'Spectre': James Bond Film Reportedly Receiving $20M for Portraying Mexico Positively — hollywoodreporter.com

Mexico’s brutal drug war has left the nation with a tarnished image abroad, but agent 007 is coming to the rescue. MGM and Sony, the producers behind the new Bond film Spectre, are receiving up to $20 million in incentives for rewrites that depict positive aspects of Mexico, according to a report by Taxanalysts.com, a website that covers tax news and analysis. Shooting this month in Mexico City, Spectre will receive at least $14 million, and up to $20 million for script rewrites that portray “modern Mexico City buildings” and a generally favorable image of the country. Among Mexican officials requests, the villain cannot be Mexican, according to Taxanalysts.

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