M. Night Shyamalan returned to the Garden State to shoot his 15th feature, the apocalyptic horror flick "Knock at the Cabin." The director previously worked in New Jersey for parts of 2004's "The Village" and for scenes for the Apple TV+ series "Servant."

As part of an effort to encourage filming in the area, the baseball club recently welcomed members of the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission and the newly created Somerset County Film Commission to TD Bank Ballpark.

Interested in a career in film or TV? Then you're invited to apply for an upcoming bootcamp at Mercer County Community College in West Windsor.

Camden and Gloucester counties are looking facilitate the expansion of the industry in region with the establishment of the South Jersey Film Office Cooperative.

That adds up to 7,629 new or retained jobs, on top of $1.6 billion in capital investment toward local businesses.

The new location is meant to serve the production needs of the state's growing film and television industry, which exceeded $500 million for the first time ever in 2021.

The tranche of awards was announced by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority at its first board meeting of the new year on Wednesday.

State lawmakers approved another major expansion of New Jersey’s film, television and digital media incentive program on Monday, sending the legislation to Gov. Phil Murphy's desk, as the state eyes how to boost its sluggish economic recovery amid 22 months of the pandemic.

In 2018, Gov. Phil Murphy revived the program, under which the state compensates producers for filming scenes in New Jersey and buying in-state goods. He approved a first expansion in early 2020, and another in the $14.5 billion economic subsidy package he signed this past January.

Seven awards were doled out for the program at the New Jersey Economic Development Authority's last board meeting of 2021. The initiative has picked up some of the tab for 30 productions in the state since its reintroduction in 2018.

Legislation to bolster the program cleared an Assembly committee on Dec. 6. The effort comes as productions pick up in the Garden State, following the standstill imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The legislation comes as productions stream into New Jersey following the COVID-19 pandemic, and as players such as Netflix eye the former Fort Monmouth Army base, and NBC Universal uses the former Meadowlands Arena, for its productions.