California’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program provides tax incentives to eligible productions that film in the state, and lawmakers are currently considering whether the program is competitive enough to keep projects from moving outside California. According to figures she…
Lobbying groups representing the hotel and travel industries have endorsed a 20% federal tax incentive for film and TV production, arguing that domestic filming attracts tourism from abroad. The American Hotel & Lodging Association and the U.S. Travel Association have joined an alliance…
California lawmakers began a discussion Thursday about removing the cap on the state’s $750 million incentive for film and TV production, while acknowledging that such a move would face budget hurdles. At an Assembly committee hearing in North Hollywood, a handful…
All told, the studio put four movies in its all-time top ten this year, and reasserted itself as a premier distributor as the rest of Hollywood gobbles itself up in mega-mergers like the Warner Bros./Paramount fusion. Of course, a…
The show may be set in the South of France, but is it actually filmed there? One of the cosiest crime drama series returns tonight as the Madame Blanc Mysteries starts its fifth season tonight on Channel 5. The series follows…
Lawmakers plan to give Hollywood some airtime when they return to Washington after the midterm elections. With just weeks to go before the end of the 119th Congress, lawmakers and advocates are making a bipartisan push to get a proposed federal…
The nationwide incentive could change the American film industry, but California could still fall behind as other states step up In front of the recently refurbished Alex Theatre in Glendale, Calif., flanked by Sen. Adam Schiff and a half-dozen fellow…
Hollywood is hurting, and LA is trying to make it cheaper to keep the cameras rolling. The LA City Council approved two measures Tuesday aimed at giving micro-budget filmmakers a break, allowing crews of 10 or fewer to shoot in the…
Elden Ring is shaping up to be A24's biggest risk in the studio's history. The massive project marks a strategic shift for A24, one which goes against the studio's original mission. Elden Ring is the highly anticipated feature film adaptation of…
The L.A. City Council took modest steps Tuesday to help the homegrown film industry as it struggles to keep production in California. The City Council passed two film-friendly measures, one that creates free permits for so-called micro-shoot productions and another that…
Where films and series get made: state and federal tax incentives, production leaving Los Angeles, film commissions, studios and filming locations.
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