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Originally Posted by delts145
Thanks for the info Scott. Good to know they're at least finally moving along on it. Ivory is behind it right? I imagine with as many ongoing projects as he has out there, that he needs to keep from having too much capital exposure hanging out in the wind.
Also Scott, since it's you, give us the latest on the film industry's progress. I see where Yellowstone continues its success, and a CW series was picked up for a second season. Are more and more projects building along the Wasatch Front?
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Delts,
I'd say it's as busy as it's every been here in the film industry. It seemed like for so long the Film Commission and the Motion Picture Association of Utah were desperately trying to get a series here (after Everwood ended). That was all they talked about was bringing a series to Utah. Now they have too many, and have let a few go because the tax incentives are being eaten up too fast. Dwight in Shining Armor and Outpost both relocated because they couldn't compete with Yellowstone and High School Musical. I worked on the first season of Dwight in Shining Armor, which was a co-production between Vineyard and BYUTV, and the fact that a BYUTV production had to relocate to Georgia says quite a bit of how competitive it's become here. The Film Commission is lobbying hard to get the incentives increased by legislature, but since when has the Utah Leg ever done anything that made sense for Utah workers? If they can't profit from it personally, they won't do anything.
One thing the Film Commission has done which is pretty cool in response to so many big out-of-state productions is create a pool of investment dollars in local talent. They are awarding grants to a number of projects each year to help fund locally created and produced work. My company scored one of these grants this year, which was pretty exciting.