A tax break brought “Joker 2” to Los Angeles
While “Joker” was a big New York movie, now the next movie is going to Los Angeles for a tax break.
Charso Press: The scene of Joker dancing on the stairs of the Bronx neighborhood of New York was one of the special scenes of the movie “Joker”, which made many tourists go to this area to see these stairs.
Now, “Joker 2” is being filmed in Los Angeles thanks to a $12.6 million tax break granted to Warner Bros. by the state of California.
The California Film Commission, announcing its list of new appropriations yesterday, announced that it has given 93.7 million dollars in financial aid to 18 projects. An untitled indie film from Sofia Coppola and MetroGoldwyn-Mayer, who plans to make the latest “Thomas Crown Adventure” movie, are among the other recipients of the discount.
Netflix, which has had the upper hand in this list in recent years, this time also received 37.1 million dollars, which is 40% of this forgiveness. The streaming company receives $20.5 million to make a movie with a budget of $107 million. This project is untitled and its name has not been announced.
The “Joker” sequel is another big-budget film that includes this credit, with a budget of $98.7 million.
In addition to 4 big budget projects, 14 independent films have also received the credit, including “Pizza Girl” from Margot Robbie’s production company, “Perfect Strangers,” a remake of an Italian comedy by Issa Rae, and “A Special Relationship,” a biopic about Elizabeth Taylor. are among them. Sofia Coppola’s film also receives a credit of 1.8 million dollars.
California allocates $330 million in film production credits each year to prevent the loss of jobs created by film projects. This amount has increased to 420 million dollars in 2022 and 2023. The governor of this state has committed to continue this program until 2030.