It's not just the stars creating bright lights over the bluegrass.

State lawmakers have set the stage for more movies to be made here.

Meaning Hollywood stars are also finding their way to Kentucky.

Laura Rogers has more from Lexington's Lex Studios.

We have these spacesuits that were fabricated in Los Angeles.

You kind of forget how cool your job is, and you take a step back and you're like, whoa!

Costume designer Grace Welsh says, traveled all over Kentucky the past three years to make movies.

I am so grateful that we get to shoot so many films here, because it's the bluegrass.

I mean, we have so much to offer.

And it's so beautiful.

Natural landscapes, quaint communities, and unique attractions are all drawing filmmakers here to tell their stories along with southern hospitality.

You come here and you feel like you're at home, and you're greeted with so much warmth and compassion and empathy.

That's been wonderful.

People are so accommodating, welcoming and, you know, the towns are so easy to get around.

The word is spreading that Hollywood is here and locals are often eager to get a glimpse of the action.

I'm hearing stories about the whole town showing up in Paris to be extras for a Christmas movie that's just exciting.

That's not a common occurrence.

That's very unique to Kentucky.

The General Assembly has also created a welcoming environment for filmmakers and movie crews with the Film Tax Credit bill.

These days, a lot of movies travel to where the tax incentives are in Lexington, and Kentucky has a great tax incentive right now for film.

So you're going to be seeing a lot of films start to be filmed here and made here.

So that's going to be a benefit a lot of the local economy.

The incentive is 3,030% for out-of-state crew, 35% for local and 30% for qualified spend, and the knowledge 30% on fringes, which means anything union related, including SAG and fringes.

We get 30% of that back.

And that means more money to spend on the production while area businesses benefit from local spending.

We build a grid and then we share this grid and things are coming and going.

Like now I have cars coming and going.

Today I made a deal with hotels.

I get a pretty solid discount with the local hotels here and.

Give me this.

Come on, just everyone willing to help that environment.

I think it's going to put Lexington on the map.

April Campion is the line producer on Moon People shooting in Lexington for three weeks.

It's not every day you get to build the moon.

Say, I'm going to the moon today, build a space station and go find caves.

I mean, it's been the coolest surreal experience I've ever had.

That's all happening here at Lex Studios, a former movie theater converted into a soundstage boasting more than 50,000ft² of production space, all under one roof.

It's exciting as an actor to be able to really see some of the things come to life and then know post-production is going to be a huge, huge part of it as well.

I worked with Apple TV, I worked on the Sony lot, and I'm so impressed because I feel like I'm at home in California as the way they renovated this entire old movie theater, I mean, it kept the legacy of the history of Lexington and allowed it to be modern with where filmmaking is headed.

Last year, the state legislature also passed a bill establishing the Kentucky Film Office.

Just recently, they hired Meg Pfister, who's the head of film office for the state.

And she's doing a terrific job and a great benefit, a much needed asset that's really helping shape things.

Making space for more filmmaking opportunities across the Commonwealth.

Just knowing there's going to be a lot of great film shot here.

I think that's an exciting thing for Kentucky and bring more.

Movies here for Kentucky Edition.

It's been.

Interesting.

I'm Laura Rogers.

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