Texas officials did not forbid the producers of a B-grade action movie from filming inside the Lone Star State but “merely opted not to subsidize the film with Texas taxpayer funds,” according to Judge Catharina Haynes.
In a ruling certain to disappoint those who want to film B-grade action movies in Texas on the cheap, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that the producers of “Machete Kills” don’t have a First Amendment right to an incentive grant from the Texas Film Commission.
