Apple TV+’s golf comedy Stick starring Owen Wilson appears to be getting US$22.2 million in new California tax credits to move production from Vancouver to Los Angeles for season 2.
California awarded 22 productions a total of US$256 million in state tax credits today, the first allocation since the state doubled its filming incentives program to US$750 million in June.
Update: Stick is expected to start filming season 2 in California this December. The New York Times reports that Stick had already been looking at moving production because winter in Vancouver is not the best time to shoot a season set in the summer world of professional golf.
What’s Stick about?
Pryce Cahill (Owen Wilson) was headed for golf greatness when an on-course meltdown derailed his career. Now struggling to stay afloat, he goes all in to mentor Santi (Peter Dager) — a teenage phenom with immense potential — and maybe save himself.
In the two-part season one finale, Pryce Cahill and his protege Santi Wheeler faced their respective demons on and off the golf course. For Pryce, it was his nemesis Clark Ross (Timothy Oliphant) who hosted the ReadySafe Invitational and for Santi, it was his abusive Dad Gary Wheeler, who showed up at his first PGA tournament.
Stick staged the ReadySafe Invitational at BC’s Pitt Meadows Golf Club last summer.
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The Pitt Meadows Golf Club closed its facility for ten days last summer for the filming of the fictional ReadySafe Invitational.
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Crew built the ReadySafe Invitational grand stands and there were about 1,000 backgrounders on the course supposedly at the Woody Crest Golf Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Owen Wilson as Pryce Cahill and Peter Dager as Santi Wheeler.
With real pro golfers like Wyndham Clark, Max Homa and Collin Morikawa on set.
Other characters:
Marc Maron as Mitts, Pryce’s best friend and former caddy.
Mariana Treviño as Elena, mother of the golf phenom Santi.
Lilli Kay as Zero, a Gen-Z social justice warrior who joins Pryce on the road as he shepherds the young golf phenom.Judy Greer as Pryce Cahill’s ex-wife.
Timothy Oliphant as Clark Ross, Pryce’s former playing partner who triggered Pryce’s course meltdown 20 years ago.
Mackenzie Astin as Santi’s abusive father Gary Wheeler.
Stick Season 2:
Episodes: 10.
L.A. filming dates: ?
Showrunner: Jason Keller.
Cast: Owen Wilson, Peter Dager, Marc Maron, Mariana Treviño, Lilli Kay, Judy Greer, Timothy Oliphant, Mackenzie Astin.
Producers: Entertainment 360, Quantity Entertainment, Apple Studios.