Will Hollywood Boycott Georgia Over New Voting Law?

Black Panther IIwill still film in Georgia despite the state's new, restrictive voting law.

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler has explained his decision to keep filming the upcoming sequel in Georgia despite controversial new voting laws in the state.This year, new laws were set out in Georgia 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 the wake of the laws being passed, a number of Hollywood productions have left Georgia, including Will Smith’s new slavery drama Emancipation.In a

“Black Panther II” will go ahead with filming in Georgia this summer as planned. 

Angelique Jackson Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ryan Coogler is denouncing Georgia’s new restrictive voting laws and explains why he will still film “Black Panther II” in the state.Coogler penned an op-ed, shared with Shadow and Act, speaking out against the controversial legislation.“The fight for full enfranchisement is fundamental to the African-American struggle in this country and to this country’s claim to functioning democracy,” Coogler wrote.

Y’all. I admit, when I heard there were murmurings of Hollywood boycotting the Georgia film industry again after Governor Kemp signed the egregious SB 202, I ignored them.

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Will Smith's production company, Westbrook, is moving their upcoming film, , out of Georgia due to the state's new voting laws.

new voter law.The film — a thriller about a runaway slave that’s titled “Emancipation” — is the first big-budget movie project to pull out of the state on the basis of the new law, Variety reported.

Georgia is starting to lose Hollywood business over its latest controversial legislation.

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Apple’s runaway slave thriller Emancipation today will change its plan to shoot in Georgia, because of the state’s controversial restrictive election law signed by Republican state governor Brian Kemp. I’ve heard that the film — Antoine Fuqua is directing Will Smith from a William N.

Haley Bosselman editorStacey Abrams has set the record straight: she was not offered a position in the Biden White House, nor has she made a decision about her next political campaign.“I know there’s a governor’s race coming up, but I’m working on making sure we have democracy in Georgia,” she said Friday during “Women in Focus: Women, Big Tech and the Future of Hollywood,” a panel hosted by Chapman’s Dodge College and Glamour magazine.Abrams emphasized her belief that boycotts over the Peach

The Producers Guild of America has joined the growing chorus of Hollywood guilds opposed to Georgia’s restrictive new voting laws. “The Producers Guild of America strongly opposes the Georgia voter bill as an attempt to restrict the votes of underrepresented groups, particularly Black Americans,” the PGA tweeted this evening. “Full access to voting is the underpinning of our American Democracy and it is imperative for us to rigorously protect these rights for all Americans.”

Addressing the new voting law in Georgia, SAG-AFTRA said today, “We oppose any effort to suppress the constitutional rights of Americans, including our members.”

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).

Georgia's potential loss could be New Jersey's gain. At least that's what the Garden State hopes.

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Hollywood studios are beginning to publicly denounce Georgia's newly passed voting law. ViacomCBS is the first major entertainment industry corporation to clearly condemn the restrictive bill, which President Joe Biden has called "Jim Crow in the 21st century." The company released a statement on Twitteron Thursday morning.