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Film industry on a roll in Georgia
Productions spending billions each year
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson poses with fans while in Gainseville in June to film scenes from the upcoming movie "Rampage."
Georgia’s film industry is gaining momentum as it hosts hits from Netflix’s “Stranger Things” to AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” and the state is reaping serious benefits. Georgia’s film industry spending has grown almost 40 times over in the past 10 years. Direct spending within the state from production companies working on television and movies sat at $67.7 million in 2007, Gov.