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Daily Mail
12 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Devastation for 'Hollywood of the South' as Marvel pulls plug on new projects...leaving thousands reeling
Movie makers in Georgia say they have been left scrambling for work as Marvel begins unwinding its longstanding relationship with the southern state. The Hollywood studio has filmed dozens of TV shows and blockbuster movies in Georgia in recent years, including several of the Avengers hits. Marvel shot many scenes in Georgia thanks to its generous production tax credits, with flicks that cost over $500,000 qualifying for a 20 percent base transferable tax credit. But the studio has recently been moving much of its production to the United Kingdom, citing rising costs in Georgia that make filming across the pond a cheaper option. This most recently saw this summer's Fantastic Four reboot filmed in the UK, and the loss of Marvel's business has fueled a nearly 50 percent drop in production spending in Georgia in the past three years, per the Wall Street Journal. The entertainment industry supported almost 20,000 jobs in Georgia, with the steep drop off set to impact thousands of movie workers. Script supervisor Janine Gosselin, 62, told the outlet that she has gone from having an overload of work with Marvel after moving to Georgia for the past two decades to now struggling to find new productions. 'You feel like a jilted lover,' she said. Gosselin said she is not alone in finding her workload drop off, and was forced to borrow from her retirement plan to pay the bills after failing to find steady work for over a year. Following the London production of the Fantastic Four reboot, Marvel is now reportedly filming its next two Avengers movies and the next Spider-Man film in London as well. The sharp decline in the number of productions in Georgia has been a shock to the state's movie industry. This has seen only around 245 projects shot in Georgia in the fiscal year that ended in June, compared to 412 in the 2022 fiscal year. The drop-off has also been driven by a general reduction in the number of TV shows that studios have made in recent years as streaming platforms become central to their profit margins. Much of this work has since moved overseas, and the United Kingdom has become a favorite of many studios due to its lower salary demands and the lack of a need to fund employee health insurance. According to statistics cited by the Journal from data company ProdPro, the United Kingdom has seen a 16 percent surge in movies and TV series with budgets above $40 million in 2024 compared to 2022. In the US nationwide, there has been a 29 percent decline in this same metric. Georgia became known in movie circles as the 'Hollywood of the South', and an Atlanta facility called Trilith Studios - with over 1,000 acres of space and 34 stages - was the HQ for many famous movie shoots. Lenzi Sealy, who scouted locations for four Marvel projects, told the Journal that at the height of the productions there, sets were 'fighting over stages on a daily basis because there just wasn't enough room for Marvel and whatever other show was trying to film.' Statewide, the entertainment industry supported almost 20,000 jobs. But now, Trilith has been struggling to fill its stages. With its days as a movie production hub falling away, some states have tried to emulate its tax credits system. Texas, New York, New Jersey and California have expanded their advantages to try and entice studios back to the US in recent times.
North Wales Chronicle
13 hours ago
- North Wales Chronicle
Ryan Reynolds says he and Rob McElhenney don't make Wrexham ‘football decisions'
Wrexham have had a meteoric rise under their Hollywood owners, becoming the first team in the history of English football's top five divisions to secure three successive promotions. Reynolds and McElhenney were at the SToK Cae Ras on Saturday to watch Wrexham play their first home game in the second tier of English football since May 1982. But there was no Hollywood ending as West Brom won 3-2 to leave the Red Dragons without a Championship point after two games. 'We have a very hands-off management style,' Deadpool star Reynolds told Sky Sports. 'Our job is to listen, learn, and tell the story. And that's I think a great position for any ownership group to be in, to really just be there to support and tell the story. 'We don't make football decisions. And it's actually the great gift of that is that we're able to have relationships with the players at Wrexham, whereas most people in our position can't. 'So we have a relationship with every single one of our players.' The Welsh club's commercial success – fuelled by Reynolds and McElhenney's celebrity status and the award-winning 'Welcome to Wrexham' documentary series – has allowed them to invest heavily in Phil Parkinson's squad with nine summer signings. Wrexham have broken their transfer record three times this summer and Wales striker Nathan Broadhead, signed from Ipswich in a deal worth up to £10million, made his debut against West Brom. McElhenney said: 'It's interesting to get accolades when you hear people say, 'Oh, you guys have done a pretty good job with the club. 'The truth is we don't really have anything to do with what happens out on the pitch. 'We've got our very specific job, which is to be clowns and to tell the story as best we can. 'But also to be as respectful as we possibly can to what Phil does on the pitch and what the executive team, Michael (Williamson) and Shaun (Harvey) and Humphrey (Ker) and everybody does off the pitch. 'We just have an incredible team and we just get to sit back and be fans and document the process.'
BBC News
13 hours ago
- BBC News
Reynolds and McElhenney 'don't make football decisions'
Ryan Reynolds says he and fellow Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney do not make any "football decisions" at the Championship have had a meteoric rise under their Hollywood owners, becoming the first team in the history of English football's top five divisions to secure three successive American owners were at the Stok Cae Ras on Saturday to watch Wrexham play their first home game in the second tier of English football since May there was no Hollywood ending as West Bromwich Albion won 3-2 to leave the Red Dragons without a Championship point after two games."We have a very hands-off management style," Deadpool star Reynolds told Sky Sports. "Our job is to listen, learn, and tell the story. And that is a great position for any ownership group to be in, to really just be there to support and tell the story."We don't make football decisions. And actually the great gift of that is that we're able to have relationships with the players at Wrexham, whereas most people in our position can't."So we have a relationship with every single one of our players." The Welsh club's commercial success - fuelled by Reynolds and McElhenney's celebrity status and the award-winning Welcome to Wrexham documentary series - has allowed them to invest heavily in Phil Parkinson's squad with nine summer have broken their transfer record three times this summer and Wales striker Nathan Broadhead, signed from Ipswich Town in a deal worth up to £10m, made his debut against West said: "It's interesting to get accolades when you hear people say, 'Oh, you guys have done a pretty good job with the club'. "The truth is we don't really have anything to do with what happens out on the pitch."We've got our very specific job, which is to be clowns and to tell the story as best we can."But also to be as respectful as we possibly can to what Phil does on the pitch and what the executive team, Michael [Williamson], Shaun [Harvey] and Humphrey [Ker] and everybody does off the pitch."We just have an incredible team and we just get to sit back and be fans and document the process."
