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Soundstage Expansion Adds to New Jersey’s Strong Incentives to Juice Film and TV Production: ‘People Are Taking Notice of Us’

Soundstage expansion adds to New Jersey’s strong incentives to juice film and TV production.

“New Jersey has been doing a good job and communicating well with the industry,” says Phiphen CEO Jane Sinisi, while Conners adds that it was “refreshing” to see Murphy representing the state internationally at last year’s Toronto Intl. Crowley says the Film Ready program encourages shooting in towns that previously hadn’t benefited from production dollars — like the spend on groceries and dry cleaners and hardware stores. The strikes led to some productions moving overseas, Levy says, and now the Trump tariffs will have a “significant impact” on the industry, hiking costs for lighting equipment repairs or upgrades (with parts manufactured in China) and lumber for building sets, among other items.

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