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Council approves $181,298 film rebate for independent feature to shoot in Oklahoma City
Summary
City approved a $181,298 film rebate for Wild Rooster LLC, an independent feature planning a largely local shoot with about $3.89 million in local qualifying expenditures and roughly 70% local crew hiring.
The Oklahoma City Council unanimously approved a performance-based film rebate of $181,298 for Wild Rooster LLC, an independent feature that plans to film in city locations during October and November.
Jill Simpson, executive director of the Oklahoma City Film and Creative Industries Office, said the production expects to spend about $3.89 million in local qualifying expenditures with roughly 70% of the crew sourced from the metropolitan area. Simpson described the proposal as meeting city film incentive eligibility (minimum $500,000 project size, majority local crew, and majority film days inside city limits). The rebate award was calculated using the city’s economic-impact model and is contingent on the production meeting the film incentive’s performance requirements.
The council approved the rebate by unanimous vote; staff will monitor qualifying expenditures and issue rebate payments only after documentation of eligible spending and compliance with program rules.
