Apparently Georgia Republicans were making trouble in the neighborhood so Will Smith is going to live with his aunty and uncle in Louisiana or some garbage like that. Citing the new voting law in Georgia, Smith is movie production of his slave movie to Louisiana, a state with the exact same kind of voter laws. This move is expected to cost the movie production $15 millions dollars because when you go woke, you go broke.
Deadline broke the rumored virtue signaling on Monday:
Apple’s runaway-slave thriller Emancipation today will change its plan to shoot in Georgia, because of the state’s controversial restrictive election law signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. I’ve heard that the film — Antoine Fuqua is directing Will Smith from a William N. Collage script — instead likely will shoot in Louisiana, where the actual events of the thriller took place.
It’s going to be on Apple TV? Who gives a shit? Nobody will ever see it.
This pending move comes after weeks of discussions between the filmmakers and film officials in Georgia and Louisiana and with Georgia political leaders like Stacey Abrams.
First the MLB All-Star game and now this? Great job in trying to tank the economy for black people in Georgia, Stacy.
After reporting the rumor, Deadline got confirmation of the move in a statement from Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua.
“At this moment in time, the Nation is coming to terms with its history and is attempting to eliminate vestiges of institutional racism to achieve true racial justice. We cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access. The new Georgia voting laws are reminiscent of voting impediments that were passed at the end of Reconstruction to prevent many Americans from voting. Regrettably, we feel compelled to move our film production work from Georgia to another state,” said the socially conscious duo.
For the record, Louisiana has the same voter laws as Georgia: Voter ID, no same-day voter registration, no bribing voters at the polls. Also, Louisiana doesn’t have no-excuse absentee voting like Georgia so the state is more restrictive according to liberal hysteria.
As Deadline noted, this lateral move ain’t cheap:
The move will cost the production somewhere in the $15 million range, because of the loss of the lucrative tax rebates that have made Georgia such a busy U.S. production hub.
It’s actually going to cost a lot more than that. Georgia is set up with crews and production facilities that Louisiana doesn’t have, so they’ll have to bring all that stuff and people in at added expense.
Also, seeing as how this is a movie about slavery, chances are they were going to use a bunch of black actors and crew from Georgia, who are now f*cked out of a a paycheck. Much like MLB pulling the All-Star game, all this really does is hurt black people.
The good news on all of this is the reaction boycott is easy. My life won’t be any less fulfilling if I never see Will Smith staring in a slave drama. I’m pretty sure I could pass on Men in Black 12 as well. And again, this is going to be on Apple TV, the lamest streaming service out there. I was never going to see this movie in the first place.
