‘Logan’ Director James Mangold to Boycott Georgia After State’s New Restrictive Voting Laws

An open letter headlined "We Stand For Democracy" and opposing restrictions on voting drew hundreds of signees from across corporate America, including many names from the entertainment industry. Among the companies attaching their names to the letter were Netflix, ViacomCBS, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet and Live Nation Entertainment.

Emancipation is moving its production from the state of Georgia following the passing of controversial new voting laws.This year, new laws were set out in the state which mean all voters will require ID in order to vote, a move that many believe will disproportionately harm Black and ethnic minority voters.In a joint statement announcing the move away from Georgia – the first major film to boycott the state following the new laws passing – Smith and director Antoine Fuqua said: “At this moment

feel compelled to move our film production work from Georgia to another state.”The decision comes despite calls from prominent Black figures like former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams urging Hollywood not to boycott the state. “Boycotts work best when the target of your boycott is responsive, and unfortunately we are not dealing with good actors here.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen reactions by Hollywood about the new voting laws that were recently passed in Georgia. These laws are a direct response to the recent election which saw the state vote for two Democratic senators and also for Joe Biden as the President of the United States.

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New Jersey may be the first state to pitch itself as an alternative to Georgia production but won’t be the last amid national furor at the Peach State’s restrictive new voting law. Atlanta’s booming entertainment infrastructure has so many advantages from rebates to infrastructure, yet the state is making itself a liability again less than a year after passing a highly controversial state abortion law (struck down by a federal judge as unconstitutional).

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A woman who formerly served as Cobb County’s District Attorney is questioning the timing of the new Georgia voting laws. Joyette Holmes, Esq., the special prosecutor who led the Ahmaud Arbery case after he was shot to death while jogging in Feb. 2020, told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that the timing of the controversial new bill that was signed into law on March 26th “is very suspicious.”

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