Georgia sees fewer TV, films shooting in state

The number of active film and TV shows filming in Atlanta has dipped to its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

The Georgia film office has just 12 productions on its website, compared to 14 during the nadir of the 2023 writers and actors strike. The industry was also shut down for three months after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The current total is a drop from 20 a month ago and 22 a year ago.

California, New Jersey and New York have all enhanced their film and TV tax credit systems the past couple of years, while Georgia’s system has not markedly changed. Overseas production in England and other places has remained enticing, as well. As a result, more producers have chosen to go elsewhere, leaving a quieter landscape for Georgians seeking employment in film and TV.

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The Georgia film office list features a single documentary, four reality shows, five TV shows and two films. The only two new productions the past month are WE-TV’s “Mama June” and Bounce TV’s “Silver Fox Squad,” a new interview show hosted by former CNN and Fox News personality Alisyn Camerota and produced by Kevin Hart.

Active TV series include the Paramount+ sitcom “The Ms. Pat Show,” Hulu’s legal drama “Reasonable Doubt,” and Netflix’s comedy “Free Bert” and new mystery drama “Scooby Doo: Origins.”

Films starring Glen Powell (“Comeback King”) and Melissa McCarthy and Connor Storrie (“Turpentine”) wrapped over the past month, along with Fox’s “Celebrity Weakest Link,” hosted by Jane Lynch, and syndicated judge show “Divorce Court.”

The Georgia film office provides an ever-changing list of active productions, but it is not necessarily complete because companies are not obligated to update the state office.

Some films and TV shows also go by pseudonyms on the film office page if requested by the producers.

“Superman: Man of Tomorrow,” which is identified as “Exodus,” has been shooting at Trilith Studios and is by far the largest movie shooting at the moment in the state.

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ABC’s venerable entrepreneur competiti on show “Shark Tank,” which moved to Atlanta from Los Angeles for Season 18, shot over a couple of weeks in June at Tyler Perry Studios.

Pete Davidson’s film “Tommy Karate,” about a notorious mobster, is not on the list, but has been shooting in the area since June 20.

Several productions are set to begin in metro Atlanta in the coming weeks.