Film industry in Georgia (U.S. state)

This article is about the film industry in the U.S. state of Georgia. For the film industry in the Republic of Georgia, see Cinema of Georgia.

The film industry in Georgia is the largest among the states of the United States for production of feature films by number of films produced, as of 2016. Atlanta is the center of the film industry in Georgia with Turner, Tyler Perry, and EUE/Screen Gems studios located there.

The industry in Georgia was boosted substantially by tax incentives introduced in 2002 and strengthened in 2008. Just in the fiscal year 2017 film and TV production had an economic impact in Georgia of $9.5 billion, while industry sources claim that the tax subsidy costs the state $141 million (2010). Films shot in Georgia include Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2008), Life as We Know It (2010), Contagion (2011) and a number of Marvel Studios productions, including Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, as well as Ant-Man and the Wasp and Black Panther.[1] Atlanta has since been called the "Hollywood of the South".[2][3]

  1. ^ "Marvel VP: Not true Marvel is 'abandoning' Georgia (Video)". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
  2. ^ Simmons, Kenna (March 2018). "GA GA LAND Georgia's film industry spurs big plans beyond production". georgiatrend.com. Georgia Trend Magazine. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ Stevens, Tiffany (29 August 2015). "How Atlanta became the Hollywood of the South". The Washington Times. Retrieved 25 May 2016.