from: Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times — Paramount Pictures Corp. unveiled plans Tuesday for $700 million in improvements including new sound stages and offices for its storied Hollywood lot.About 1.4 million square feet of development would take place over the next two decades at Paramount’s Melrose Avenue headquarters and some adjacent properties owned by...
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from: FilmWorksLA.com — Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, like many other concerned citizens and public officials, took it upon himself to urge Governor Brown to sign the extension of the California Film & Television Tax Credit in a letter sent to the Governor’s Office earlier this month. To see a copy of the Mayor’s letter, click on the following...
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from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — Several prop houses in Los Angeles County have been killed off in the last decade by the flight of production from Southern California to cheaper locales. But one local prop house has managed to survive by catering to Hollywood’s morbid obsession with death. Vidal Herrera, a former deputy field investigator for the Los Angeles...
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The Los Angeles City Fire Department has asked FilmL.A. to remind the production community of the Fire Department walk-through requirement for filming at area hospitals. The attached letter (see below) outlines how to obtain a walk-through and what Fire Department inspectors are trained to look for on-location. To ensure that your walk-throughs are scheduled on time and...
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from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — Faced with the prospect of the curtain falling on California’s film tax credits, Hollywood breathed a collective sigh of relief after lawmakers approved a bill for a one-year extension of the program. But the mood was far from celebratory because the legislation, which is awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature, included a...
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from: FilmWorksLA.com — Last week, Christopher Dodd, the Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) authored an article in advance of President Obama’s speech on jobs, which focused on the importance of the motion picture and television industries in terms of the number of Americans it employs. Dodd’s piece, posted below, shows how...
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