The unlikely state taking jobs from Hollywood in latest blow to ailing industry

Nypost · May 28, 2026 · 571 words · By Daniel Farr

Economic Competition Regional Industrial Decline

headphones Listen to the eFinder podcast briefing

Ready to play

Daily briefing

What to know about Economic Competition

The unlikely state taking jobs from Hollywood in latest blow to ailing industry See more of our coverage in your search results.

Claims checked 9

Techniques found 1

Topics 2

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage

Left0%

Center75%

Right25%

4 sources compared across this story cluster. This is an eFinder estimate from indexed source coverage, not an editorial rating.

What happened

The unlikely state taking jobs from Hollywood in latest blow to ailing industry See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on GoogleHollywood pain is New Jersey’s gain.

Common ground

As Los Angeles watches film and TV productions flee in search of cheaper places to shoot, the Garden State is capitalizing.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

What new context would change how readers understand this Economic Competition story?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Lionsgate’s “Power: Origins” moved production from New York to New Jersey?
How does this story connect Economic Competition with Regional Industrial Decline over the next few days?

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/us-news/the-unlikely-state-taking-jobs-from-hollyw…

psychologyPropaganda Techniques Detected

eFinder identified 1 propaganda technique in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

warning

Loaded Language 80% confidence

Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.

Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.

Why it matters: Recognizing loaded language helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

check_circle Corroborated 4

info Single Source 3

verified Verified By Reference 1

help Insufficient Evidence 1

verified

Claim 1: “Lionsgate’s “Power: Origins” moved production from New York to New Jersey”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

Wikipedia confirms 'Power: Origins' is an upcoming series, but there is no evidence in the provided search results confirming it moved production from New York to New Jersey.

menu_book

wikipedia NEUTRAL — Power: Origins is an upcoming American crime drama television series created by Sascha Penn that will premiere on Starz.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power:_Origins

menu_book

wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robin Hood is a 2018 American action-adventure film directed by Otto Bathurst and written by Ben Chandler and David James Kelly, from a story by Chandler. It is a modern retelling of the Robin Hood le…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood_(2018_film)

menu_book

wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starz Entertainment Corp., formerly known as Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, or simply Lionsgate, is a Canadian-American entertainment company currently headquartered in Santa Monica, California…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starz_Entertainment

+ 3 more evidence sources

check_circle

Claim 2: “The streaming giant is also building a more than $1 billion production campus at Fort Monmouth”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources, including a Wikipedia entry for Fort Monmouth and news reports from May 2025, confirm Netflix is investing $1 billion in a production campus at Fort Monmouth.

travel_explore

web search NEUTRAL — Fort Monmouth is a former installation of the Department of the Army in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, and the site of Netflix Studios Fort ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Monmouth

travel_explore

web search NEUTRAL — May 13, 2025 ... ... construction for our new state-of-the-art production facility. Netflix plans to invest $1B to transform the 292-acre former US Army ...
https://about.netflix.com/news/breaking-ground-on-netflix-st…

travel_explore

web search NEUTRAL — May 22, 2025 ... Netflix broke ground on a new $1 billion film and TV studio at the former Fort Monmouth Army base in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The production ...
https://www.constructconnect.com/construction-economic-news/…

help

Claim 3: “New Jersey alone has pledged $430 million annually in film incentives through 2049”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found for this claim in the provided search results.

check_circle

Claim 4: ““Happy Gilmore 2,” which had a $152.5 million budget and received about $60 million in tax credits.”

CORROBORATED

Three independent web search results explicitly state that 'Happy Gilmore 2' had a budget of $152.5 million and received approximately $60 million in tax credits.

travel_explore

web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... ... Happy Gilmore 2,” which had a $152.5 million budget and received about $60 million in tax credits. Lovie Simone as Keisha Clark. Elizabeth ...
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/unlikely-s…

travel_explore

web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... ... $152.5 million and is getting a tax credit of around $60 million. ... tax incentives attract film and TV productions, researchers have ...
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/new-jersey-film-location-…

travel_explore

web search NEUTRAL — Jan 19, 2026 ... Netflix's 'Happy Gilmore 2' recorded $152.5 million ...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/new…

check_circle

Claim 5: “The state pulled in nearly $1 billion in production spending last year from 17 film and TV projects with budgets above $10 million, roughly double the prior year, the Wall Street Journal reported.”

CORROBORATED

Multiple web search results from different sources report that New Jersey pulled in nearly $1 billion in production spending from 17 projects with budgets over $10 million, which was roughly double the prior year.

menu_book

wikipedia NEUTRAL — New Jersey is a state located in both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the heavily urbanized Northeast megalopolis, it is bordered to t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey

menu_book

wikipedia NEUTRAL — Route 17 is a state highway in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, that provides a major route from the George Washington Bridge, Lincoln Tunnel and other northeast New Jersey points to the New …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Route_17

menu_book

wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark. It is the county seat of Hudson County, the county's most populous city and its largest by area. As of the 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey

+ 3 more evidence sources

info

Claim 6: “Netflix filmed nearly 20 projects in New Jersey over the past year”

SINGLE SOURCE

The provided evidence does not contain a specific count of Netflix projects in New Jersey over the past year to corroborate this specific number.

menu_book

wikipedia NEUTRAL — Netflix, Inc. is an American media company founded on August 29, 1997, by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, and currently based in Los Gatos, California, with production of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix,_Inc.

menu_book

wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Watcher of Westfield, New Jersey, is an unidentified person who stalked the owners of the house at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey, United States, from 2014 to 2017. The individual sent the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Watcher_of_Westfield,_New_…

+ 3 more evidence sources

info

Claim 7: “Georgia... recorded a 31% drop in spending last year as more projects moved to the United Kingdom”

SINGLE SOURCE

The evidence provided mentions a 31% drop in production spend, but it is associated with California/Los Angeles in the search snippet, not Georgia. There is no evidence provided confirming a 31% drop specifically for Georgia.

travel_explore

web search NEUTRAL — Therefore, film producers, who have high risk and a large investment, seek ways to reduce risk, and film incentives which lower costs are a major method of risk ...
https://gpsa-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Meares_et…

travel_explore

web search NEUTRAL — Jan 19, 2026 ... 31%. Production spend. $1,075,000,000. Production spend YoY%. 23 ... Los Angeles alone logged just 19,694 filming days last year — a 16.1% drop ...
https://nypost.com/2026/01/19/entertainment/film-and-tv-prod…

travel_explore

web search NEUTRAL — Oct 9, 2024 ... Guy Ducker - it might have been a boom of sorts in relation to prior few years but we had the pandemic before that when production ground to a ...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/londonfilmmakingnetwork/post…

info

Claim 8: “Lionsgate, Netflix and Paramount secured those top-tier packages”

SINGLE SOURCE

While the companies are known entities, the specific claim that these three secured 'top-tier packages' is not explicitly corroborated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; it appears to be a detail from the primary reporting source.

menu_book

wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lionsgate Studios Corp. is a Canadian-American film and television production and distribution conglomerate, domiciled in Vancouver, British Columbia, and primarily based in Santa Monica, California. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionsgate_Studios

menu_book

wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paramount Skydance announced a definitive agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) on February 27, 2026, to acquire the company for $110.9 billion at $31 per share in cash. The massive transaction …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_acquisition_of_Warner…

+ 3 more evidence sources

check_circle

Claim 9: “Its appeal comes from aggressive incentives offering up to 35% in tax credits on local spending, with select long-term deals reaching as high as 45% for studios that commit to filming there for at least a decade.”

CORROBORATED

Web search results confirm the tax credit range of 20% to 35% and specifically mention that relocating TV series can reach up to 45%.

menu_book

wikipedia NEUTRAL — There are 21 counties in the U.S. state of New Jersey. These counties together contain 564 municipalities, or administrative entities composed of clearly defined territory; 253 boroughs, 52 cities, 15…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_New_Jersey

menu_book

+ 3 more evidence sources

info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.