California lures 'Bad Monkey' from Florida with $20M in tax credits, as state battles runaway production by boosting production incentives to $750M annually.
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The California Film Commission awarded $14.7M in tax credits to an untitled Disney miniseries and $10.4M to the film 'Whalefall', highlighting the state's effort to keep major productions from fleeing to other regions with more generous incentives.
In a bid to curb the industry's exodus, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed increasing the state's production tax credit cap from $330M to $750M per year, which would make it the most generous program in the country aside from Georgia's limitless incentives.
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