Screen Gems executives at both sites say they are counting their blessings as productions sign months-long leases and pump millions into their lighting and grip departments. I feel like what's good for one is good for both of us.” “I did the ‘Revolution' pilot here in Atlanta, and when we heard it was going to Wilmington, I said ‘OK' and moved on. “Wilmington's stages are still a bit bigger and better, but I firmly believe that we crew members aren't in competition with one another,” Weeks said. Weeks lived in Wilmington and worked on such well-known projects as “The Secret Life of Bees” and “Dawson's Creek” before moving to Georgia five years ago. They just want a job and a job that they can do well.” “I'm sitting at Screen Gems in Atlanta right now – but most people like me in the film industry aren't super concerned about what they're working on.
“Both studios are comparable,” said John Weeks, an Atlanta-based construction coordinator. The choice, film crews say, is determined by a combination of financial incentives, scenery and locations, and the availability of behind-the-camera talent and stages at both of Screen Gems' facilities.
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Since both studios offer almost identical services, what drives producers in the film and TV industries to pick one over the other? And an army of specialized film technicians tilted Tony Stark's spectacular seaside mansion on gimbals for “Iron Man 3” before spending weeks redressing the set to film scenes with a giant scorched, stuffed bunny rabbit.Īt the same time, Screen Gems' Atlanta production studio hosted several seasons of football TV dramas “Necessary Roughness” (USA) and “The Game” (BET) and welcomed two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington for the film “Flight.” During the past three years, grips at Wilmington's EUE/Screen Gems Studios have rigged bumblebees the size of sedans to stage rafters for “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.” Stunt and special-effects crews dragged little girls from room to room with nylon cables inside “The Conjuring's” haunted house.
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