Several prominent Texas-born actors, including Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Renee Zellweger, and Dennis Quaid, are calling for Hollywood to relocate to Texas. They believe the state could become the 'new Hollywood' and are urging Texas to increase financial incentives to attract studios and streaming services.
Several prominent stars with personal ties to Texas are urging the entertainment industry to say goodbye to California and move their productions to the Lone Star State, which they hope will become the “new Hollywood .”
Texas natives Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Renee Zellweger, and Dennis Quaid appear in a new video titled “True to Texas” in which they make the case for Hollywood to pick up stakes and move to the land of cowboys and oilfields.The video paints a dire picture of Hollywood just as Los Angeles is picking up the pieces from the historic fires that caused record amounts of damage in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Altadena, and other areas.
“If all these other states are going to offer an incentive, then that’s where we’re going to keep going,” Renee Zellweger says, sporting her Texas twang. “I just wish we could bring some of these productions home to Texas.” The Lone Star state doesn’t have an individual income tax so households wouldn’t be shouldering the burden of the giveaways.Frequently championed by Democrats, state tax credits for movie and TV productions are intended to juice local economies by creating jobs and boosting revenue for small businesses that provide services like catering and transportation. That, in turn, is supposed to generate more overall tax dollars.
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