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How America can bring film and television production home

by James Babbin, opinion contributor - 10/25/26 11:00 AM ET

by James Babbin, opinion contributor - 10/25/26 11:00 AM ET

FILE – Cast member Mark Ruffalo works during the filming of “Avengers: Infinity War,” Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in Atlanta. Georgia House members on Thursday Feb. 29, 2024 voted to limit transfers of Georgia’s lucrative film tax credit and require moviemakers do more to get the top tax credit rate. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

In the classic Western “Shane,” Joey Starrett hears a hard lesson about Rufus Ryker’s ruthless campaign against the homesteaders: “It’s the same old story … and you can’t learn that lesson but once.”

Today, that story is economic and cinematic.…