from: Stop-Runaway-Production.com — Given the high level of media attention Louisiana has received in recent weeks about their film incentive program, I thought a post about “Hollywood South” was ripe. In addition to the positive spin in the CBS Evening News story linked to above, some state officials have been flapping their gums about the film industry and...
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from: FilmLA.com — Production Alert: The Los Angeles City Fire Department has posted new filming conditions for use of helipads in Griffith Park (Vista Helipad) and Elysian Park (Bishop Canyon Helipad). Filmmakers who contemplate use of these properties for filming should expect to comply with the following set of LAFD rules: An on-site Fire Inspector is...
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from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — Sony Pictures Imageworks, one of Hollywood’s leading visual effects companies, will close a satellite office in New Mexico this summer. About 30 employees — who worked on such big-budget films as “I Am Legend,” “Green Lantern” and “Men in Black 3” — were told this week that...
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from: FilmWorksLA.com — One of the most popular commercials that aired during this year’s Super Bowl was an Volkswagen ad that featured an adorable dog who needed to lose a few pounds: Bolt, the animal actor in the commercial (which filmed entirely in California), did not have an actual weight problem. Like many actors before him, Bolt was able to “bolt on”...
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from: Stop-Runaway-Production.com — Back in November, I had a very animated exchange with the good folks over at the SAGWatch site about the workings of film incentive programs and the cost vs. benefit debate. I tried to explain how, almost without exception, film incentives do not generate more in state tax revenue than they cost the state. Almost without...
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from: Stop-Runaway-Production.com — I received the copies of my brand new law review article from The University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law today and I am very happy to share the new article, in its entirety, now that it is officially published! The following excerpt is the thesis from the 81-page article (which you can read here: Down the Rabbit...
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