Could anti-gay bill in Georgia spur Pennsylvania film production?

What happens in Georgia could be good for Pennsylvania.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Georgia's governor Nathan Deal has been sent a religious liberty bill by the state legislature which some claim would legalize anti-gay discrimination.

Georgia has become a popular place to shoot movies over the past few years and you know which industry isn't a big fan of anti-gay discrimination? The movie industry.

Disney and its Marvel Studios film unit said it will not shoot future movies in Georgia if the bill is signed into law. Viacom, 21st Century Fox, Lionsgate, CBS as well as the AMC Networks (The Walking Dead shoots in Georgia), have all called on Deal to veto the legislation.

"Disney and Marvel are inclusive companies, and although we have had great experiences filming in Georgia, we will plan to take our business elsewhere should any legislation allowing discriminatory practices be signed into state law," a Disney spokesman said Wednesday.

Marvel has filmed such movies as Ant-Man and the upcoming Captain America: Civil War and Guardians of the Galaxy 2 in Atlanta, thanks to Georgia's generous tax incentives.

Philly native Lee Daniels' next film, about Richard Pryor is scheduled to shoot Georgia and the Weinstein Company said if the legislation passes they will move production.

So if Gov. Deal is foolish enough to sign bill HB 757, the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Film Commissions should seize the opportunity and get some of those movies and TV shows to shoot here.

* In other news mixing movies and politics, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice features two U.S. senators as extra: Patrick Leahy D-Vt., and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich, the Washington Post reports.

Leahy has appeared in five caped-crusader flicks and this time appears next to a senator played by Holly Hunter.

Stabenow shows up at a Lex Luthor fundraiser and her reaction to Luthor's speech "is probably the same baffled one she might have at a Donald Trump speech," the Detroit Free Press reports.

The movie filmed in Michigan and Stabenow scored the appearance, the Free Press notes, after she joked to the producers about Leahy getting a role.

The revolution will not be televised and neither will the Daytime Emmys.

Odd, right?

So many channels and no one wants to put on a show honoring TV?

Cost is behind the decision not to air the show, deadline.com reported.

"After months of negotiations to find show sponsorship, the NATAS executive board has decided that the current climate for awards shows prohibits the possibility of a telecast this year," said NATAS president Bob Mauro in a statement. "With that said, we will be putting on a world-class awards celebration honoring the best and brightest of Daytime television and look forward to an exciting show."

It can't be any less exciting than the awards shows which are televised.

CBS scored 77 nominmations, more than double ABC's 37. CBS's The Young and The Restless bagged 27 noms all by itself, followed by ABC's General Hospital's 24 and ABC's The Bold and the Beautiful with 23.

Lauralee Bell, who has played Christine Bell on Young And Restless for 30 years, received her first Emmy nomination for acting.

PBS landed a second-most 56 nominations, including 10 for Sesame Street, which is moving to HBO. Streaming services continued their push into awards prominence as Netflix scooped 33 nominations.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show was tops in talk with 10 nominations.

* Deadline.com reports that Paul McCartney has been added to the cast of Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.

The role is secret but the report says the wrapped film went back into production to add a big scene for Sir Paul.

* Bill Murray has turned up everywhere from bachelor parties to baseball games, but his latest surprise has a more literary side: He shares some favorite poems in the April issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.

Murray is featured on a page dedicated to National Poetry Month, offering brief asides on works by Galway Kinnell,

Lucille Clifton

, Thomas Lux and Naomi Shihab Nye. For Clifton's inspirational "what the mirror said," Murray comments, "everybody needs an 'Attagirl!' now and then."

The magazine's books editor, Leigh Haber, had reason to believe Murray might agree to the project. He's a longtime supporter of Poets House, a literary center based in Manhattan, and one year read works there by Emily Dickinson and others to a gathering of construction workers.

* Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber are having serious talks about getting back together.

Because it's worked out so well the past dozen times.

- Daily News wire services

contributed to this report.

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