Could A New Film Studio In Augusta Make This The Next Hollywood?

Augusta may be following behind its state capital's footsteps when it comes to the film industry. We know that Atlanta has a ton of movies shot there, but Augusta could be next up. Augusta could become the new home to a film studio! This was announced at the Georgia Unscripted Roadshow, which took place at the Hyatt House on September 22. The event brought together industry experts, business executives, government officials, and others to hear about Georgia’s growing film industry and how it impacts cities such as Augusta.

Georgia is already a really big landing spot for film because of the tax incentive. Adding Augusta to one of the those must-shoot places would be cool.

For a few years, there had been rumors of a film studio coming to Augusta. Film producer, Warren Ostergard, has removed all speculation and brought hope to those rumors.

Warren Ostergard is no stranger to the CSRA. He made a few films in Augusta including The Hill, The Royal, and Agent Game.

The Hill is currently out in theaters. It is the life story of Rickey Hill's journey to play major league baseball. The movie was shot at the end of 2021. Baseball scenes were at Lake Olmstead Stadium, which hadn't been used for about four years.

The Royal was filmed in Augusta back in 2019 and came to select theaters in July of 2022.

Agent Game was shot back in 2021 and released on streaming services.

Since shooting these movies, Ostergard knew he wasn't done with Augusta just yet, but the current writers and actors strike put his eager work at a pause.

The studio is still in development, as he has been scanning the area for the best location. Ostergard hopes to begin filming his next project in Augusta in the first quarter of 2024.

One of the first films he wants to roll out from his new studio is a project based on a bestselling book with musical ties - no official name has been given.

What are the biggest summer movies of all time? Which ones made the most money? We've officially hit the 2023 summer movie season. Memorial Day is pretty much the unofficial official kick off of the season and a lot of big movies just dropped this past weekend. "Fast X", "The Little Mermaid", "Guardians Of The Galaxy 3", and a bunch more are already out.

Every year there seems to be a bunch of big movies that come out around Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor Day. I guess because people are off work and are more apt to go see a movie. The folks over at MentalFloss.com have ranked the summer movies that have made the most money ever.

They went back to the summer of 1975 when "Jaws" made $260 million. That made it the first true summer blockbuster. Here are a few other iconic movies that were considered huge summer movies.

-"Grease" made $190 million in 1978
-"E.T. the Extra Terrestrial" made $435.1 million in 1982
-"Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" made $309.3 million in 1983

I can say that I have seen most of the movies on this list, and I'm anxious to see what makes the list for 2023. If you'd like to check out the full list from MentalFloss.com, just click here

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Here are the movies that made the most money. The biggest summer movies of all time.

The original Star Wars movie, but whats not considered Episode 4 made $461 million back in 1977.

The live action/CGI remake of "The Lion King" brought in $543.6 million in 2019. The original brought in $968.5 million back in 1994.

The sequel to the 2004 movie "The Incredibles made $608.6 million in 2018. The original movie made over $631 million but in came out in October of 2004 so its not technically a summer movie.

The highly anticipated fourth movie in the "Jurassic Park/Jurassic World" franchise brought in $652.3 million back in 2015

This was one of the biggest movies to come out in recent history. It brought in $718.7 million last year. The original "Top Gun" brought in $357.3 million back in 1986.