Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan is joining with Ross Perot Jr. to build a film-production campus in Texas as the state takes on Hollywood with US$1.5 billion in incentives for movies and television shows.

Sheridan’s SGS Studios has begun filming at the Fort Worth facility in AllianceTexas, a sprawling expanse of homes, offices and industrial properties developed by Perot’s Hillwood. SGS will operate the studio, which already has space for four simultaneous productions, as it expands to at least 10 stages, said company co-founder David Glasser.

“It will be something that hasn’t been done in Texas before,” said Glasser, who’s also the chief executive officer of 101 Studios, which produces many of Sheridan’s shows.

Sheridan and Perot are betting on stepped-up demand for filming in Texa

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