3 production companies say they won't film in Georgia after abortion law signed

[riversedge]

Source: CNN




Updated 9:22 AM ET, Fri May 10, 2019



(CNN)Hollywood has been outspoken against a controversial Georgia abortion law, and now the heads of three production companies are saying they will not film in the state.

Christine Vachon, chief executive officer of Killer Films; David Simon, creator of "The Wire" and "The Deuce" who heads Blown Deadline Productions; and Mark Duplass of Duplass Brothers Productions have come out in opposition to a newly signed law that would ban abortions in the state if a fetal heartbeat can be detected.


Georgia has been the location for the filming of multiple television shows and blockbuster films, including one of Marvel's biggest hits, "Black Panther."

Such films and the production of wildly popular TV series including "The Walking Dead" and "Stranger Things" have resulted in an estimated $2.7 billion pouring into the Southern state from direct spending via 455 productions, the governor's office announced last year.
On Thursday, Vachon, whose company has been behind such films as "Carol" and "Vox Lux," made her stand known on Twitter.................................

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/10/entertainment/georgia-movies-heartbeat-law/index.html

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Georgia's governor signs a controversial abortion bill into law

[hlthe2b]

1. AMC (Walking Dead) needs to follow suit...

[yaesu]

3. yes they do, may need to remind them on their twitter & facebook accounts. nt

[brer cat]

2. Good! I hope more follow. nt

[Honeycombe8]

4. Maybe GA can get "Walker, Texas Ranger" to reboot and shoot there. nt

[DesertRat]

5. Yes! Keep up the pressure. Don't film in Georgia.

Link to tweet

[JI7]

6. sports teams need to join in. north Carolina Carolina rid of their

Republican governor when he tried to push hate against transgender people because of the boycotts by different businesses. but I think the sports ones especially made them angry.

[DAMANgoldberg]

13. You are so correct

...and to think that Republican Governor was a well-liked pol while in the "Great State of Mecklenburg". PS, filming in Wilmington, Asheville, and the Charlotte area aren't bad locations.

[kimbutgar]

7. Every time I see that Georgia peach at the end of a show I wonder if it filmed in Georgia.

I would be be willing to boycott that show.

[mgardener]

8. We can all do our fair share

By not visiting Georgia or buying using any products from that state.

Here is a not so very updated website listing companies that are in Georgia.
Feel free to contact them.

https://www.georgia.org/2011/03/25/georgia-food-products

[riversedge]

9. #boycottGeorgia

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

10. Louisiana will be more than happy to have you there! n/t

[Polybius]

15. An even more anti-choice state

n/t.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

17. ;) I was being sarcastic... esp since Duck Dynasty is filmed there. n/t.

[Polybius]

18. Oh, sorry!

It was so late it went right past me.

[meow2u3]

11. Serves Georgia reTHUGS right!

That's what you get when you pass a law calling to lock up women who have miscarriages!

This is just punishment for fascist excuses for men trying to punish women just for being female.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. I'm a fan of boycotts, but there are people there who need real help. Here's a list of

organizations in Georgia that help people who need abortion care who could use some dollars:

Link to tweet

[SCVDem]

14. Hollywood gets hammered for everything!

Now they have taken the lead, not by making a film on Georgia politics, but by not doing so.

Right to work states are abusive anyway and need to give tax breaks to lure production anyway.

Freedom! Equal Rights!

Concepts they just don't understand.

[Polybius]

16. The law will never go into effect though

No court will let it stand.

[machoneman]

19. Use the religious exemption card! If those fuckers can use it, why not us?

Claim loud and clear that our religion doesn't allow us to support anti-woman states.

Hey, if it works for them.......

[Maxheader]

20. Picket the anti-abortion extremists..

Till the voters get the msg...

[Progressive Jones]

21. These artless yokels hate Hollywood anyway. nt

[LittleBunny]

22. Why don't they just go back to making movies and TV shows in Hollywood?

Like they did for the first 100 years or so of the film industry?

[trev]

23. A lot of productions need locations.

Filming in a closed studio works fine for an ensemble sit-com, but much of the time the geography is intrinsic to the film.

[Politicub]

24. I live in Atlanta. And I support the #boycottgeorgia movement.

Atlanta is a blue oasis in this shithole of a state and was on its way to becoming a cultural Mecca. No more after this awful bill was passed.

Boycott Georgia agricultural products, too. Let Delta Airlines know what you think. If we apply enough pressure the worm may turn.

[ck4829]

25. K&R

[underpants]

26. Georgia usurped North Carolina and Virginia as the go to production states

Big money.

[Buckeyeblue]

27. Georgia only matters because of Atlants

The amount of money Atlanta provides to the state vs the amount the rest of that state provides isn't even close. And yet the state moves forward with such backwards ass laws that Atlanta doesn't want.

Without Atlanta, Georgia would be Mississippi.