from: FilmWorksLA.com — Two weeks ago, Film Works supporter Bojan Stanivukovic sent us the following message on our Facebook page: I’m a rental manager at T-Stop, Inc., a film equipment rental house in Hollywood. First of all, I’d like to thank you for your passionate effort to promote filming in our city. You’ve done a wonderful job educating film...
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from: The Location Guide — A new high-tech development from the Walt Disney Company for ABC Studios has moved closer to becoming a reality in northern Los Angeles. The company plans to invest heavily on new facilities next to its existing Golden Oak movie ranch. Covering nearly 60 acres, the complex would include a dozen sound stages, writer bungalows and offices....
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from: Stop-Runaway-Production.com — Ernst & Young and The New Mexico Film Cash Incentive Myth Earlier this year, I tried to put the debate over whether film cash incentives “pay for themselves” to bed with a post that showed it’s impossible for any state with an incentive equal to or larger than California’s to come close to breaking even, much less...
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from: Stop-Runaway-Production.com — New Mexico & Ohio Paid $30.5 Million in CA$H to Finance “The Avengers” Marvel’s blockbuster film The Avengers has already raked in over $1 billion at the box office. It is shattering records left and right and could end being the highest grossing film of all time. The film’s budget was estimated between $170 and...
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from: Richard Verrier, LA Times.com — The director of two movies shot on Cape Cod has been sentenced to a maximum of three years in state prison after admitting he exaggerated expenses when he applied for Massachusetts film tax credits. Daniel Adams pleaded guilty last month to larceny and making a false claim when he applied for state film tax credits for the 2008...
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from: Stop-Runaway-Production.com — In New Mexico & Saskatchewan, Film Incentive Script Is the Same: Confuse Public An article in “The Santa Fe New Mexican” recently caught my attention. As I have stated in recent posts, it is becoming more and more apparent that debating film incentives may be a waste of time if it can be rendered unnecessary by...
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