Marvel moves production out of US even as Trump puts 100% tariff on overseas films
Marvel joins Universal in switching filming from state of Georgia, with producers drawn overseas by tax credits and rebates and lower costs
Marvel Entertainment’s release of Thunderbolts* in cinemas at the weekend will mark the end of an era for the US state of Georgia.
Thanks to the state’s tax credit system and new stages at Trilith Studios in Fayetteville, 13 big-budget Marvel movies have been filmed in Georgia over the past decade, including multiple Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers, Spider-Man, Black Panther and Captain America films.
Collectively, Marvel has spent more than US$3 billion in the state, and the films collectively generated more than US$12 billion in worldwide revenue in cinemas alone.
Marvel has chosen instead to primarily shoot its Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies in London for now. That includes not just the coming The Fantastic Four: First Steps, set to be released in July but the next Spider-Man film and two more Avengers movies.
The decision was already in the pipeline before US President Donald Trump announced, on May 4, a 100 per cent tariff on films produced outside the United States.