US television series Preacher comes to Victoria
US television series Preacher will produce its fourth series in Victoria, contributing $50m to the economy.
The announcement:
US television series Preacher is coming to Victoria for its fourth series in a deal that will inject $50 million into the Victorian economy and generate 740 jobs for local cast and crew.
One wonders how they came up with “inject $50 million into the Victorian economy”, when this is a 10-part series.
That equates to $5m per episode which based on Season 3 will be a shade over 40 minutes long so around $7m per hour.
I better the local production industry would kill to get one-tenth of that rate.
Of course maybe the politicians have gilded the lily – again. “Injecting” $50m implies new money into the economy rather than money that would have already been spent (travel, food, salaries etc.) in the normal run of things.
Maybe come clean and tell us what the budget approved by Film Victoria was.
Either way – amazing! Love the show, so great to see quality productions being made in AUS.