Will Smith Pulls ‘Emancipation’br Out of Georgia in Protest of Newbr Restrictive Voting Laws.br Apple’s ‘Emancipation’ will nobr longer be filmed in Georgia. .br The decision to pull the film from the statebr is predicted to cost production around $15 million,br as Georgia would have provided lucrative tax rebates. .br The film's star, Will Smith, and director Antoine Fuquabr released a joint statement explaining their decision. .br They explained that theybr “cannot in good conscience”br film in Georgia after its passingbr of “regressive voting laws.”.br We cannot in good conscience providebr economic support to a government thatbr enacts regressive voting laws that arebr designed to restrict voter access, Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua, via 'Complex'.br Smith and Fuqua went on to say that the new laws werebr reminiscent of Reconstruction era “voting impediments.”.br The new Georgia voting laws arebr reminiscent of voting impediments thatbr were passed at the end of Reconstructionbr to prevent many Americans from voting.br Regrettably, we feel compelled tobr move our film production work frombr Georgia to another state, Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua, via 'Complex'.br It has not yet been confirmed where the film’s productionbr will move to, although Louisiana is likely a strong contender.