How Georgia Plans to Dominate The Film Industry (Gov. Deal Travels to LA) (Atlanta: sale, credit card)

[LynnHarris]

​Gov. Nathan Deal appoints Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Office advisory board

Georgia's entertainment industry is on the rise, and Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed a panel of experts to help the state's film, music and digital entertainment stay office ahead of the curve.

Here are the members of the Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Office's new advisory board:

*Matt Thompson, executive producer and co-owner of Floyd County Productions, an Atlanta-based animation production company.

*Michael P. Tyson, rigging gaffer on Amnesia Productions LLC's feature film "Element," whose past projects include "Insurgent," "The Hunger Games — Catching Fire," "The Hunger Games — Mockingjay, Parts 1 and 2," and "The Accountant."

*Craig Miller, founder of Craig Miller Productions and co-president and public relations chair for the Georgia Production Partnership.

*Stratton Leopold, owner and operator of Leopold's Ice Cream and producer, executive producer and/or co-producer on many films, including "Mission: Impossible III," "Paycheck," and "The Sum of All Fears..."

Full List of Appointees: ?Gov. Nathan Deal appoints Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Office advisory board - Atlanta Business Chronicle

[thebigATL]

Yes!

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by JoeP

If GA's tax rates are low and the state otherwise offers what the industry needs, that should be enough. It shouldn't get welfare.

It would be a good point if that wasn't how pretty much all of corporate America works. You don't have to like it, I don't like it, but that is what American business is all about.

[chuckshere]

This will affect GA in a big way.

Disney-ABC Shuts Down All Productions Filming in Louisiana

[LynnHarris]

Originally Posted by chuckshere

This will affect GA in a big way.

Disney-ABC Shuts Down All Productions Filming in Louisiana

Can Louisiana Save their Film Industry?

"In an effort to save Louisiana’s film industry, producers are planning a lawsuit over the new tax limits.

According to WWLTV, the Louisiana Film Entertainment Association (LFEA) is preparing to challenge the constitutionality of the film tax credit cap..."

Full Story: http://www.projectcasting.com/news/c...film-industry/

[Hokiehaven]

The fact of the matter is, it's business, and you need to establish yourself as a leader in the industry with the facilities, etc. to ever consider cutting the tax credit. Now we are seeing the industry actually move in with more force with production studios, etc. popping up across the metro. They won't cut credits until they establish themselves as a dominant player to NY/LA. Will that ever happen? It's hard to say, but the direction is still up.

Is it perfect, no, but that's business.

[atler8]

It's Georgia's time to shine & make hay given that the film industry policy debacle unfolding in Louisiana at this time is indicative of how that state is utterly failing & flailing in so many different ways these days. It's appalling as to how the poor leadership at the helm of Louisiana state government has led them down the path of cuts that are affecting jobs as well as the basic quality of life in that state, as if it wasn't poor enough to begin with.
Governor Jindal is basically at war with his own party as to how to handle their huge budget holes that his policies have created.
I can't tell you how many times here in midtown in the last year I have seen trucks servicing the film industry with Louisiana license plates parked at active filming locations.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by atler8

It's Georgia's time to shine & make hay given that the film industry policy debacle unfolding in Louisiana at this time is indicative of how that state is utterly failing & flailing in so many different ways these days. It's appalling as to how the poor leadership at the helm of Louisiana state government has led them down the path of cuts that are affecting jobs as well as the basic quality of life in that state, as if it wasn't poor enough to begin with.
Governor Jindal is basically at war with his own party as to how to handle their huge budget holes that his policies have created.
I can't tell you how many times here in midtown in the last year I have seen trucks servicing the film industry with Louisiana license plates parked at active filming locations.

And Jindal has the nerve to run for president. What's he trying to do, turn the U.S. into one big version of Louisiana?

[atler8]

^^^Wouldn't it be appalling for his vision of Americia to come to fruition? And Jindal being a Rhodes scholar, no less! What's happened for him to have sold out every bit of reason & scientific knowledge he once had?
Seriously though, I have a friend from here in Atlanta who used to regularly go to Louisiana for film work. That has completely ceased to be the case.

[sedimenjerry]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

And Jindal has the nerve to run for president. What's he trying to do, turn the U.S. into one big version of Louisiana?

Please no, I don't want my suspension to be fixed every other month from terrible roads.