Marvel moves production out of US even as Trump puts 100 per cent tariff on overseas films
Marvel Entertainment's release of Thunderbolts* in cinemas at the weekend will mark the end of an era for the US state of Georgia.
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Thanks to the state's tax credit system and new stages at Trilith Studios in Fayetteville, 13 big-budget Marvel movies have been filmed in Georgia over the past decade, including multiple Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers, Spider-Man, Black Panther and Captain America films.
Collectively, Marvel has spent more than US$3 billion in the state, and the films collectively generated more than US$12 billion in worldwide revenue in cinemas alone.
But after
Thunderbolts* , which many critics are saying is the best Marvel film in years, the production company has no films slated to be filmed in Georgia.
Marvel has chosen instead to primarily shoot its Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies in London for now. That includes not just the coming The Fantastic Four: First Steps, set to be released in July but the next Spider-Man film and two more Avengers movies.
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