Hike production incentives, film executives urge Rendell

By Barbara Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

New Mexico has become a mecca for moviemakers and it's no secret why: Producers go where the money -- and incentives -- are.

That's how the so-called "Land of Enchantment" wooed "Wild Hogs," "The Astronaut Farmer" and "3:10 to Yuma," a modern take on the Western starring Russell Crowe, and 16 other projects for 2007.

So the natural question is: What would it take to turn Pennsylvania into another New Mexico or Louisiana, also a hot spot for production? The answer: Better incentives, to be competitive with those states.

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