WATCH: Courting Hollywood dollars (with tax incentives) (sharylattkisson.com
The following is a transcript of an investigative report on Full Measure News. Click on the link at the end of the transcript to watch the video story
Fallout from the coronavirus shutdowns just keeps coming. Newly-released numbers show film and television production in Los Angeles fell to its lowest point in a quarter century in 2020. More movie productions have quietly relocated from Hollywood to other destinations that are delighted to have the business. In fact, the competition for movie money is growing fierce. Today, we’re off to Montana, which is among the states searching for stars.
Nestled in Montana’s scenic boondocks is a small Western town that isn’t what it seems
From the church, to the jail, it’s a movie set.
Carter Boehm: So, the movie we’re doing is called Murder at Emigrant Gulch.
Carter Boehm is executive producer in charge of Murder at Emigrant Gulch. He’s creator and owner of this western set, Yellowstone Film Ranch, near Livingston, Montana. He rents it out for movie productions for about $10,000 a day.
Sharyl: This movie set was only built because of a novel incentive program Montana has put into place to attract Hollywood dollars. The idea to make it worthwhile for producers to come here to the middle of nowhere to make their films.
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