Hollywood’s eye was focused squarely on Florida this Tuesday. “Wildlife” could afford less than a handful of days in Montana and was forced to find its period detail in incentive-rich Oklahoma. 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. Strong Tax Incentives May Be Enough for Hollywood to Stay in States Restricting Abortion AccessĬalifornia Boosts Film Tax Credit by $330 Million, Countering Other States' Financial Luresģ5 Disturbing Foreign Films to Watch, from Gaspar Noé to Takashi Miikeīest Movies Never Made: 40 Lost Projects from Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, and MoreĪnd it’s not just big productions that are affected. 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.
For 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.
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