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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Pooja Salhotra and Dan Keemahill

Texas is poised to become a film haven — but not without a fight

An ice cream shop in downtown Smithville, Texas on Feb. 6, 2025. The town is the main setting of Hope Floats, a popular 1998 romance film, and the shop is named after it.
The Hope Floats ice cream shop in downtown Smithville, pictured on Feb. 6, 2025, is named after the 1998 Sandra Bullock romance filmed there. (Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune)

A promise to make Texas the film capital of the world has left local creatives raring to cash in — and preparing for a legislative battle.

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