New STAR TREK Series Returns to California

CBS All Access' new Star Trek series starring Patrick Stewart and its Marc Cherry dramedy Why Women Kill, along with Flowers of Helvetica, will all film in California, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The latest round of TV tax credits includes American Horror Story, Good Trouble, Mayans MC, The Orville, Strange Angel and The Rookie.

A total of $90 million in tax credits is reserved for the nine projects, which are on track to spend nearly $456 million in qualified expenditures, which are wages paid to below-the-line workers and payments to in-state vendors. Together, they will employ an estimated 1,820 castmembers, 2,140 crew and 25,000 extras and stand-ins over a combined 916 shoot days.

"Our TV tax credits are in high demand, so we're pleased to have ample credits available now to bring these three large-scale series to California," said the California Film Commission's executive director Amy Lemisch. "So many producers tell us that California is their first choice because no other locale can match what we have to offer, including the ability to leave the set and go home each night."

CBS Studios' new Star Trek series will see Patrick Stewart reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard. The announcement the series will be filmed in California marks a homecoming for the TV franchise.

Why Women Kill is a darkly comedic drama focused on the lives of three women living in three different decades.

Cooler Waters Productions' Flowers of Helvetica has no known details yet.

Read the original article on The Hollywood Reporter.

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