More major films studios threaten to pull out of Georgia if anti-gay bill passes

Georgia’s Free Exercise Protection Act, which would offer “protections” to any faith-based business that feels providing services to same-sex couples would violate their ardent religious faith, continues to draw the attention of major film studios who film their movies in the state for the tax incentives.

After Disney released a statement on behalf of Disney and Marvel that condemned the bill and stated that they would gladly find a new shooting location for their films if the bill passes.

Now, they’re numbers are growing.

Fox, Lionsgate, and Sony have joined the power players urging Georgia to veto the bill. It has already passed the House and Senate in Georgia, where the governor,Nathan Deal, has until May 3 to sign or veto it. According to Deadline Hollywood, the film studios join not only Disney, but Time Warner, the Weinstein Company, Starz and power players like Lee Daniels and Aaron Sorkin in condemning the bill.

Lionsgate, who shot all its Hunger Games movies partly in or around Atlanta, released the following statement:

As a Company committed to diversity, inclusiveness and tolerance, we urge the Governor of Georgia to veto the deplorable and regressive legislation (House Bill 757) that has been sent to him.  We take pride in our relationship with the people of Georgia and want to ensure that we can continue to offer our employees and talent there a working environment consistent with our policies and values.

A long list of major talents have signed a letter urging the governor to veto the bill headed up by the Human Rights Campaign. The letter includes signatures from Matt Bomer, Dustin Lance Black, Anne Hathaway, Julianne Moore, Ryan Murphy and Harvey Weinstein, who’s threatened to stop shooting his Richard Pryor biopic in Georgia if the bill passes.