Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Director Randall Miller, who remains on probation for the fatal accident on the set of “Midnight Rider,” has scored $1.5 million in California state tax incentives to make his next independent feature.
Miller and his team were granted the tax credit to make “Supercrip,” a story about a quadriplegic Uber driver whose life is changed when he meets a “self-centered movie star,” according to the description.
Miller is not allowed to direct movies while on probation. In an interview, he said he wrote the screenplay, but is not directing.
No director has been hired. He said filming is expected to begin on March 1, though he is still working to put together the financing.
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