sibling rivalry and conflicting values.”
AMC’s ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ is set in the early 1980s, it dramatizes the personal computing boom through the eyes of a visionary, Joe (Lee Pace); an engineer, Gordon (Scoot McNairy); and a prodigy, Cameron (Mackenzie Davis), whose innovations directly confront the corporate behemoths of the time
Honey 4
Sequel to the hit dance movie Honey.
Competitive ice skater, Tonya Harding, rises among the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt, when her boyfriend intervenes.
Insatiable
A disgraced, dissatisfied civil lawyer-turned-beauty pageant coach takes on a vengeful, bullied teenager as his client and has no idea what he’s about to unleash upon the world.
Little Women Atlanta Season 3
The lives of a group of girlfriends who happen to be little people are chronicled in this spin-off of “Little Women: LA.”
Lore
A TV adaptation of the Lore podcast, which recounts true stories of frightening and paranormal occurrences.
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Season 6
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta chronicles the lives of several women who are connected to Hip hop music. The third season premiered with Kalenna Harper, Yung Joc, and Waka Flocka Flame joining the cast. VH1 has renewed the show for the fourth season.
A reimagining of the classic series, is an action-adventure drama about 20- something Angus “Mac” MacGyver who creates a clandestine organization within the U.S. government where he uses his extraordinary talent for unconventional problem solving and vast scientific knowledge to save lives. Joining his team on high-risk missions around the globe is maverick former CIA agent Jack Dalton. Under the aegis of the Department of External Services, MacGyver takes on the responsibility of saving the world, armed to the teeth with resourcefulness and little more than bubble gum and a paper clip.
Variety reports that the new series “Manifesto” will center around the story of how the FBI brought down one of the most infamous criminal masterminds in the world — Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber — from the point of view of an FBI profiler.
Avengers: Infinity Wars (Mary Lou Part 1 & 2)
Written and directed by the creative team from Captain America: Civil War, The Avengers: Infinity War will focus on basically every character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe including the Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man and even Ant-Man, which should provide quite an amazing movie.
Black Panther
Production for Black Panther started two years ago and centers around T’Challa aka Black Panther, who premiered in the latest Marvel movie, Captain America: Civil War, which also filmed in Atlanta, Georgia.
Details surrounding the feature film have not been released. But, Anna Kendrick, Hailee Steinfeld, and Anna Camp will be returning for the sequel.
Positively Paula
Paula Deen’s cooking TV series.
Deadline reports that Rampage will be directed by Brad Peyton and star Dwayne Johnson. Details surrounding the plot of Rampage have not been released. But, the movie is based on the hit 1980s video game Rampage. Rampage is a 1986 arcade game where players control one of three giant monsters trying to rack up points by destroying cities while avoiding being shot at by tanks and helicopters.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
The movie centers around a young gay teen takes a novel approach to coming out to his classmates. The movie features Nick Robinson, Alexandra Shipp, and Logan Miller. The project will be directed by Greg Berlanti.
Survivor’s Remorse
Through a combination of God-given talent and Boston grit, Cam Calloway and Reggie Vaughn have achieved fame and fortune that neither could have imagined growing up in one of the toughest neighborhoods in Boston. But success comes with its own challenges, and the cousins and confidantes wrestle with the rewards of money, stardom, love, and occasionally, the guilt of having “made it.”
The Candy Jar
Details have not been released for this netflix movie.
The Last Full Measure
34-years after his death, Airman William H. Pitsenbarger, Jr. (“Pits”) is awarded the nations highest military honor for his actions on the battlefield. One of the great untold stories of the Vietnam era.
The Pact
Three fathers try to stop their daughters from having sex on Prom night.
According to Deadline, The Resident centers around Devon Pravesh (Manish Dayal) a young doctor who begins his first day working with senior resident Conrad Hawkins who pulls the curtain back on all of the good and evil in modern day medicine. Lives may be saved or lost, but expectations will always be shattered.
The War with Grandpa
Upset that he has to share the room he loves with his grandfather, Peter decides to declare war in an attempt to get it back.
The boundaries between military discipline and human desire are tested on a U.S. Army base that houses an elite unit of helicopter pilots trained to perform clandestine international and domestic missions. The drama unfolds in the present as well as in flashbacks to a failed mission involving one of the first female pilots in the unit, ultimately uncovering layers of personal and government/military secrets and leading to a season-long plan to rescue a group of MIA soldiers.
