this film produced by football player Travis Kelce is financed by a tax credit on renewable energies

It’s an American film with Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman, but more than the casting, it’s the producer, Travis Kelce and the method of financing, which attract attention.

Travis Kelce, the film’s producer My dead friend Zoeis known to American football fans – he plays “tight end”, tight end, for the Kansas City Chiefs and just won his second Super Bowl in a row. He is also known to fans of Taylor Swift. He’s her boyfriend and the love story between the two stars has fascinated America for several months now. Charismatic, party animal, Travis Kelce has a personality made for the show, he hosts a podcast with his big brother, American football champion.

Like legends Tom Brady, LeBron James and more and more athletes, Travis Kelce has launched into content production. He is even represented by CAA, the largest talent agency in Los Angeles. My dead friend Zoe, a 10 million dollar film – a small budget on the scale of Hollywood – tells the story of a soldier, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, in conflict with her grandfather, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan. Vietnam. The film is described as a dark comedy and it premiered at the South By Southwest festival in Texas on March 9, 2024.

Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

In 2022, Joe Biden’s administration introduced the Inflation Reduction Act, a huge investment plan in climate, energy and environmental justice, with the particular objective of a carbon-neutral economy in 2050. To encourage businesses to go green, the government has injected tens of billions of dollars into the economy, notably through tax credits.

And Varietythe Hollywood specialist weekly, explains that Mike Field, an entrepreneur who is also one of the producers of My dead friend Zoe, resold the surplus tax credits obtained. It is the money from these sales which is used to partly finance the film. His partner in the production company tells Variety that in a sector as risky as cinema, federal tax credits significantly reduce the risk. DSo it’s a financial resource like any other.

A documentary planned on Jean-Michel Basquiat

Travis Kelce and his partners will produce another project like this, if we are to believe Variety. This is a documentary about the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Which could give ideas to other producers. The Reuters agency points out that the sale and purchase of tax credits for renewable energies has become a market in itself, which would be worth more than seven billion dollars today. Money that is not only used to finance films obviously.