Daniel Radcliffe says he’s too young for JK Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ Sequel
“My inclination is to say ‘No’,” Daniel Radcliffe told TV critics this afternoon, where he was asked if he would be interested in playing an older version of Harry Potter.
The question came around after JK Rowling posted a short story about an older and married Harry Potter. The short story centers around the Quidditch World Cup 2014 and describes Harry Potter, now turning 34 as having “Threads of silver” in his black hair. He also has a mysterious cut over his cheekbone, which is most likely due to his career as a wizard trained to arrest dark wizards.
Daniel Radcliff was at Summer TV Press Tour 2014 to discuss his four episodes on Ovation’s black comedy, A Young Doctor’s Notebook and Other Storieswhere he plays a younger, morphine addicted version of a doctor played by Jon Hamm.
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CBS ‘Under the Dome’ is hiring families to work as extras in scenes filming in Wilmington, North Carolina.
CBS Under the Dome is based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel about a small town that is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by a massive transparent dome.
Casting directors are looking for extras to work on several scenes throughout July. Casting directors are looking for families, kids, teens, and a ton of other roles.
For more details, check out the casting call below:
CBS ‘Under the Dome’ Season 2 Casting Call
CASTING CALL FOR PEOPLE INSIDE THE DOME… I have a variety of dates that I will be needing.. PLEASE UNDERSTAND ITS NOT FOR ALL DATES JUST ONE OR TWO.. Due to continuity no one could work all dates.. So when you submit please include the date or dates you are available.
I need many many people, all ethnicity, Families (toddlers and up) Please if you are ethnic or an ethnic family I will love to have you to submit..
The Dates needed are the following:
THURSDAY 7/10
FRIDAY 7/11
SATURDAY 7/12
MONDAY 7/14
TUESDAY 7/15
WEDNESDAY 7/16
To submit please email [email protected] subject line with the following info: Include your date or dates your available, your “AGE/SEX/ETHNICITY” (also if you are a Family with 3 or more people also include FAMILY in the subject line… Or if you are an ETHNIC person or ETHNIC FAMILY please also include that in your subject line.)
Example of what I’m looking for: “7/10, 7/12,7/15.. 34/FEMALE/CAUCASIAN”
Or “7/14 ETHNIC FAMILY”
Or “ALL DATES CAUCASIAN FAMILY”
Include the following in the email a current photo of everyone submitting to work and the following info for everyone applying:
FULL NAME
AGE
PHONE NUMBER
LOCATION
HEIGHT/WEIGHT
SIZES/MEASUREMENTS
INCLUDE ANY SCENES/ROLES YOU HAVE WORKED IN EITHER SEASON:
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Have long hair? Casting directors are now seeking talent for scenes in the new HBO TV Pilot directed by Martin Scorsese.
The untitled drama explores the drugs and sex of the 1970′s New York music business as disco and punk music were on the rise.
According to Variety, the show will be depicted through the eyes of Cannavale’sRichie Finestra, a record exec trying to build a record label and find the next new sound.
Olivia Wilde is set to play Devon Finestra, Richie’s wife and former actress/model who attempts to deal with the Richie’s crisis as it causes strain on their family and relationship.
Casting directors are looking for Caucasian Men with medium length hair for the HBO Pilot, The Untitled Rock N’ Roll Project. If selected, talent must be available for a wardrobe fitting on Tuesday 7/8 or Wednesday 7/9 and work on Thursday 7/10.
For more details, check out the casting call below.
‘HBO Pilot, The Untitled Rock N’ Roll Project’ Casting Call
Seeking Caucasian Men with medium length hair for the HBO Pilot, The Untitled Rock N’ Roll Project. Hair must be AT LEAST over the ears but does not need to be past the shoulders. Must be able to attend a wardrobe fitting on Tuesday 7/8 or Wednesday 7/9 and work on Thursday 7/10.
If interested and available, please email [email protected] with your name, phone#, union status, wardrobe sizes (height, jacket, neck, sleeve, waist, inseam and shoe) and availability for the fitting and shoot date. Please also attach a current candid picture so that we can see what your hair currently looks like (1 picture facing camera and the 2nd picture should be profile).
Subject line of the email should be “FACEBOOK MEDIUM LENGTH HAIR”. Please so note email us if you’ve already been fit or worked on this project. Discuss this story with fellow Project Casting fans on Facebook. On Twitter, follow us at @projectcasting.
Want to be an extra on The CW’s ‘The Vampire Diaries’?
Well producers are looking for you. Casting directors are seeking new talent to work on season 6 of the hit TV series ‘The Vampire Diaries’.
Background Artists Casting Atlanta posted a casting call seeking talent to work on season 6 of ‘The Vampire Diaries‘.
According to Wetpaint, Season 6 of TVD will pick up at least several months after the end of Season 5. Though we don’t have details on how much time will have passed, we know it will be a “substantial time jump” and will find our characters starting over in a variety of ways.
Julie Plec told The Hollywood Reporter “The way we look at it, Season 6 is a beautiful and organic reset. The theme of the season is everybody gets to start over. That’s what we’re going to do.”
Based on the series of books by L. J. Smith, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Outerbanks Entertainment, Alloy Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios.
To apply to be an extra send an email with the below info to [email protected]
Photo (include a full body picture along with headshot)
Name:
Age:
Phone Number:
State/City:
Email:
Height:
Weight:
Clothing Sizes (Include shoe size)
Men–if you can please include dress shirt size and jacket size along with your clothing sizes. Women–If you can please include your measurements along with clothing sizes
CAR, color/Model/year
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Sometimes actors have a certain type of acting style. While some actors just do the same thing in every movie.
You may not notice it the first time. Maybe not even in the second movie but, once you see it in every movie they have ever done it seems pretty hard not to ignore their lack of imagination or creativity. But, at the same time, don’t fix something if it’s not broken.
Here are 10 famous actors that do the same thing in every movie.
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10. Samuel L. Jackson loves to rant and yell
You could see Samuel L. Jackson screaming in Pulp Fiction, Deep Blue Sea, A Time To Kill, Snakes on a Plane, The Negotiator, Django Unchained, Losing Isaiah, Unbreakable, and even The Spirit.
But, at the same time, he made his career in the Quentin Tarantino movie, ‘Pulp Fiction’. With a monologue that starts with “Ezekiel 25:17” and ends with a gun shoot out, it takes a special type of actor.
9. Shia LaBeouf Loves to say “No! No! No! No!”
Shia LaBeouf reminds me of a child that doesn’t get his way. In Transformers 1-3, Disturbia, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Eagle Eye he keeps saying “No! No! No! No!”
He usually says it when he is shocked or about to get killed. It’s pretty interesting, or just really weird.
8. Harrison Ford loves to Point
Harrisn Ford loves to point, you can see it in Star Wars, The Mosquito Coast, Witness, Clear and Present Danger, K-19: The Widow Maker, Extraordinary Measures, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Air Force One. In Hollywood, it is called the “Finger of Doom,”. He does it every time he’s angry at someone or wants to threaten their life.
AMC Theater chain is spending $600 million to add fully reclining seats.
Between 50 percent to 70 percent of seats in a given movie theater will be removed to make room for the larger chairs.
AMC Entertainment is spending the money to remodel the theaters with larger, fully reclining seats. AMC, is the second largest theater chain will provide “La-Z-Boy type” seats that fully recline in its theaters, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Thew new seats will be 60 inches wide vs. the current 44 inches.
Becuase of the larger seats, 50 to 70 percent of all seats in a theater will have be removed in order to make room for the new seats.
AMC believes that the renovations will cost between $350,000 to $500,000 per theater.
According to AMC, attendance in the theaters that have already been updated has jumped an average of 80 percent, despite having fewer seats, although the exhibitor declined to give any further breakdown.
Changes like this seem pretty necessary. Netflix has been negotiating with production companies to allow Netflix access to movies at the same as movie theaters. According to the MPAA, the number of tickets sold in the United States has declined by 1.5 from 2012 to 2013. To make things worse, movie attendance has not really improved in the last 10 years.
Nowadays, theaters have to do as much as possible to stay relevant. If not, they will end up in the entertainment industry graveyard alongside Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. Discuss this story with fellow Project Casting fans on Facebook. On Twitter, follow us at @projectcasting.
New Harry Potter Movie Coming Soon? J.K. Rowling releases an update on ‘Harry Potter’
After the defeat of Voldemort millions of people asked the same question, what will Harry Potter do next? Warner Bros. asked the same question and decided to make a movie out of J.K. Rowling’s book ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them‘.
Now, J.K. Rowling answers the multi-million dollar question this monday with a short story describing an older ‘Harry Potter‘.
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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has posted her latest story on her web site Pottermore.com, featuring Harry Potter and his old friends in their 30s.
The latest short story is published nearly seven years since the last book in the Harry Potter franchise. The 1,500 word story reunited Harry with his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermoine Granger along with other friends of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Pottermore.com said the article “offers a snapshot of the current lives of the former Hogwarts friends, as well as a tantalizing glimpse into the next generation.”
The short story centers around the Quidditch World Cup 2014 and describes Harry Potter, now turning 34 as having “Threads of silver” in his black hair. He also has a mysterious cut over his cheekbone, which is most likely due to his career as a wizard trained to arrest dark wizards.
Will this new short story mark the start of the new set of ‘Harry Potter‘ movies? Only time will tell. But, seeing how Warner Bros. is adamant about expanding the Potter-Universe, you can most likely bet on it.
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Netflix is currently hiring a “tagger”for its London office. Basically, they’ll pay you to watch TV all day, every day.
If you have always dreamed of being the person who is assigned to breakdown “BreakingBad” or “TheWalkingDead” episodes this may be your dream job. But, apply soon because the competition is pretty stiff.
Current Netflix Taggers include a mum who speaks fluent Hindi and has worked on several procedural crime shows, a French native and former keyboard player in Stereolab now living in New York who tags French-language content and a film director working on his third feature starring Tim Roth who lives in Mexico City and tags Spanish-language content.
But, what does a “Tagger” do? Taggers “deconstruct the films and programmes and describe them using objective tags” which sounds amazing until you are forced to watch an analyze ‘Blues Clues’.
What do you think of the dream job? Do you plan on applying? Share with us your thoughts about the Netflix “tagger” position in the comments below
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Eddie Murphy will be returning to Detroit for the new Beverly Hills Cop movie.
According to Paramount the new Beverly Hills Copmovie centers on Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) as he returns back to the mean streets of Detroit during the coldest winter in years. Navigating through the new rules and old enemies in America’s toughest city.
The Beverly Hills Cop movie will be produced by JerryBruckheimer and will be released in March 2016.
Filming will take place around Detroit, Michigan for several scenes in the movie.
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“We are excited to welcome Axel Foley and the Beverly Hills Cop franchise back to Michigan,” said Margaret O’Riley, director of the Michigan Film Office. “This project will highlight locations throughout metro Detroit that speak to the city’s heritage while making significant investments in the community by hiring Michigan workers and local businesses.”
According to the press release, The Beverly Hills Cop production was approved for an estimated rebate of $13.5 million based on up to $56,644,792 of projected in-state expenditures. The project is expected to employ approximately 352 Michigan workers during the film’s shoot, with a full time equivalent of 318 jobs.
We will keep you updated in job and acting opportunities. Are you excited for the next ‘Beverly Hills Cop‘ movie? Share with us your thoughts in the comments below!
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Tyler Perry’s ‘If Loving You is Wrong’ Casting Call in Atlanta for extras.
The new series is a spinoff from the movie “Single Moms Club” and will be Tyler Perry‘s latest show to air on his friend Oprah Winfrey‘s Network (OWN).
The first episode of ‘If Loving You is Wrong‘ is set to premiere in September and will be created, written, directed and executive produced by Tyler Perry and centers on the relationships of a group of husbands and wives that live and love on the same street. While the neighbors are all from different backgrounds, their lives are really similar. But, secrets, lies and deception threaten to destroy what they have built.
Casting directors are casting a ton of extras to work on Tuesday, July 8th in Atlanta, Georgia.
For more details, check out the casting call below:
Tyler Perry’s ‘If Loving You is Wrong’
“WRONG LOVE” filming near GREENBRIAR AREA-ATLANTA, GEORGIA
SHOOT DATE: Tuesday 7/8/14
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CARS NEEDED: NO RED, WHITE OR BLACK CARS
AGES: 18-60 NICE CARS AND NEIGHBORS FOR BRAD’S (CHATEAU)/PLACE…
SUBJECT LINE: BRAD’S CARS
Please send photos of CAR and photos of yourself
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POLICE OFFICERS NEEDED: AGES: 25-55
MUSTACHE ONLY- NO GO-TEE OR BEARD OR 5 OCLOCK SHADOWS… MUST HAVE BLACK WORK BOOT TYPE SHOES/ SNEAKERS
‘Ashby’ Movie casting call for extras in North Carolina.
Tona B. Dahlquist is currently casting extras those interested in working as extras in Tony McNamara’s upcoming comedy-drama ASHBY, set to star Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler, Iron Man 2), Nat Wolff (The Fault in our Stars, The Naked Brothers Band), Emma Roberts (We’re The Millers, Palo Alto) and Sarah Silverman (A Million Ways To Die In The West).
The comedy-drama Ashbyfollows the relationship between a high school student, to be played by Nat Wolff, and a retired CIA assassin who only has months to live.
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Casting directors are looking for talent to play prep-school teens and available for filming on THURSDAY 7/10.
For more details, check out the casting call below:
‘Ashby’ Movie Casting Call
ASHBY -NEEDING PREP SCHOOL TEENS (Ages 17 -23) available for filming on THURSDAY 7/10. Must be 100% available on 7/10. Filming in Charlotte area. Please submit your photo and information to us at [email protected] with heading 7/10 PREP TEEN.
Cinemax ‘Banshee’ is looking for men with military experience in North Carolina.
Cinemax “Banshee” comes from the creator of ‘True Blood,’.‘Banshee’ stars Antony Starr as Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pennsylvania, where he continues his criminal activities, even as he’s hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier (Cinemax).
Casting directors are looking for men with military or law enforcement experience to play SWAT officers for a scene on Tuesday, July 8th in North Carolina.
For more details, check out the casting call below:
‘Banshee’ Casting Call
BANSHEE -SEEKING MILITARY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT TYPES (MALES ONLY) TO PORTRAY SWAT FOR FILMING ON TUESDAY 7/8! Please submit your current photo, name, age, phone, height/weight, clothing sizes, city/state you reside to [email protected] with heading SWAT. Filming in Mooresville area.
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‘Untitled Armored Car’ (Loomis Fargo) is now casting extras for a scene in North Carolina.
The movie centers on the 1997 Loomis Fargo warehouse robbery that occurred in Charlotte, North Carolina where a night guard at an armored car company organizes one of the biggest bank heists in history.
Galifianakis plays a disgruntled armored car driver who teams up with a pretty co-worker and a group of inexperienced criminals to steal nearly $20 million from a bank vault. The thieves leave a trail of evidence as they go on an excessive spending spree buying mansions, sports cars and boats. To add insult to injury, the driver’s team double-cross him and leave him alone on the run in Mexico while they live the good life in the United States.
The movie features Kirsten Wiig, Owen Wilson, and Zach Gilifianakis.
Casting directors are seeking extras with cars from 1997 or older for scenes filming on Tuesday, July 8th in Asheville, North Carolina.
For more details, check out the casting call below:
‘Untitled Armored Car’ Casting Call
UAC (Untitled Armored Car) Seeking 5 people with 1997 or older vehicles available for filming on TUESDAY 7/8 in an area on outskirts of Asheville. Must be able to make a 7 am or so call time.
If 100% available on Tuesday and have such vehicle -send us a snapshot of you and you vehicle, your name, age, phone, city/state you reside, color/make/model/year vehicle.
Submissions should be sent to [email protected] with heading TUESDAY WITH CAR. If you have already submitted ALL of this information including photos…you can give us your name and car information. We will look you up. Thanks
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“Ride Along 2″ will feature Kevin Hart, Tika Sumpter and Ice Cube. Ice Cube will also be producing the project along with Will Packer, Matt Alvarez andLarry Brezner.
Casting directors are looking for male beach volleyball players for a scene filming on Wednesday, July 9th.
For more details, check out the casting call below:
‘Ride Along 2’ Casting Call
RIDE ALONG 2 – This is for MIAMI…I’m looking for some males who have experience with beach volleyball. Should be fit and attractive. Works Wednesday, July 9th. Send pics, sizes, and contact info to [email protected]. Only looking for those in or around the Miami area. Put VOLLEYBALL MALE in subject line.
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BET’s ‘Being Mary Jane‘ is currently casting stand-ins in Atlanta, Georgia.
BET’s ‘Being Mary Jane’ comes from the producers of the award-winning, BET comedy The Game. The hit series was recently renewed for a second season and features the talented Gabrielle Union.
‘Being Mary Jane’ centers on Mary Jane Paul, a successful TV news anchor who runs into modern day experiences that men and women can both understand and engage in. This intense drama shows Mary Jane juggling her life, her relationships, and her personal commitments.
Casting directors are looking for a stand-in for the actor Stephen Bishop for filming on Tuesday, July 8th in Atlanta Georgia.
Hylton Casting is currently accepting submissions. For details, check out the casting call below:
‘Being Mary Jane’ Casting Call
For the TV series “Being Mary Jane” Season 2, we are casting a stand in for the actor Stephen Bishop for filming on Tuesday, 7/8/14. Please see further details below:
-African American male, ages 21 to 40s
-Height: 6’2-6’4
-Location: Atlanta, GA
-Call Time: TBA, afternoon or evening, you must be prepared for a 12 hr day or longer
-Rate: $90.00 for 8hr (time and half after 8 hours)
To submit, please visit the link below. Please list “Stephen Bishop Stand In” as the extra role you are applying for.
Commercial casting call for actors in the Washington DC area.
Carlyn Davis Casting is looking for Caucasian male actors in their 40s to 50s that have great acting abilities for a commercial filming in the DC Metro area. Auditions are scheduled for Wednesday, July 9, 2014 in Falls Church, Virginia. Filming will take place on Friday, July 11 in the DC metro area.
For more details, check out the casting call below:
Commercial Casting Call in DC Metro
We are looking for NON-UNION males, Caucasian, 40s-50s, larger in size, with great facial expressions for a TV spot. Auditions will be held on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 in Falls Church, VA. Shoot will be on Friday, July 11 in the DC Metro area. This is a non-speaking role.
For consideration, please email [email protected] with your headshot/resume. Please put “Non-Union TV Spot” in the subject of the email. All submissions must be received by 4 pm on Tuesday, July 8, 2014.
We are looking for DC local talent only at this time.
No phone calls, please. Thank you!
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Casting directors are now casting kids for a PSA filming in Washington DC.
Carlyn Davis Casting is looking for kids ages 9 to 16 for roles in a Public Service Announcement filming in Washington DC. Auditions are scheduled for Thursday, July 10, 2014.
Casting directors are looking for Asian, Hispanic, and African-American models and actors for scenes in the PSA.
For more details, check out the casting call below:
Washington D.C. Casting Call
We are looking for the following NON-UNION types for a PSA.
Auditions will be held on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Washington, DC. Shoot will be in the DC area during the week of July 21, 2014. We are currently looking for:
Male or Female, Asian or Hispanic, 12 years old
Male or Female, African American, 10 years old
Male or Female, Asian, 9 years old
Male or Female, Hispanic or Asian, 13-16 years old
For consideration, please email [email protected] with a headshot/resume and recent snapshot. Please put “Non-Union PSA (role)” in the subject of the email (for example, “Non-Union PSA (Asian 9 years old)”).
Please include all contact information in the body of the email. All submissions must be received by 1 pm on Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
We are looking for DC local talent only at this time.
No phone calls, please. Thank you!
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“Two out of three of all the patients who come to see me with Body Dysmorphic Disorder since the rise of camera phones have a compulsion to repeatedly take and post selfies on social media sites.”
“Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to help a patient to recognize the reasons for his or her compulsive behaviour and then to learn how to moderate it,” he told the Sunday Mirror.
A teenager from the UK tried to commit suicide after he was unable to take the perfect selfie. Danny Bowman became so obsessed with capturing the perfect photo that he spent 10 hours a day taking up to 200 selfies. The 19-year-old lost nearly 30 pounds, dropped out of school and did not leave the house for six months in his quest to get the right photo. He would take 10 pictures right after waking up. He became so frustrated to take the perfect image, he tried to commit suicide by overdosing. Fortunately, his mother saved his life.
It is believed the teenager became the first selfie addict and has had therapy to treat his addiction, as well as OCD and Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
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“Selfies frequently trigger perceptions of self-indulgence or attention-seeking social dependence that raises the damned-if-you-do and damned-if-you-don’t spectre of either narcissism or very low self-esteem,” said Pamela Rutledge in Psychology Today.
The addiction to selfies has also concerned physicians in Thailand. “To pay close attention to published photos, controlling who sees or who likes or comments them, hoping to reach the greatest number of likes is a symptom that ‘selfies’ are causing problems,” said Panpimol Wipulakorn, of the Thai Mental Health Department.
The doctor believed that behaviors could generate brain problems in the future, especially those related to lack of confidence.
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Tyler Perry has officially trademarked “What Would Jesus Do?”
Do you remember the phrase W.W.J.D bracelets? In the 1990s the bracelets became a motto for many Christians who used the phrase a reminder of their belief to act in a manner a way that Jesus would want them too.
Now, the once former homeless play writer turned entertainment mogul, Tyler Perry now has trademarked the phrase “What Would Jesus Do?”
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Tyler Perry has been in dispute for years with someone else who wanted to trademark the name, and recently won.
While it is not clear how Tyler Perry will stop millions of youth church group goers from using the now famous bracelets, or if he will require royalty checks. He included a disclaimer that he wasn’t attempting ownership on the exclusive right to use “Jesus” apart from “What Would Jesus Do,” the Hollywood Reporter said, citing the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
What do you think? Share with us your thoughts in the comments below!
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There is no doubt in denying how quickly the Georgia Film Industry grew over the last couple of years.
With the release of several Hunger Games movies, the Divergent Series, and several major television shows, Georgia has quickly shown the world that they are a force to be reckoned with in the TV and Film industry.
Production companies that spend at least $500,000 in qualified expenses are eligible for the 20 percent tax credit and can receive an additional 10 percent if the project includes a Georgia logo. According to reports Georgia is on the way to giving $163 million in tax incentives.
But, Georgia may have hit the biggest wall as they continue to take over the film industry, lack of qualified crews.
According to WSBTV, during a meeting between representatives for the film and television industry told state officials that they regularly struggle to find crews in Georgia and have to hire staff from other states.
Projects have struggled to find construction crews, grip and electric teams and special effects, especially for television teams facing a deadline of only a few weeks, said Craig McNeil, production executive at NBC’s cable arm Universal Cable Productions. McNeil is midway through shooting the first season of “Satisfaction” in Georgia and said the number of projects shooting simultaneously in the state can make it difficult to fully staff.
The problem representatives said, is finding people with both the training and on-the-job experience to help projects get done time and on budget.
David Grant, vice president of physical production for Marvel Studios, is producing the studio’s first project in Georgia, “Ant Man,” and called the state’s incentive program one of, if not the best, in the U.S. But Marvel has struggled to find the experienced and trained special effects technicians, specialty costumers and stunt team members especially important to an action hero production, Grant said.
When they can’t hire locally, crew members have to be flown in from California, he said.
“We’ve found because Georgia is so busy, some of the advantages of being here via the incentive are wiped away because of the amount of people we have to bring in,” he said.
But, expect things to change quickly. Lee Thomas, director of the Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office, said that he will bring the workforce issues to the attention of public universities and technical colleges.
What do you think? Is Georgia ill-equipped to handle multiple productions? Or, do you think this is a problem lies elsewhere? Share with us your thoughts in the comments below:
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