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Dude, it's not even close. Georgia long ago eclipsed NC.
"Georgia-based productions generated $3.1 billion for the state economy in fiscal 2012, up 29 percent from the year before, according to the Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office. That puts the state well ahead of regional competitors such as Louisiana ($717 million for calendar 2012) and North Carolina ($278 million for calendar 2012), according to those film offices’ websites."
There are several major motion picture and television studios already operating in Georgia with several more ---- including one huge one Pinewood Studios -- under construction.
It is time Atlanta and Georgia started getting recognition for its meteoric rise in the entertainment business. It is truly a remarkable story. Thousands of jobs and billions of dollars are flowing into Georgia through film and TV production now. California is hurting.
PS -- The Humger Games sequel was filmed in Atlanta and rumors are going around that the Avatar sequel will be shot in Georgia as well.
Notice how nobody from New York, California or Georgia -- the three biggest movie-producing states in the country -- bother to weigh-in. Seems rather pointless.
Is Georgia really on the same level and NY and CA?
Is Georgia really on the same level and NY and CA?
No, not even close, but it is pretty much the undisputed "third" US film location, and it continues to grow as such at a rapid rate. I moved to the Atlanta area in 2005 and have watched it get bigger and bigger every year I've been here. If you notice, not only are movies being filmed in Georgia, but movies are actually being set in Atlanta as well -- usually in a very generic Any-yuppie Town, USA kind of way.
No, not even close, but it is pretty much the undisputed "third" US film location, and it continues to grow as such at a rapid rate. I moved to the Atlanta area in 2005 and have watched it get bigger and bigger every year I've been here. If you notice, not only are movies being filmed in Georgia, but movies are actually being set in Atlanta as well -- usually in a very generic Any-yuppie Town, USA kind of way.
^^^ THIS is what I was saying. And dozens of TV series are filmed in Atlanta as well, including the BIGGEST series in the history of cable television -- THE WALKING DEAD.
It seems rather ironic, with all the complaints on CD about how often Atlanta gets mentioned in the media and is featured on reality TV shows, that people haven't made this connection yet. There's still a bias I suppose.
Though I hate the saying with all my being, Atlanta really is the "new Hollywood" or rather, the undisputed "Hollywood of the South."
^^^ THIS is what I was saying. And dozens of TV series are filmed in Atlanta as well, including the BIGGEST series in the history of cable television -- THE WALKING DEAD.
It seems rather ironic, with all the complaints on CD about how often Atlanta gets mentioned in the media and is featured on reality TV shows, that people haven't made this connection yet. There's still a bias I suppose.
Though I hate the saying with all my being, Atlanta really is the "new Hollywood" or rather, the undisputed "Hollywood of the South."
Agreed --- though I'm not sure I would have noticed it if I weren't living in this area. For those who are unaware of this, this isn't just some local booster-ism. The film industry has been laying down deep roots in Georgia for awhile now. This isn't just a one-off film here and there. They're building studios; recruiting talent; scouting out local areas to film (Georgia has a good diversity of places to film -- urban, suburban, rural, mountains, coastline, etc.); etc. Atlanta will never come close to eclipsing Hollywood, but it is rapidly establishing itself as an alternative to Hollywood for a place to film in a way no other city is doing.
Dude, it's not even close. Georgia long ago eclipsed NC.
"Georgia-based productions generated $3.1 billion for the state economy in fiscal 2012, up 29 percent from the year before, according to the Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office. That puts the state well ahead of regional competitors such as Louisiana ($717 million for calendar 2012) and North Carolina ($278 million for calendar 2012), according to those film offices’ websites."
There are several major motion picture and television studios already operating in Georgia with several more ---- including one huge one Pinewood Studios -- under construction.
It is time Atlanta and Georgia started getting recognition for its meteoric rise in the entertainment business. It is truly a remarkable story. Thousands of jobs and billions of dollars are flowing into Georgia through film and TV production now. California is hurting.
PS -- The Humger Games sequel was filmed in Atlanta and rumors are going around that the Avatar sequel will be shot in Georgia as well.
Eh, slow down. Los Angeles may not have the stranglehold on the entertainment industry it once did, but The Industry pumped $47 billion into the local economy last year, and is on pace to better that this year. On location filming is up across the board:
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