The California Film Commission has announced that Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel, a Paramount movie titled Island Plaza, and Roland Emmerich’s Midway have been selected as part of the latest round of tax credits, which allocates nearly $68 million to eight independent and studio projects.
Marvel Studios Co-President Louis D’Esposito stated, “Our headquarters and postproduction facilities are in California, so it’s very exciting to be able to film ‘Captain Marvel’ here in our home state thanks to this California tax credit.
Captain Marvel and the other big-budget studio projects have production budgets in excess of $75 million, which would have made them ineligible for the state’s first-generation tax credit program.
“With the three we’ve added today, a total of six big-budget films have been lured to California thanks to Program 2.0,” said California Film Commission Executive Director Amy Lemisch.