A water tower emblazoned with the Trilith logo.
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Chick-fil-A Tycoon’s Movie Studio Swaps 'Spider-Man' for Influencers
After film production dried up in Georgia, Dan Cathy wants to fill his empty soundstages with a new generation of digital creators.
For a moment, a 1,200-acre tract of land just south of Atlanta felt like the future of filmmaking.
Fueled by Georgia’s generous film tax credits and low-interest debt available to filmmakers, an entire moviemaking city sprung up among the farmland. Sleek soundstages sit next to vast warehouses for constructing sets, walkable tree-lined streets form a town center lined with boutiques and trendy restaurants and eco-friendly townhouses are marketed to “creatives, artists, storytellers and makers.”