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Slutty Teenage Bounty Hunters,Netflix's new comedy series from Kathleen Jordan, Jenji Kohan and Tara Herrmann, will film in Atlanta, Georgia. The shoot is tentatively slated for July-October. The news comes a month after Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos became the first top Hollywood executive to take a…

The ACLU, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood have sued the state of Georgia asking a judge to stop Georgia’s abortion bill from becoming law in January. The legislation, known as the “heartbeat bill,” was signed by Gov. Brian Kemp and would be one of the most restrictive in the nation. The…

Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping are the latest industry figures to address their film and TV production in Georgia in the wake of the state’s new “fetal heartbeat” law. The Chernin Entertainment brass said today that they will continue to film their Fear Street movies and the upcoming Starz drama P-Valley in Atlanta…

Hollywood has done little so far to protest Georgia's new anti-abortion law known as the “heartbeat” bill, which Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law last week. Still, a studio source has confirmed to Deadline Kemp has postponed an upcoming trip to Los Angeles where he was to meet with film and TV executives and tout…

J.J. Abrams and Jordan Peele’s upcoming HBO horror series Lovecraft Country will film in Georgia, the state under Hollywood’s microscope after it passed a controversial abortion bill this week, but the producers said they will donate their profits to groups that are fighting the so-called “fetal heartbeat” law. Read…

Hollywood has been slow in reacting against Georgia’s Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act, legislation known as the “heartbeat bill” that prohibits most abortions in the state once doctors can detect a fetal heartbeat. Signed into law this week, the bill – now one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws…