Pennsylvania Lawmaker Pushes to Raise Film Tax Credit Cap to $125 Million as Competition Intensifies
Pennsylvania is once again looking to raise its profile as a serious player in the national production race. State Representative Joe Ciresi has reintroduced legislation—House Bill 1317—that proposes increasing the state’s Film Production Tax Credit from $100 million to $125 million annually. The move, he says, is necessary to keep Pennsylvania competitive with states offering […]
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On Friday a bill that could have revived Hawaii’s struggling film and TV industry quietly died in committee — and with it, the hopes of hundreds of local workers who built their careers on the islands. The bill, which sought to expand Hawaii’s film tax credit program by raising the annual cap, adding incentives for […]
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It’s official—AB1138, the bill aiming to supercharge California’s Film & Television Tax Credit program, cleared a key hurdle today in Sacramento. The State Assembly’s Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism Committee voted the bill out with seven “yes” votes, pushing it one step closer to the finish line. What’s at stake? A major rewrite of California’s […]
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The Lone Star State just raised the stakes. Texas lawmakers have officially approved Senate Bill 22—a bold $500 million commitment every two years through 2035—to transform Texas into one of the most competitive film and television production markets in the country. The bipartisan vote marks a seismic shift for the state’s film economy and has […]
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The actor-director says it’s time for California to stop taking Hollywood for granted. Ben Affleck has a message for Sacramento: California is losing its grip on the film industry it helped build—and incremental fixes won’t be enough to stop the bleeding. Speaking at the premiere of The Accountant 2 in Hollywood last week, Affleck didn’t […]
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Los Angeles, once the unrivaled capital of film and television production, is feeling the chill of a global production downturn. According to FilmLA’s newly released Q1 2025 report, the city saw just 5,295 shoot days across all categories from January to March—a 22.4% drop from the same period last year. TV, historically L.A.’s bread and […]
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What happens in Vegas might just reshape the future of film production. Two competing studio developments are now vying to turn Las Vegas into the next major production hub—but they’re pitching two very different visions. Just a few months ago, it seemed like a unified blockbuster partnership was forming. In February, Sony Pictures Entertainment and […]
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Something big is brewing on England’s northeast coast— Hartlepool, a working-class town best known for shipbuilding and industrial grit, is quietly becoming one of the UK’s fastest-rising film and TV production hubs. With a growing studio footprint, public and private investment north of $40 million, and a community fully behind it, the town is making […]
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The UK’s standing as a world-class destination for film and television production is under serious threat, according to two new reports from the British Parliament’s Culture, Media & Sport Committee (CMSC). With long-standing funding gaps at the British Film Institute (BFI), increasing delays in tax credit certifications, and the near collapse of the UK’s independent […]
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Germany’s incoming government has placed a major bet on the country’s screen sector, pledging to overhaul its film and TV production landscape with a new incentive strategy and mandatory local investment from streamers. In a significant shift for Europe’s largest economy, the presumptive Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his conservative CDU party — alongside coalition partners […]
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