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‘House of Cards’ producers want more tax breaks – or else: report
By Reuters
Saturday, February 22, 2014 8:12 EST

The production company behind Netflix Inc’s political thriller “House of Cards” is taking a step that could have come straight from the show’s script: threatening to move filming from Maryland unless lawmakers provide enough tax breaks.

Representatives for a top state lawmaker and Governor Martin O’Malley confirmed on Friday that Media Rights Capital had informed them that it was halting production plans until the dispute is resolved.

In a letter that echoes the wrangling seen in the Emmy Award-winning series, the Beverly Hills, California-based company urged the state to pass a law increasing tax credits available for film and television production there.

“In the event sufficient incentives do not become available, we will have to break down our stage, sets and offices and set up in another state,” the company wrote in the undated letters, which officials received in late January.