There are also many artists, technicians and business owners in the film industry in Florida who want to be here.
“We’re effectively telling the world that we don’t take the film industry seriously here, we don’t want your business,” said Kelly Paige, president of Film Florida, a non-profit association of movie, TV and digital media producers.
“Barry and [producer] Adele Romanski and Andrew Hevia, co-founder of the Borscht Corporation, all from Florida, all graduating from FSU, worked hard to keep the film set, shot and celebrating south Florida.
Film Florida calculates that $875m in revenue has already been lost since the legislature allowed sales tax exemptions in place for the entertainment industry since 2004 to expire last summer.