\n\tIn total, $116.2 million was awarded in the latest film round, with state bean counters estimating the investment in the home of Hollywood will spawn $562 million in what is termed \u201ceconomic activity\u201d across California. Today\u2019s 28 projects are the second feature awards round since\u00a0Gavin Newsom<\/a>\u00a0made official\u00a0the Film and TV program\u2019s mega-expansion to $750 million annually earlier this year.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cBig love to the California Film Commission<\/a> and Gov. Newsom for holdin\u2019 it down with that tax credit,\u201d Snoop Dogg<\/a> said in a statement this morning as the feature film allocations were made public. \u201cY\u2019all making it possible for us to tell my story right here where it all began. California raised me, inspired me, and now helpin\u2019 bring this biopic to life in 2026. Much respect \u2013 that\u2019s real teamwork, ya dig\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tIn many ways, the Snoop flick, which will star Outer Banks\u2018 Jonathan Davis<\/a> and be directed by Craig Brewer,<\/a> is a no-brainer for the CFC-run program \u2014 the hip hop icon is literally a California success story from top to blunt to bottom, if you know what I mean? Which may be why the Universal Pictures entry topped this allocation round with a just over $17 million incentive award.<\/p>\n \n\tHere\u2019s the full list, with incentive awards and more: <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \n\tAmong other awarded projects, the untitled Sony movie from Powell ($9.9 million in credits), the Rodriguez-helmed Guerrero\u00a0($4.4 million in credits) and Lee\u2019s Gold Mountain ($7.6 million in credits) display the scope of independent and distinctly \u201cnon-independent\u201d films that make up the mix of this round.<\/p>\n \n\tPut together, the more than two dozen projects in the jobs-centric program are anticipated to employ \u201c4,837 cast and crew, along with 22,614 background performers (measured in days worked),\u201d according to the CFC. On the ground, that adds up to 831 shooting days across the Golden State, with many like Gold Mountain filming outside the hub of L.A. (which pumps up the base tax credit of 35% even more).<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cCalifornia\u2019s film and television industry isn\u2019t just an economic engine \u2014 it\u2019s part of who we are,\u201d noted Newsom in full pitch mode this morning.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\")
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