NEW MEXICO TOURISM OFFICIALS HOPE TO CASH IN ON THE STATE'S FILM BUSINESS. THEY UNVEILED THEIR NEW FILM TRAILS MAP AND WEB PAGE TUESDAY, THAT HELPS TOURISTS PLAN TRIPS BASED ON POPULAR MOVIES AND TV SERIES SHOT HERE … LIKE "BREAKING BAD."
IN THE PAST CENTURY, ABOUT 600 MOVIES HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN NEW MEXICO … INCLUDING WESTERNS, SCI-FI FILMS, COMEDIES, DRAMAS, AND THE CLASSIC HENRY FONDA FILM "THE GRAPES OF WRATH." MOST RECENTLY, THE REMAKE OF "THE LONE RANGER" WITH JOHNNY DEPP WAS SHOT IN NEW MEXICO.