‘Bad Monkey’ Gets $20 Million Tax Credit to Move From Florida to California
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer “Bad Monkey” is a Florida show to the core. Set in the Florida Keys and based on a Carl Hiaasen book, the show’s first season was even filmed in Florida, though the state does not have a tax credit for film production.
But that’s changing for Season 2. The show, which streams on Apple TV+, will move to California, lured by a $20.6 million state tax incentive.
The tax allocation was one of 10 announced Wednesday, totaling $108.6 million. California awards $330 million a year in tax credits to film and TV shows.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said in October he will push to increase it to $750 million a year in the next budget, as crews continue to struggle with a lackluster recovery from the 2023 strikes. “We are working hard to keep productions filming in California,” said Colleen Bell, the director of the California Film Commission, in a press release. “These tax credits help us keep jobs here in our state and drive economic growth, but the impact goes beyond the entertainment industry – it supports families, local businesses, and communities statewide.” Another Apple TV+ show, “Imperfect Women,” will also get a tax credit to film in Los Angeles.
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