Different kind of movie credits

Submitted by markjohnson on June 23, 2009 - 4:12pm.
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The Senate approved a bill Tuesday that boosts the tax credits given to film companies that make their movies in North Carolina.

The legislation, aimed at luring more of Hollywood's business, gives the filmmakers a 25 percent tax credit on qualifying expenditures they make in the state, up from 15 percent.

Supporters emphasized that the state doesn't pay anything unless the movie companies create jobs and spend money, while critics questioned handouts for Hollywood at a time that state services and potentially jobs are being cut.

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Re: Different kind of movie credits

Submitted by Gosh (not verified) on June 24, 2009 - 8:15am.

Good stuff. It's now no longer just the gorgeous NC scenery and inherent natural talent they come for, as in Cannibal Vampire Schoolgirls (Wilmington, 1995) which employed 100 percent local cannibal vampire schoolgirls, or Evil Dead II (Wadesboro, 1987), filmed entirely on location among the actual living dead in Anson County.

Hollywood is now coming for the friendly business climate as well.

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