By summertime 2025, domestic film and television production is shifting–and the tide is beginning to turn toward Atlanta once again. Says who? Professional crew members in the industry, who are often among the first to feel an impending change in the flux of work.
According to Ashley Saunders, metro Atlanta-based travel coordinator for film, hints of upcoming projects are in the air. “It was really quiet until about a month ago,” she says. “But I’ve heard rumblings from contacts in the industry that they’re getting more interest in studio space, and more conversations are happening.”
Professional key grip (camera and lighting specialist) Michael Sannuti reports a degree of optimism about the film industry uptick, noting, “At the moment [national news outlets] say we’re busier than everyone else, but we’re [still] very slow.”
Then he adds, “Atlanta is a great place to work. We have a little bit of everything as far as filming and locations … this is the year of ‘What happens?’”
Domestically, Saunders is seeing a boost in production interest, which is promising after so many film productions moved to Europe following the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and Writers Guild of America (WGA) strikes of 2024. “There are reshoots coming to Atlanta when they did principal [photography] here, as well,” Saunders says.
Who will go to work first as the production action shifts toward a full-scale return to the South?
“The ones who will work will be really good at their jobs, good workers. If you’re not amazingly good, you won’t work,” Sannuti observes.
Saunders adds, “[We’re all] looking forward to fall and what jobs are coming. We’re open in Atlanta.”
-Carol Badaracco Padgett
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