Will Smith pulls production of new movie ‘Emancipation’ from Georgia over voting law

Gal Gadot has lined up another new project, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Will Packer is weighing in on Georgia's new voting law. Like Black Panther II director Ryan Coogler made clear last week, the Atlanta-based producer said on TheReal that he plans to keep his productions in Georgia despite the restrictive bill.

Ryan Coogler is keeping the upcoming production of  in Georgia, despite the state's new voting law. On Friday, the actor revealed his decision in a letter published by Shadow and Act, explaining that he won't be moving production and will instead support voting rights organizations. «As an African-American, and as a citizen, I oppose all attempts, explicit and otherwise, to shrink the electorate and reduce access to the ballot.

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

Black Panther II in Georgia despite the intense criticism over new voting restrictions enacted by the state government. Coogler has condemned the voter integrity law signed into effect by Georgia governor Brian Kemp, but said he realized pulling production of the movie out of state would actually do more harm than good, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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

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.

(CNN)Georgia has lost a major production because of its newly restrictive voting legislation.It was announced Monday that director/producer Antoine Fuqua and his Fuqua Films and actor/producer Will Smith and his media company Westbrook Inc.

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election offices and to remove and replace local election officials. Opponents have said the law is designed to reduce the impact of minority voters.In a joint statement, Smith and Fuqua — who are both producers on the project — said they felt compelled to move the production out of Georgia.“We cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access,” Smith and Fuqua said.

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

Will Smith is moving production for his upcoming movie Emancipation.

In a move that takes aim at the restrictive voting laws of Georgia, director Antoine Fuqua and Will Smith are withdrawing the production of their slave dramaEmancipationfrom the state. Fuqua, who is directing and producing through his Fuqua Films, and Smith, who starring in and producing the production via his media company Westbrook Inc, made the announcement Monday.

Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua are pulling their Apple-produced thriller "Emancipation" from Georgia due to the state's recently passed voting laws.  The actor and director released a statement to Fox News on Monday announcing the change, noting that they can’t "in good conscience" provide money to Georgia that filming there would bring in as they feel the new laws amount to Reconstruction-era voter suppression.  "At this moment in time, the Nation is coming to terms with its history and

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.