Fort Worth mayor calls for more incentives to boost film industry productions in Texas

📆 2024-10-11 00:44:00
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Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker is leading the charge, saying Texas is being skipped over and left behind by film production companies. She testified before a State Senate finance committee along with A-list actors and industry professionals.

There's a big push to bring more Hollywood into Cowtown.Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker is leading the charge, saying Texas is being skipped over and left behind by film production companies.Actor Morgana Shaw played Jenny Koe in the movie, "American Underdog," which was shot in 2021. It’s just one of her many film credits in a career that’s spanned more than 30 years. She lives right here in Fort Worth."This is where my doors opened here in Texas.

Other states are beating Texas, and that was important to announce to our senators," Parker said. "Many of them already knew that our largest competitors right now are the state of Georgia, to some extent, Oklahoma, Mexico, Louisiana because of their incentive funds they’ve utilized to draw big productions to their states. And we want to be able to compete at an even higher level than we are right now.

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