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> $465 million ... New Zealand ... would be rebating the production around 25% of its costs, or $116 million. So it probably cost $100 mil but Bezos found a wa
by rr888 4y ago
> $465 million ... New Zealand ... would be rebating the production around 25% of its costs, or $116 million.
So it probably cost $100 mil but Bezos found a way to get NZ taxpayers to pay for it.
- phasersout 4y agoThat's probably closer to the truth than most other ideas... does this new Arri camera really cost 4 million a pop? hm... well could be... I'm just a Wellington tax officer...
- notatoad 4y agoif it was all just a scam to get NZ to pay for it, presumably they would have kept that going instead of moving production to the UK for subsequent seasons, where they get drastically less tax credits.