Georgia’s film and television productions spent $ 4.4 billion in fiscal year 2022

Film and television production in Georgia will spend $ 4.4 billion in fiscal year 2022, a new record for the industry, according to The Georgia Film Office.

The office, which is part of Georgia’s Department of Economic Development, said the state presented 412 productions between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022: 32 feature films, 36 independent films, 269 television and episodic productions, 42 commercials and 33 music videos. . when your fiscal year has ended.

“When the pandemic arrived, we worked hard to communicate with our partners in Georgia’s film, television and streaming industries,” said Governor Brian Kemp. “Together, we have created a safe and appropriate way to get the film industry back on track and deliver Georgia-made products to enthusiastic consumers around the world, even as some states have continued to shut down and stifle industry normality.” Thanks to this partnership approach and the resilience of our state’s film and television infrastructure, which state and local economic development officials have been working on for nearly fifty years, we once again celebrate the incredible growth and investment of industry leaders. sector.

The studios and support companies provide additional infrastructure and jobs that are not included in the direct production costs.

“In addition to providing manufacturing jobs that involve a variety of skills, including accounting and woodworking, engineering and graphic design, the manufacturing uses local suppliers, eats at Georgia restaurants and stays at our hotels,” said Kemp. “We are proud to allow more Georgians to make decisions in film and television production, to retain their talent in our state and look forward to seeing this industry succeed in Peach State!”

Georgian manufacturing and its supporting infrastructure have grown over the past 15 years thanks to generous tax credits. Georgia lens products include most of the revenue Spider-Man: No Way Home, Avengers: Endgame, Black Panther Y Avengers: Infinity War. Stream limited series and episodic programming up to and including the fourth season on Netflix Strange things Y Ozarkhbo max LadderDisney + Loki and FX ‘ atlantaas much as meter on Amazon Prime and The wonderful years in ABC.

The studio space is expanding, including Trilith Studios (formerly Pinewood Atlanta Studios) in Fayetteville. During the year, Cinelease Studios-Three Ring initiated a $ 144 million studio expansion in Covington and Electric Owl Studios opened a 17-acre piece of land in Stone Mountain Township with Capstone South Properties and Domain Capital Group. Soundstage operator Shadowbox Studios (formerly Blackhall Studios) has announced a $ 500 million strategic investment from technology investor Silver Lake to help fund existing development projects in Atlanta (and elsewhere).

Film and television production jobs and tax incentives are significant in the state. In March, a legislative proposal that would provide $ 900 million a year in tax credits and prohibit film companies from selling credits to third parties was approved one day by the Georgia Senate Finance Committee and introduced the next.

A cloud: A federal appeals court ruled last month that Georgia’s restrictive abortion law of 2019 should be in effect, eliminating a lower court. A jury of three judges from the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals said the decision of the US Supreme Court in Mississippi, which overturned Roe v. Wade and returned the abortion law to the states, “it is clear that there is no constitutional right to abortion. So Georgia can ban them. “

Georgia law prohibits most miscarriages when there is a human heartbeat, which can occur up to 6 weeks before a woman knows she is pregnant. You have exceptions for rape and incest if a police report is made, the mother’s life is in danger or the fetus is medically undesirable. When it was first adopted, the industry protested vigorously, including major manufacturers who threatened to withdraw if it was ever implemented.

Similar laws are spreading across the country, in effect, pending, or under consideration in about half of the U.S. states. cover employees who need it – government assistance if needed.

The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Georgia, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, and Georgia-based law firms Caplan Cobb and Bondurant Mixson & Elmore have filed a lawsuit challenging the law in a state court. Stuck at the start of the test.

They argue that the law was invalidated by a Georgia court precedent in 2019 because it clearly violated the federal constitutional precedent and that a subsequent amendment to the federal law failed to revive it. That is, a new law must be proposed and approved. This will put pressure on Governor Kemp and lawmakers. Kemp is approaching the presidential race against Democrat Stacy Abrams.

The law violates the fundamental right to privacy in Georgia’s Constitution, the lawsuit claims. It also notes that the law violates Georgians’ privacy rights by granting prosecutors unrestricted access to the private medical records of patients who have aborted without due process.

The lawsuit is filed on behalf of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, Feminist Women’s Health Center, Planned Parenthood Southeast, Atlanta Comprehensive Wellness Clinic, Atlanta Women’s Medical Center, and many other reproductive rights groups and doctors.