Filming for Netflix ‘House of Cards’ will continue in Maryland.
After a tense battle between producers and Maryland representatives, Kevin Spacey will again call Maryland home. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gov. Martin O’ Malley, and Media Rights Capital have reached an agreement with the state of Maryland to keep the ‘House of Cards’ series in the state.
The hitch had been that Media Rights Capital said it needed a $15 million rebate for season three and the state had to ante up more money for its tax credit incentive program. The show received $26 million in tax credits in its first two seasons. Legislation passed in Maryland to raise the amount and limit on what one could receive but then was scuttled in a conference committee during the final hours of the recently ended legislative session. Now a deal has been reached, and House of Cards will receive a total of $11.5 million in 2014 through a combination of both the tax incentive program and an additional $7.5 million in grants authorized to be taken from the 2015 fiscal year budget.
Instead of a $15 million dollar rebate, ‘House of Cards’ receives a total of $11.5 million and an additional $7.5 million in grants. So, it looks like Frank Underwood’s negotiations wore off on the production company as they made out with a total of $19 million worth of benefits instead of the $15 million they originally negotiated for. 
