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The Columbus Film Fund has announced the launch of its Local Filmmakers Grant program, aimed at providing a funding resource to Muscogee County-based filmmakers.

So much for the doldrums of August. Between Alien: Romulus and the near $100M-grossing Sony/Wayfarer Studios movie’ It Ends With Us, it’s clear we’ve shaken off all the strike jitters.

The Georgia Film Office, a strategic office within the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), reported that film and television productions spent $2.6 billion in Georgia during fiscal year 2024, a total of $11 billion over the last three fiscal years.  

Deadpool & Wolverine this weekend crossed the $1B global box office milestone, a major feat and with swagger to spare. Impressively, a female-driven title that cost peanuts is making bank.

GCA is now accepting applications for the FY25 Vibrant Communities Grant, which will fund arts projects in Georgia counties in which no organization received a GCA FY25 Bridge, Project, or Arts Education Program Grant.

Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) is accepting applications for the FY25 Cultural Facilities Grant, which will fund the construction, preservation, repair, or acquisition of an arts facility, as well as the acquisition of permanent equipment to support arts programs.

Deadpool & Wolverine continues to govern the global box office, now with an estimated $824.1M through Sunday.

The “Georgia Pop Culture and Horror Con” will be held in Columbus in August.

On the heels of a killer Saturday night in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con for Marvel, the Shawn Levy directed, produced and written Deadpool & Wolverine grossed $61.5M on Saturday.

Universal/Warner Bros/Amblin’s Twisters positively blasted past forecasts domestically this session. While the international box office result is pretty close to where we saw it coming in, there’s no denying this is much more of a domestic play.