The state of Georgia is a major location for filming big-budget movies with a government willing to hand out substantial tax credits to studios and a large movie production infrastructure (thanks in part to African American movie mogul Tyler Perry). (Georgia has embraced its Y’aalywood nickname celebrating it as a southeast movie production hub.)
But Disney, along with several other major studios has announced they are concerned about doing new projects in the state because of the state government recently approved some of the toughest anti-abortion laws in the country. It’s not clear how much the studios themselves care about the new laws, but a lot of their top talent clearly do care. Along with Disney, NBCUniversal, Netflix and WarnerMedia have all expressed concerns.
Most of these studios have indicated they will keep filming in Georgia until the law actually takes effect – which due to court challenges, could several months or even years.