AUSTIN, Texas — Matthew McConaughey was back in Austin on Wednesday, supporting a bill that would provide billions of dollars in film incentives to shoot in Texas over the next decade.
McConaughey testified Wednesday in front of the Texas House Committee on Culture, Recreation and Tourism, backing House Bill 4568.
The bill is seeking to breathe life into the state’s film industry by establishing the “Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Fund.” Under the bill, $500 million would be injected into that fund every two years. Over a decade, that could mean $2.5 billion in incentives…