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Texas Boosts Film Incentive to $150 Million a Year in Bid to Lure Production From Regional Rivals
Texas increased its film subsidy from $200 million to $300 million in a bid to take on Hollywood.
Texas is beefing up its incentive for film production, as the state seeks to compete with regional rivals like New Mexico and Georgia. “I have worked with Taylor Sheridan, Matthew McConaughey, and other Texans on this project to promote Texas values, not Hollywood ones,” Patrick said on social media in March. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Texas’ content regulations in 2015, finding the state had a right not to fund “Machete Kills,” the sequel to a Robert Rodriguez film that was critical of hardline immigration enforcement.
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