Just in the fiscal year 2017 film and TV production had an economic impact in Georgia of $9.5 billion, while industry sources claim that the tax subsidy costs the state $141 million (2010).
The act granted qualified productions a transferable income tax credit of 20% of all in-state costs for film and television investments of $500,000 or more.
These industry establishments are probably supported wholly or in part by the production of feature films; television movies, series, pilots and miniseries; commercials, music videos, documentaries and still shoots.
[10] Films shot in Atlanta include Little Darlings (1980), Sharky's Machine (1981), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Outbreak (1995), Remember the Titans (2000), Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2008), Life as We Know It (2010), Contagion (2011), Identity Thief (2013), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Baby Driver (2017), and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).
Covington in Metro Atlanta has been home to dozens of feature and television projects that include the hit TV series The Vampire Diaries and In the Heat of the Night.
[25] In May 2019, a number of Hollywood studios and broadcasters including WarnerMedia, Viacom, CBS, NBC and Sony issued statements saying they would be reviewing their investments in the state if the new heartbeat bill were implemented.