RALEIGH — Citing the controversy surrounding the Dakota Fanning film Hounddog, the leader of the state Senate Republicans says he wants the government to review scripts before cameras start rolling in North Carolina. That system, said state Sen. Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, would apply only to films seeking the state’s lucrative filmmaker incentive, which refunds as much as 15 percent of what productions spend in North Carolina from the state treasury. ‘Why should North Carolina taxpayers pay for something they find objectionable?’ said Berger, who is having proposed legislation drafted. It is not known whether Hounddog’s producers have or will apply for the incentive. A call Thursday to the N.C. Department of Revenue, which oversees incentive payments, was not returned. Sen. Julia Boseman, D-New Hanover, one of the backers of the new law that created the current incentive system, said she couldn’t say much until she saw Berger’s proposal in writing. ‘There’s no bill yet to take a look at,’ she said. ‘But I am always willing to consider reasonable ways to improve the program.’ She did say she thought looking at scripts before shooting starts might be meaningless because a script could be changed […]