HARRISBURG PA – Think Hollywood has cornered the market on making motion pictures? Don’t jump to conclusions, the Pennsylvania Film Office warns.
Executives in Tinseltown – as Hollywood is also known – pay for, produce, and market plenty of films each year. But the state actually invests in them; most recently, to the tune of $117 million.
The Film Office, in a Wednesday (June 17, 2026) media release, says it is awarding that total amount in Pennsylvania film production tax credits for 59 television and movie projects in the works during 2025 and 2026. The credits cover some costs the award winners would normally pay in taxes.
That frees up money for priorities like employment. The state claims more than 11,700 jobs were created or are being supported as a result of the credits.
It adds the investments will generate $68.7 million in state and local tax revenue. It also claims that, overall, 35 counties in the Commonwealth will benefit from an estimated injection of $1.1 billion into their local economies.
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Small and Big Budget Projects Benefit
Credits went to what the state calls “high-profile economic drivers.” They include Season 5 of the Paramount network show “Mayor of Kingstown;” Season 3 of the Netflix series, “Tires;” and Season 2 of the HBO series, “Task.”
“Mayor of Kingstown” is being filmed in Pittsburgh; “Tires,” in Philadelphia; and “Task,” in Philly, as well as locations in Delaware, Chester, Bucks, and Montgomery counties.
Under a separate but related program, titled the “Pennsylvania Film Producer Reserve,” the state also invested in “smaller, independent productions,” the Film Office explains.
Among those projects are four in Philadelphia, two in Allegheny County, and one each in Adams, Centre, Beaver, Wayne, Pike, Monroe, and Carbon counties.
Gov. Josh Shapiro reports he is calling for another $100 million in Film Production Tax Credit funding as part of his 2026-27 budget proposal.
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