from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said he would consider taking further steps to help the local movie and TV industry, including lowering permit fees and speeding up the film permitting process. Speaking to a small group of Hollywood producers, location managers and film industry executives Wednesday, Villaraigosa outlined a...
Learn Morefrom: FilmWorksLA.com — Last week, we posted some detailed expenditures of a major motion picture filmed in California to highlight the economic impact just one film can have. The post was extremely popular, and many readers were astonished by the eye-popping numbers. As part of our ongoing effort to educate Californians about the economic importance of the...
Learn Morefrom: ShootMoviesInCalifornia.com — I saw a great film tonight called “The Help”. You can read about it in more depth here. The reason I bring this up? Although “The Help” was a novel, we know that these things happened and worse. Back in the early 60′s there was this thing in the south called segregation. It’s hard to believe that this could...
Learn Morefrom: FilmWorksLA.com — In the first of a series of historical articles about runaway production from theAssociated Press we will be posting on the blog, Film Works selected a peice from 1961 about the great Eva Marie Saint, who waged “her own little revolution against the dire threat of runaway production.” Does Hollywood need more big-name celebreties...
Learn Morefrom: Richard Verrier, LATimes.com — A robber dressed in drag angles toward a window at Norms Restaurant in Burbank and whips out a gun. Within a few seconds, the burly-looking guy behind the cash register yanks the criminal through the window, slams him against a countertop and repeatedly pummels him as he crumples to the ground. The scene was based on...
Learn Morefrom: FilmWorksLA.com — From September to November 2009, one major motion picture filmed in Los Angeles and spent $20,210,176. For confidentiality reasons, the name of the film has been withheld. The following is a detailed breakdown of how that money was spent: Hotel room days: 213 $66,061 Car rental days: 655 $45,070 Catering, bakery goods & other...
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