PC - WILL DALLAS BE FILMED IN DALLAS?

Officials in Dallas have expressed concern that the state's lack of tax incentives for movie productions may result in filmmakers going elsewhere to film the upcoming Dallas ... the Movie, based on the TV hit of the '80s. In an interview with Dallas station KTVT, Mayor Laura Miller said, "We've met with the producer in L.A., and he's come to Dallas and they've driven around, and they know that this would be a great place to film. But the harsh reality is that Canada and Louisiana and other places offer cash incentives to get people to make movies there and we don't." Added Janis Burlund of the Dallas Film Commission: "There's more at stake then just money. Of course, there's the money to our economy, there's the jobs, but there's also a sense of civic pride and also a bit of a bruised ego and a black eye if we can't land the Dallas movie in Dallas."

09/03/2006