See free movies for a year in Cumming

Costumed winners must be at least 18 and have a photo ID. Starting at 4 p.m. today, guests can line the theater's red carpet and will walk in at 6.

The theater is at the southwest corner of Ga. 400 and Peachtree Parkway (Ga. 141).

Need some ideas for a costume? I'd suggest Batman or Shrek. Iron Giant would be cool. Charlie Chaplin. The Little Mermaid. Or maybe you should fashion yourself into Nick Nolte's mug shot.

TAX INCENTIVES: Gov. Sonny Perdue this week signed legislation amending the state's entertainment tax incentives, upping tax breaks from 9 percent to a potential 30 percent for qualified productions spending as much as $500,000.

New York recently approved tax incentives of 30 percent (New York City adds another 5 percent) and in California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has called for his state to up its tax breaks as more states offer higher incentives to lure business.

Georgia filmmakers had been anticipating finalization of the state's amended legislation.

"The incentive is by far the most aggressive and forward-thinking legislation we've had," Atlanta-based producer Will Packer said in an e-mail (he's currently in Hollywood filming "Obsessed" with Beyonce Knowles). "In the increasingly competitive landscape of states fighting for movie dollars, I'm glad to have another weapon in the arsenal when I have conversations in Hollywood about Georgia."

OMILAMI MOVIE: Atlanta-based actor Afemo Omilami will portray civil rights activist Golden A. Frinks in "Blood Done Sign My Name," the film adaptation of Timothy Tyson's book about an African-American Vietnam vet falsely accused of killing a white woman in North Carolina.

"Blood" will begin filming this month in Charlotte and co-stars Nate Parker ("The Great Debaters"). The director is Jeb Stuart, who wrote "Die Hard" and "The Fugitive."

During the civil rights movement, Frinks, who some called "The Great Agitator," became known for conducting nonviolent acts of protest.