The D.C. government will cut a six-figure check to the Walt Disney Co. as compensation for the production company spending more than a month in the nation’s capital filming the sequel to the blockbuster “National Treasure.”
Crystal Palmer, head of the D.C. film office, said Thursday the District will pay Disney $211,432, refunding the company for 100 percent of the sales taxes it expended during preproduction and filming. Crews spent a month and a half in D.C. between March and April, laying out more than $3 million overall, Palmer said.
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