The SEC Forum at College Football Fan Site, CFB51!!!

Congratulations to the Horns and condolences to the Aggies.

Shifting gears, does Woody Harrelson have connections to UT other than living the first 12 years of his life in Texas and being friends with Matthew McConaughey?

Might have something to do with this........

https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2025/01/30/matthew-mcconaughey-woody-harrelson-billy-bob-thornton-texas-filming-video/9431738238880/

Ah, thanks for the info.

We used to see filming going on near us routinely.  Post COVID it has dropped off a lot.  I think the main shows filmed here ended, like Ozark and zombies.

The state granted significant tax breaks.

Yeah, it started here with Smoky and the Bandit, to an extent, and the state figured it was a good thing.  There now are quite a few large studios in Atlanta that cater to it.  The infrastructure is here, which helps when you need indoor scenes.

We've seen local restaurants here shut down for a few days for filming.  The parking lots will fill up with vans and RVs and trailers with heavy cables running along the ground, and then disappear. 

 I watched on scene from Ozark being filmed off our deck, there was at least 100 people standing around while on actor was being filmed doing something, over and over.

I guess it pays out, somehow.

The state of Georgia successfully positioned itself a decade+ back to be a film hub.  Lots of shows and movies have been filmed there lately. 

That's only increasing with the current realities of the film business.

Variety Article on Growing GA films business