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Northern California Democrats in the state Senate hold the key to passage of the state's proposed expansion of its film production tax incentives. As in years past, they're not particularly eager to save film and TV industry jobs located far away in Southern California. AB 1839, which would quadruple the state’s…

Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos told Wall Street analysts today that Maryland officials are engaged in “ongoing negotiations” to keep House Of Cards production in the state — even though lawmakers didn’t approve the tax breaks producer Media Rights Capital wants. “I would anticipate that these are…

Ross Lincoln is a Deadline contributor. Medient Studios, a Los Angeles-based production and distribution outfit with a presence in India, has announced plans to build a $90 million movie studio near Savannah, GA in a deal cleared this week by the Effingham County Industrial Development Authority. Although the deal may…

UPDATE 3:30 PM SATURDAY: After Gov. Susana Martinez vetoed the measure on Friday, the state House and Senate repackaged the film and TV tax credit as part of broader legislation to provide tax cuts and other incentives for more types of business. The production tax credit will rise to 30% from 25% for a qualifying TV…