What’s filming now in Georgia? Projects with Ashley Judd, Sharon Stone.

The new normal for Georgia film and TV productions remains slow and steady.

The Georgia film office has 23 active TV shows or movies on its list as of Feb. 6, down from 25 in mid-January. That is on par with the amount of action in the state over the past 16 months. Compared to the 2015-2022 era, Georgia has seen volume slow significantly thanks to greater competition worldwide and a broad-based reduction in total business.

Most new productions in Georgia have been low to midbudget independent movies such as “21 Down,” a drama about a college football player with Down syndrome starring Ashley Judd, and Lifetime movie, “Who Killed My Mother?”

Actor Ashley Judd stars in the Atlanta-filmed “21 Down,” a drama about a college football player with Down syndrome. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP 2024)

Higher budget films have largely gone overseas or to other states with comparable, if not more financially enticing, tax credits. The United Kingdom and Australia are also now considered cheaper to shoot in than the United States, in part because of lower costs for crew.

Georgia has also seen far fewer TV series than it used to with California’s expanded tax credit system last year incentivizing producers to keep production in the state where most of the creatives live.

There are five productions not yet listed on the film office site:

• “Hal,” a drama about the humanitarian nonprofit Convoy of Hope, is set to begin production Monday at Trilith Studios, according to IATSE 479, the local union representing most crew members. Lead actors include Alexander Ludwig (“Vikings”), Emma Roberts (“American Horror Story”) and Ernie Hudson (“Ghostbusters”).
• Paramount film “The Rescue,” a Western, is in production starting Monday with a home base in Alpharetta and featuring actors from the “Yellowstone” universe.

Steve Harvey has hosted "Family Feud" since 2010, shooting most seasons in metro Atlanta. (Courtesy)

• Steve Harvey’s syndicated game show “Family Feud” returns to Trilith on Monday. Harvey has been host since 2010, shooting most seasons in metro Atlanta.
• Tyler Perry’s latest Netflix TV series, “Where There’s Smoke,” is scheduled to begin Feb. 16 at Tyler Perry Studios, according to IATSE 479. Netflix has not released any additional details.
• A film version of David Mamet’s play “Speed the Plow” begins production in Atlanta on Feb. 18 with Anthony Mackie (“Captain America: Brave New World”), Sharon Stone (“Casino”), Ben Mendelsohn (“Dark Knight Rises”) and Emily Alyn Lind (“We Were Liars”). Mamet will direct.

“That Time We Met,” a romantic comedy starring Pete Davidson and Ella Purnell, is set to begin shooting in late March and wrap in late May. And new seasons of Tyler Perry shows “Ruthless,” “Sistas” and “Zatima” are set to shoot in the coming weeks. (“Ruthless” and “Zatima” are available on streaming service BET+, while “Sistas” is on both BET and BET+.)

Actress Jasmine Guy participates in a panel discussion for UATL’s quarterly movie night in 2024. Guy starred as Whitley Gilbert in "A Different World." (Natrice Miller/AJC 2024)

The Georgia film office provides an ever-changing list of active productions, but it is not necessarily complete because companies are not obligated to update the state office.

If a company requests that a production stay off the list or asks to use a pseudonym, the film office will oblige. Netflix has been quite public about its reboot of “A Different World,” which includes Atlanta resident Jasmine Guy, but the film office still lists it as “Untitled HBCU Project.”

The next Superman film is listed as “Exodus” by IATSE 479 but is not yet listed on the Georgia film office site, though it has been confirmed to shoot at Trilith starting in the spring.

What began filming between Jan. 14 and Feb. 6

• “Mother’s Helper,” low-budget erotic thriller movie
• “21 Down,” feature film starring Ashley Judd
• “Hal,” a drama starring Alexander Ludwig, Emma Roberts and Ernie Hudson
• “Catalina Christmas” rom-com film
• “Who Killed My Mother?” Lifetime movie