After more than two decades in Tinseltown, American Idol is packing its bags.
Production for the long-running show will move from Hollywood to Georgia, production and distribution company Fremantle confirmed to NBCLA . Fremantle is reportedly in final talks with a studio in the Atlanta area but has not signed the deal, according to Deadline . A rep for Fremantle did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone ‘s request for comment.
Georgia offers at 20 percent based transferable film tax credit , plus an additional 10 percent “uplift” for providing promotional value to the state for eligible projects spending a minimum of $500,000 — an amount that can be reached on one project or with multiple projects produced by the same production company in a single tax year.
The state has become one of the busiest shooting locations in the United States outside of Los Angeles and New York. Stranger Things , The Walking Dead , James Gunn’s Superman , the Javier Bardem and Amy Adams-starring Cape Fear , and more were recently produced in Georgia.
American Idol wrapped Season 24 in May, which included a notable installment that brought contestants to Hawaii and featured a tribute to Taylor Swift. T...