Boycott Over Abortion Law Threatens Georgia’s Film Industry
ATLANTA—Georgia’s swelling film and television industry, known locally as Y’allywood, faces growing pressure from a boycott launched by some actors and producers over a new state law restricting abortion.
California bill would give tax breaks to productions that move out of Georgia over abortion ban
A California lawmaker has introduced a bill that would offer new incentives for movie and film productions that want to leave Georgia or other states with restrictive abortion laws.
California bill would give tax incentives to film, TV productions that leave states banning abortion
California bill would give tax breaks to studios that leave states with restrictive abortion bans
A California lawmaker reportedly introduced a bill Monday that would give tax breaks to production studios that leave states with restrictive abortion bans.
Assembly Bill 1442 would allow an additional tax credit starting in January 2020 for qualified productions that decide not to film in states that have “pending legislation or existing law that prohibits access to, criminalizes the provision of, or otherwise restricts a woman’s access to abortion services after 6 weeks from the beginning of the pregnancy or earlier.”
Kristen Wiig comedy film pulls out of Georgia over abortion law
Production for Kristen Wiig’s upcoming comedy “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” will transfer out of Georgia following the state’s passage of new restrictions on abortions, Time reports, citing a representative for the actress.
Wiig co-wrote and stars in the Lionsgate film alongside Annie Mumolo, with whom she co-wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for “Bridesmaids.”
California bill would give tax incentives to film, TV productions that leave states banning abortion
LOS ANGELES — A California Democratic lawmaker on Monday formally introduced a bill to offer tax breaks to film and television productions that relocate from states with “strict abortion bans.”
Governor Newsom Says California Will Not Sign Anti-Abortion Law
California’s leaders are reassuring women in the Golden State their rights won’t be taken away like in other states. Governor Gavin Newsom is speaking out against Alabama’s new abortion ban.
‘Come back home’: Gavin Newsom cites Alabama abortion ban to recapture the film industry
Gov. Gavin Newsom is citing recent abortion bans in conservative states to argue that film companies should take their productions out of the South and back to California.
In a Twitter video with Assemblywoman Luz Rivas, Newsom said California, which already gives tax breaks to films, is “going to do more” to entice productions to film in the Golden State.
Assemblywoman Luz Rivas Introduces the California Share Our Values Film Tax Incentive to Further Entice Entertainment Production Back to Our State
SACRAMENTO – Assemblywoman Luz Rivas (D-Arleta) and Governor Gavin Newsom had a discussion on how to highlight women’s rights by utilizing California’s Film and Television Tax Credit to incentivize production companies operating in states with stricter abortion laws to work in California.
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