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Netflix buys up New Mexico studio facility for massive new production hub
When Netflix moved into its new Los Angeles headquarters last year, the company made sure it had several sound stages at the ready for any production needs. Now the streaming service is taking things a step further, acquiring ABQ Studios in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of a plan to bring as much as $1 billion in production to the state over the next 10 years.
Los Angeles is often thought of as a center for film and television production, but studios and production companies have been regularly traveling to other locations to shoot for years. States like New Mexico (Breaking Bad, Netflix's Godless) and Georgia (The Walking Dead, Avengers: Infinity War) can provide a more attractive environment because they're not only less crowded than Los Angeles, but the states themselves also offer tax breaks and financial incentives that actually make it more cost-effective to shoot there. ABQ Studios, which boasts nine stages offering over 170,000 square feet, has been the site of numerous high-profile movies and shows, including Logan, Preacher, Better Call Saul, and the original The Avengers.
Perfect for dry, desolate content.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday October 09 2018, @11:38PM (2 children)
To be fair, it's not just corporate America, because it happens here too.
Every time it stops raining for more than a few weeks (like, you know in the summer) the farmers all start squealing that they're going to go out of business if they don't get "help" from the government.
It seems to me that if your cash flow is that poor, you should not be in business, but apparently I'm wrong, because "jobs".
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Tuesday October 09 2018, @11:45PM
Yeah, it seems we've exported "our" corporate ethos to the rest of the world. Sorry about that, but you know how hard it is to keep cancer from spreading.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by looorg on Tuesday October 09 2018, @11:46PM
That said tho I would be far more inclined to fork over some pork-money to the farmers then to Hollyweird. After all I do have to eat but I could live without their "culture".