Pilots Boosting L.A. Location Shooting
TV pilots have been driving Hollywood location shooting, led by police procedural “Gang Related,” with 60 permitted days. “Gang Related,” from Imagine Entertainment in association with Twentieth...
View ArticleFirst Quarter L.A. Location Shooting Jumps 17.6%
Gains in the mainstay TV and feature film categories have fueled a 17.6% jump in first-quarter location shooting in Los Angeles. The first-quarter gains, announced Wednesday by the FilmL.A. permitting...
View ArticleLA-Based TV Pilots Remaining Robust
TV pilots have continued to drive an upsurge in Hollywood location shooting following a 37% hike in the first quarter. Pilots totaled 68 days last week — four times more than the same week in 2012 —...
View ArticleL.A. Pilots Generate $277.8 Million in Production Spending in 2013
The 96 TV pilots shot in Los Angeles this year generated $277.8 million in production spending, up 6% over last year, according to the FilmL.A. permitting agency.
View ArticleL.A. Location Shooting Gains 8.6% In Second Quarter
Gains in the mainstay TV category have fueled an 8.6% jump in second-quarter location shooting in Los Angeles to 12,173 permitted days. The small-screen increases, announced Tuesday by the FilmL.A....
View ArticleZac Efron, Seth Rogen’s ‘Townies’ Boosting L.A. Location Shoots
The Zac Efron-Seth Rogen comedy “Townies" has provided a boost to Los Angeles film production at a time when feature shooting has been moderate.
View ArticleJoaquin Phoenix’s ‘Inherent Vice’ Starting to Boost L.A. Production
Paul Thomas Anderson's crime drama "Inherent Vice," starring Joaquin Phoenix, has started to boost location production in Los Angeles, which has seen its typical scarcity of high-profile titles so far...
View ArticlePatrick Wilson Film ‘Stretch’ Boosts Los Angeles Production
Blumhouse Pictures has given a boost to Los Angeles production by filming all of Joe Carnahan's "Stretch" in the Hollywood area.
View ArticleZach Braff’s ‘Wish I Was Here’ Shooting in L.A., Aiming for Sundance
Three months after a high-profile Kickstarter campaign funded Zach Braff’s “Wish I Was Here,” the indie drama’s shoot has been among the most active productions in Los Angeles. “The dailies look great...
View ArticleJake Gyllenhaal’s ‘Nightcrawler’ Gets California Incentive (EXCLUSIVE)
Jake Gyllenhaal's thriller “Nightcrawler” is receiving a $2.3 million allocation from the California Film Tax Credit program after moving off the waiting list.
View ArticleLos Angeles Plays Itself in Pierce Brosnan’s ‘How to Make Love Like an...
Despite the entreaties of Lousiana, North Carolina and Canada, Pierce Brosnan's indie comedy “How to Make Love Like an Englishman” is shooting where it's set -- in Los Angeles.
View Article‘Star Wars’ London Shoot Irks California Film Commission Topper
Six months after the new “Star Wars” shoot was set for London, California Film Commission chief Amy Lemisch is still steamed about it. “I have a giant list of major projects that California has lost...
View ArticleHollywood Continues to Flee California at Alarming Rate
When Paul Audley took the job as president of FilmL.A. in late 2008, he was astounded to discover that physical production on the $70 million pic “Battle: Los Angeles” wasn’t being done in Los Angeles....
View ArticleUltra-Low Budget ‘Friends Effing Friends’ Begins Production in L.A. (EXCLUSIVE)
Tyler Dawson (“Bellflower”), Graham Skipper, Christina Gooding, Vanessa DuBasso and Jillian Leigh are starring in ultra-low budget comedy “Friends Effing Friends Effing Friends.” Caliber Media and...
View ArticleCalifornia Trailing Louisiana, Canada, U.K. in Live-Action Features, Report...
With live-action feature films fleeing California, the Golden State now trails Louisiana, Canada and the U.K. in the number of live-action films, jobs and location spending, a new report shows....
View ArticleLos Angeles Sees 33.7% Surge in 2nd Quarter TV Production
A shift in the timing of TV production — with more early summer premieres — has led to a 33.7% surge in second-quarter TV activity in the Los Angeles region, according to a report by the FilmL.A....
View ArticlePorn Shoots Fizzling in Los Angeles, Thanks to On-Set Condom Rule
Los Angeles is losing its status as the production center of pornographic films, thanks to a voter-approved measure requiring performers to wear condoms on sets. Permits issued for X-rated productions...
View ArticleLos Angeles Sees 34% Decline in TV Drama Production since 2007
Los Angeles is in grave danger of losing even more TV drama series because of the limits of the state’s production tax incentive program, a new report asserts. FilmL.A. disclosed Wednesday that...
View ArticleStudios Need to Alter Their Mind-Set to Keep Productions in California
On a trip to Vancouver a few years ago, one TV producer surveyed the myriad projects being shot there and labeled the town Hollywood Sleep-Away Camp. Those visitors were drawn less by British...
View Article‘Welcome to Fairfax,’‘Bosch’ Most Active Shoots in L.A. in 2014
Pivot’s 10-episode documentary series “Welcome to Fairfax” was the most active production shoot in 2014 in Los Angeles, followed by Amazon’s police procedural “Bosch.” A Variety analysis prepared with...
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