On May 7, after Georgia signed the abortion Restriction Act, Netflix and Disney successively stated that they would boycott Georgia's abortion Restriction Act. Do you think the abortion Restriction Act is human?
Several major Hollywood film and television companies have also publicly boycotted Georgia's abortion restriction bill. Warner, universal, Sony, CBS, NBC, HBO, AMC, Showtime, USA and Syfy all collectively issued statements to boycott the Georgia act. If the act is implemented in January 2020, they will withdraw and no longer shoot locally.
Since Netflix and Disney, several major Hollywood film and television companies have publicly boycotted the abortion restriction bill passed by Georgia. Warner, universal, Sony, Disney and CBS, NBC, HBO, AMC, Showtime, USA, Syfy of the traditional five major film companies (Flowserve has been transferred to Disney, and the six have become five) all said that if Georgia really implements the bill, they will withdraw from the local area and no longer conduct film and television shooting there.
Netflix first spoke, followed by Disney, and half a day later, Warner media group (the parent company of Warner Bros. pictures, HBO, etc.) issued a statement. Since then, nbcuniversal (the parent company of Universal Pictures, NBC, etc.), Sony Pictures, AMC, etc. have followed up.
Nbcuniversal pointed out that similar laws restricting abortion may not be passed in the court and will not be implemented in the end. If it is implemented in Georgia or other states, they will reconsider and may no longer make film and television production locally.
Due to the tax rebate policy, Georgia has attracted many Hollywood projects in recent years. In 2018, 455 film and television projects were filmed locally, which has created 92000 jobs. Atlanta has become a new common shooting place in Hollywood.
On May 7 this year, the governor of Georgia officially signed the abortion restriction bill, which prohibits women from aborting when they are pregnant for more than 6 weeks (that is, doctors can detect the baby's heartbeat).
The bill has to go through the court. If it can be finally implemented, it will be in January 2020.