![]() Tuesday’s approval to consider those applications did not mean the incentives were actually approved, according to EDA Chief Executive Officer Tim Sullivan. The names of the 14 companies, made available at the Economic Development Authority’s April 9 board meeting, represent those that were first in line to apply for the tax breaks. The program allows for a 30 percent tax break for filming in New Jersey, or a 35 percent tax break for filming in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer or Salem counties, if the company spends at least 60 percent of their expenses on goods and services from state businesses. ![]() “Our financial incentives, diversity of locations, and unparalleled accessibility make New Jersey a truly unique place to film a motion picture,” the Democratic governor added. “New Jersey has a rich history as a filming location dating back to Thomas Edison’s invention of the kinetoscope,” Murphy said in a statement last week as he met with and courted Hollywood heads to come to New Jersey. Phil Murphy signed last summer, sets aside $75 million in tax incentives to cover the costs of expenses for movies filmed in New Jersey, as well as another $10 million for digital media companies. The Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act, which Gov. Movies including “Joker” and “West Side Story,” as well as “The Enemy Within Season 1,” “Wrestlemania XXXV,” and “Little America!,” are among the 14 projects for which companies are seeking millions of dollars under the state’s newly established film tax credit program.
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