‘Fallout’ Looks Certain For Season 2 With $25M Tax Credit Award & Relocation To California; ‘NCIS: Origins’ Among Shows Receiving Incentives

Dominic Patten
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Just days before its debut, Fallout looks to be assured a second season thanks to a $25 million tax credit from California.

Officially, Amazon has not said yet that the Prime Video series is coming back, but, with some hints from executive producers Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan recently, it is pretty clear the money is doing the talking here. Receiving one of the largest allocations ever from the program for a relocating series, the LA-set post-apocalyptic drama is among a dozen shows awarded $152 million in incentives.

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Primetime prequel NCIS: Origins, the Noah Wyle starring The Pitt, plus the Ryan Murphy executive produced Dr. Odyssey starring Joshua Jackson, and Grotesquerie starring Emmy winner Niecy Nash also were awarded credits through the California Film Commission run $330 million annual program – as you can see below.

Set to premiere on April 11, Fallout, based on the best-selling video game franchise, is almost as big a get for the CFC as it is a swing for Amazon Prime Video. Ever since the Golden State’s  tax incentive imitative was revamped in 2014 to be competitive with the lucrative likes of Georgia, New York state and the likes of British Columbia and Quebec up in Canada, snagging series from other jurisdictions has been the jewel in the crown for the program.

“From bringing Fallout home to keeping classics in California, this program has helped our iconic, world-leading entertainment sector create tens of thousands of good jobs for Californians and generate billions of dollars for communities across the state over the past 15 years,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said today.

Big budget Fallout, which filmed its first season in the Empire State, Utah, New Jersey and Namibia, is the 33rd series to relocate to California in the last decade thanks to the tax credit program. This latest round of TV projects unveiled this morning includes one relocating series, three recurring television series, and eight new television series, according to the CFC.

Of course, being awarded the tax credits, even big bucks like what Fallout has reaped, is no guarantee a project will go forward. The allocations are conditional on certain timelines being met, and a number of films and shows, like Season 2 of Amazon’s spy saga Citadel, have dropped out of the program after getting a green light.

Still, the credits can make the difference between a show going ahead or not — and that’s vital in an industry where work remains scant right now and in a state with a heavy budget deficit. The 2024 revised program centered its criteria on job creation and economic growth, an endgame that seems even more poignant than ever right now.

To that end, Fallout is estimated by the CFC to employ around 170 cast and crew for its second season and contribute approximately $153 million in qualified expenditures to the state. Overall, the 12 projects awarded in this round are expected to spend about $1.1 billion in the state during production. Besides the immediate tax revenues and support to local vendors, the projects are anticipated to provide jobs to 2,300 crew, 2,200 cast, and 50,000 background performers, says the Colleen Bell-run CFC.

“We’ve had the immense privilege to create stories with the talented crews and individuals in California for years,” said NCIS: Origins EPs Mark Harmon, Sean Harmon, Gina Lucita Monreal, and David J. North. in a statement accompanying this morning’s announcement for the home of Hollywood. “With the support of the California Film Commission, we are thrilled to film NCIS: Origins in Los Angeles, utilizing all of the fantastic resources, locations and most importantly, the talented people in this city we love and call home.”

With that, the application period for the next round of TV projects is June 3 – 5, with allocations made public around July 8. For the big screen, the next online application period is open from July 29-31, with projects announced on September 2.

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