Trust approves $880,000 film incentive for Project Galaxy, hears film office update

The Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust voted to approve a joint resolution allocating $880,000 in film incentives tied to a state rebate for a motion picture identified as "Project Galaxy," trust members said at the meeting.

Jill Simpson, Film and Creative Industries office representative, told trustees the project is an adaptation of a New York Times best-selling novel by Karen Kingsbury and chronicles the lives of two children orphaned by the Oklahoma City bombing. Simpson said filming is scheduled for about 31 shooting days, now moved to Aug. 11 through mid-September, with some activity planned during the 30th-anniversary weekend.

The trust's approval matters because Simpson said the production plans to spend an estimated $9,000,000 in Oklahoma City and hire roughly 90% of its crew and vendors locally. "They're going to hire 90% of the crew locally," Simpson said, and she recommended…