From Deseret News archives:
Utah offering $2M incentive for 'Musical 3'
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Meeting in Price, the Governor's Office of Economic Development Board approved several economic development incentives Friday, including the package for High School Musical 3 Productions Inc.
If the film company selects Utah, it would receive the state's biggest production incentive ever. An offer of $263,000 was approved for "High School Musical" and another for $500,000 was earmarked for the sequel.
According to board documents, the film's budget is $13.3 million, and 99 percent of that would be spent in Utah.
The production would involve 190 crew positions at $1,875 per week; plus $58,498 for stunt performers; $15,000 for Utah casting directors; and $472,640 for about 4,000 Utah extras.
The production would take place over 41 days, starting April 21.
Popularity of both "High School Musical" films has prompted people from across the country to visit East High School to see where the films were made.
The board also approved a rebate incentive of up to $581,459 for Bronco Pictures LLC to shoot "Gentlemen Broncos." The film's total budget is nearly $10 million, and about $9 million would be spent in Utah.
The 50-day production schedule calls for shooting to start March 3. The film will be distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Producers Jared Hess and John J. Kelly have worked on "Napoleon Dynamite," "The World's Fastest Indian," "Nacho Libre," "Into the Wild" and "The Black Dahlia."
Another incentive approved Friday was for Barnes Bullets Inc., which would get up to $200,000 to help offset the costs of moving its operations from Lindon to Mona, retaining 53 jobs and creating 42. Half the incentive would be granted upon the completion of a new building and the start-up of manufacturing at the new site, and half would be granted upon creating 40 jobs at $25,000 per job.
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