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>>> INDIANA'S NO STRANGER TO
HAVING MOVIES AND TV SHOWS
FILMED HERE.
IN FACT, JUST A FEW YEARS AGO,
OUR OWN ANDREA MOOREHEAD WAS IN
A SCENE ON PARKS AND RECREATION
SHOT AT SAINT ELMO STEAK HOUSE.
BUT SHE DISCOVERED THE STATE MAY
BE FLIPPING THE SCRIPT WHEN IT
COMES TO BRINGING MORE
TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS TO
INDIANAPOLIS AND ACROSS THE
STATE.
>> WE STILL HAVE 33 YEARS LATER
WHEN THE MOVIE HOOSIERS,
REMIRRORRED ON THE BIG SCREEN.
I SPOKE WITH THE WRITER WHO
TELLS ME THIS MOVIE WOULD NOT BE
FILMED HERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF
PRODUCTION COSTS.
BUT THERE IS A GROWING MOVEMENT
TO HELP MAKE OUR STATE A
DESTINATION.
CULTURAL WINDFALL FOR EVERYONE.
>> WE'RE USED TO THE LIGHTS,
CAMERA AND ACTION IN THE CITY OF
ANGELS.
BUT THE STARS ARE BRIGHTLY
SHINING BEYOND HOLLYWOOD.
>> ACTION.
>> Reporter: INDIANA PLAYED A
SMALL ROLE IN THE
MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY.
THANKS TO THE PASSION FOR THE
ARTS.
>> DO SOMETHING THAT MATTERS.
>> I WANTED TO WEAR THE FANCY
ROBES ON SUNDAYS.
>> Reporter: IN 2015, JOHN
ARMSTRONG FOUNDED PEGASUS
PICTURES AND PRODUCED THE MOVIE,
THE GOOD CATHOLIC, FILMED IN
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA.
>> IT WAS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED
BY PAUL SHULBERG.
IT WAS BASED LOOSELY ON THE
STORY OF HIS PARENTS.
>> Reporter: BUT HIS COMPANY
DIDN'T GET A TAX INCENTIVE FROM
THE STATE TO HELP PRODUCE AND
FUND THE FILM.
>> OUTSIDE FILM INVESTMENT
COMPANIES THAT ACTUALLY EXIST
WILL PUT THEIR MONEY IN STATES
WHERE THEIR INVESTMENT IS LESS
RISKY.
IF A STATE HAS A TAX INCENTIVE,
THEY CAN GET 30% BACK ON THE
DOLLAR GUARANTEED IN ILLINOIS.
THEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO INVEST
IN INDIANA.
>> Reporter: TAKE A LOOK AT THE
MAP.
INDIANA IS ONE OF 18 STATES WITH
NO TAX INCENTIVES.
OUR BORDER STATES, ILLINOIS,
KENTUCKY AND OHIO, THEY OFFER
TEXT BREAKS.
>> IPSE AND END DID -- IPSE IPSE
AND INDIANA IS A FILM FRIENDLY
DESTINATION.
>> Reporter: THE STATE MISSED
OUT ON THE HIT MOVIE, THE FAULT
ON OUR STARS.
IT WAS SHOT IN PITTSBURGH,
PENNSYLVANIA, MADE TO LOOK LIKE
INDIANAPOLIS.
THE NEW TELEVISION SERIES WON'T
HAVE ANY SCENES SHOT IN THE
NAMESAKE THEATER OR ANYWHERE IN
OUR STATE.
>> DIFFICULT TO HEAR A STORY
ABOUT MADAM C.J. WALKER AIRING
ON NETFLIX IN MARCH AND IT'S
BEING FILMED IN TORONTO.
>> Reporter: THE $50 MILLION
PRODUCTION WAS FILMED OVER
500 MILES AWAY.
>> MADAM WALKER MADE HER FORTUNE
HERE IN INDIANAPOLIS.
HER INSPIRATIONAL STORY
DEVELOPED HERE IN THE CITY.
HER HOME WAS HERE.
HER FACTORY WAS HERE.
HER FILM IS BEING MADE IN
TORONTO.
IT'S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO
BRING THE FILM TO INDIANAPOLIS
AND TELL HER STORY IN HER HOME
CITY.
>> Reporter: GOOD BONES ON HGTV
AND BRAVO'S FLIPPING EXES ARE
SHOT IN INDY DESPITE NO TAX
INCENTIVES.
NOW A SENATE BILL WILL BE
INTRODUCED THIS SESSION, GIVING
PRODUCTION COMPANIES TAX
INCENTIVES TO FILM HERE.
>> WE'VE ALWAYS HAD GOOD PEOPLE
CARRYING IT ON THE OUTSIDE AND
WE WILL AGAIN IN 2020.
BUT THIS YEAR WHAT'S DIFFERENT,
WE'LL ALSO HAVE A COMPANION BILL
IN THE SENATE.
>> HERE WE ARE IN INDIANAPOLIS,
INDIANA.
>> Reporter: YOU MAY REMEMBER A
FEW YEARS BACK, AMERICAN NINJA
WARRIORS SHOT TWO - TIMES IN
DOWNTOWN INDY.
THERE IS ANth TITHE FOR
OTHER MOVIES OR SHOWS TO SHOOT
HERE.
>> WOULDN'T IT BE COOL IF WE
WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH FILM
PRODUCERS TO BRING STRANGER
THINGS, FILM THEM IN INDIANA ON
THE SET WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO
BE SET, INSTEAD IT WAS FILMED IN
GEORGIA.
>> Reporter: WHICH IS THE
HOLLYWOOD OF THE SOUTH.
OFFERING 20 TO 30% TAX CREDITS.
ON AVERAGE, GEORGIA HAS ABOUT 83
TELEVISION SERIES BEING FILMED
IN 65 MOVIES A YEAR.
>> IN TURN BROUGHT IN A
$7 BILLION FILM INDUSTRY INTO
THAT STATE.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
>> Reporter: THAT'S MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS THAT COULD BE FLOWING
INTO INDIANA'S ECONOMY.
>> WE SPEND IT ON FOOD AND
HOUSING AND ENTERTAINMENT, LOCAL
TALENT AND ACTORS AND CREW.
>> Reporter: ARMSTRONG SAYS HE
PLANS TO KEEP SHOOTING IN AND
AROUND INDIANA TO HELP TELL GOOD
STORIES WHICH MARKET THE VALUE
OF THE HOOSIER BACKDROP.
>> WHEN YOU SEE YOUR STORY AND
YOUR TOWN DEPICTED ON SCREEN,
YOU SAY I'M VALIDATED BY THAT.
I MATTER.
THERE IS PRIDE IN THAT.
THAT IS HOW WE PUT INDIANA ON
THE MAP AROUND THE COUNTRY.
>> HERE IS SOMETHING ELSE TO
THINK ABOUT.
INDIANA HAS 19 COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES WITH FILM SCHOOLS.
BUT 65% OF THE GRADUATES LEAVE
THE STATE.
SENATE BILL 262 WHICH COULD
CHANGE HA IS EXPECTED TO BE
INTRODUCED SOON.
WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON ITS
PROGRESS AND FOR MORE ON PEGASUS