Filmmakers have Georgia on their minds

May 21, 2008 When Georgia-based animal wrangler Renee DeRossett heard that Gov. Sonny Perdue was signing a law upping her state's entertainment production tax credit to as much as 30%, she could barely contain her joy. What's truly good news for both DeRossett and Hollywood studios is that Georgia's new incentive is generous, but not so generous that a skeptical public and fickle legislators are likely to demand it be repealed two or three years down the line. The state had been on a hot streak in the late '90s and early '00s, attracting such studio films as 1999's "The General's Daughter" and 2000's "The Legend of Bagger Vance."

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