-winning film, Dallas Buyers Club, was shot in Dallas — or in Texas for that matter. Why was the location outsourced when there’s so much Texas to share?reader asked us, “What’s happening with movie making in Texas? Why doesn’t Texas have a major movie studio?” We reached out to Dr. Derek Kompare, a professor of film and media studies at Southern Methodist University, to find out.
“Other states have more production incentives,” Kompare said. “Production companies could come to those states and get tax rebates and other kinds of benefits that they can’t get from shooting in Texas.” While Texas does offer incentives, other states offer more lucrative deals to movie productions. Louisiana, for example, offers up to a
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