When writer-producer Zoe Kazan and director Paul Dano were adapting Richard Ford’s “Wildlife,” they dreamed of shooting against the big sky of Montana, only to discover that in just one year the state went from desperately trying to lure indie filmmakers looking to keeping costs low, until it canceled its incentive program altogether. Over the last 10-15 years, virtually every state has dipped its toe in the enticing waters of luring stars and moviemaking by doling out millions to major studios, but it’s only been a handful of states that have the sustained political support - and hence budgetary support - along with a base of union crew, to become fixtures of Hollywood’s production cycle.Īnd it’s not just big productions that are affected. Read More: New Jersey Makes Its Move To Steal Production Away From New Yorkįor producers and distributors’ bottom line, which is now being subsidized to the tune of well over a billion dollars a year by state tax incentive programs, elections matter. In just four months, it brought major Hollywood projects back across the Hudson River. By July, Murphy had signed into law a robust $75 million a year incentive program that instantly put the state in direct competition with the overcrowded New York City production world. Christie, who infamously did battle with MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” killed the state’s film and TV tax incentive program and with it production in the Garden State. When Phil Murphy replaced Chris Christie as New Jersey Governor last January, the New Jersey film world did a complete 180.
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