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Pennsylvania Grants Record $49.8 Million Film Tax Credit to HBO’s Task Season 2

Officials cast the move as a strategy to expand Pennsylvania’s screen industry.

Overview

  • Season 2 will be filmed entirely in Southeastern Pennsylvania with projections of about 3,700 jobs and $194.1 million in economic activity.
  • The award represents roughly half of the Film Production Tax Credit Program’s 2025–26 budget.
  • HBO estimates the production will generate approximately 25,000 hotel nights across the region.
  • The state program provides a 25%–30% credit to projects that spend at least 60% of their total budget in Pennsylvania.
  • A 2023 Independent Fiscal Office review found $8.5 million in net tax revenue and reported that about 95% of credits are sold or transferred, creating 6%–7% leakage.