The new premium pricing to film inside the Gold Dome
It’s about to get pricier to use Georgia’s statehouse as a backdrop for movies.
Film crews have shot at least a half-dozen movies at the stately Capitol in the last few years, including the transformation of the second-floor Rotunda into a raging night club for the forthcoming instant classic “Ride Along 2.”
It used to cost $5,000 to get a license to film movie scenes at the Capitol. The Georgia Building Authority’s members voted Tuesday to up that price tag to $25,000.
It’s a historical building and shouldn’t be used as a cheap movie set,” said Steve Fanczi, the GBA’s deputy executive director. “We’re a working Capitol and this would limit disruptions
The movie industry has been drawn to Georgia by one of the nation’s most generous film tax credits, and since 2008 the building authority has collected $1.6 million in rent and other fees from companies for rolling film at the Gold Dome and other state properties.
Gov. Nathan Deal said he thought the $5,000 charge led to an onslaught of applications to film on location.
“The $25,000, we think, is a reasonable figure,” he told our AJC colleague Nicholas Fouriezos. “And it will probably drop the number of requests.”
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Greg Bluestein is the Atlanta Journal Constitution's chief political reporter. He is also an author, TV analyst and co-host of the Politically Georgia podcast.
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