1,000-Plus Protest Bill Targeting North Carolina's Movie, TV Tax Breaks
WILMINGTON, NC – Since the state of North Carolina brought back generous incentives to attract film and TV productions in 2010, movies such as The Hunger Games, Safe Haven and Iron Man 3have shot there as well as such series as NBC’s Revolution; Showtime’s Homeland; and the CBS miniseries Under the Dome.
However, a bill introduced in the state legislature last Wednesday would alter the incentives to make them virtually worthless to out-of-state companies, which has brought a howl of protest from the local industry and the guilds and unions, which work on productions.
The bill, which is retroactive to this past January, is not likely to be made into law because North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory is among those who supported the tax breaks for the industry, but the very idea set off a strong reaction.
