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By dedicating a month to IP awareness, Georgia is sending a clear message: protecting creativity is essential to sustaining and growing the industries that make us a global entertainment powerhouse.

I’ve spent my career where creativity meets business in television, production, and now advocacy and I’ve learned that the only defense I ever truly mastered was heartfelt hope. Hope, belief, and passion are what drive creators to bring something new into the world. But as technology evolves, protecting that spark has become both more complex and more critical than ever.

We lost a good one yesterday. For me and many others Craig Miller was an icon of icons in Georgia’s film and entertainment industry, a true champion for creatives and a huge advocate of tourism and economic development in the state. Universally respected and endlessly compassionate. 

Miller was for eight years co-president of the Georgia Production Partnership, responsible for establishing and maintaining the Georgia Film Tax Credit, an incentive to attract productions to the state.

The audience didn’t expand on this 43-year old Disney sci-fi franchise to the young-ins. That said, people chose to see the movie in a premium format with 67% coming from PLF screens, Imax, 3D, ScreenX or DBox.

It’s a feat to make any motion picture studio envious. Not even Disney in all its brand wattage has ever attempted to do a theatrical release on a big IP like this, with only two weeks of thrifty promotion.

Columbus Film Commissioner Joel Slocumb and Georgia Entertainment President Jezlan Moyet, sit down with Dee Armstrong at WTVM to discuss the local grant program and why the future of film in Georgia looks bright.

The film has more going for it, evident in its A CinemaScore and 74% definite recommend. Oh, and males 18-25 who showed up at 32% gave One Battle After Another a big A+. PostTrak is 4 1/2 out of 5 stars. Beat that, anyone.

Governor Brian P. Kemp today joined the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) in announcing that the state broke tourism records for the third consecutive year and ranked No. 5 in the nation for overnight visitation for the fifth year in a row.

Hosted at The Loft, the evening featured panel discussions, a fireside chat and an after-party, drawing creatives and community leaders from across the region.