Editor’s note: This is part one of a three-part series on the film industry in Columbus. The next installment will focus on challenges small local companies face and how the Columbus Film Commission is working to meet their needs.
Before the global pandemic and the writer and actor strikes, Peter Bowden, president and CEO of VisitColumbusGA, set a goal for Columbus to become a third film hub in Georgia .
Despite setbacks, producers and filmmakers see potential in Columbus as a filming location because of its ability to appear as both a mid-size city or a small town and offer support from the local business community.
Alexander Kane, producer of “ The Razor’s Edge ” starring Tommy Lee Jones and James Franco, found several benefits in filming his recent projects in Muscogee County. These begin with the look of Columbus.
“Columbus has the ability to look like a lot of places,” Kane told the Ledger-Enquirer.
If filmmakers need Columbus to look like New Jersey, Brazil or the “Wild West,” he said, the city can give that appearance.