Late last month, FilmL.A. released new on-location film production statistics for the third quarter of 2014. FilmL.A.’s latest report revealed a repeat of the growth trend identified a quarter earlier in the Television production category. Regional on-location Television production increased 31.1 percent in the third quarter as compared to the same period the prior...
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from: Variety Staff, Variety.com — The Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art held its fourth annual Art and Film Gala on Saturday evening, with A-list talent and moguls stepping in from the brisk November temps for one of the starriest bashes of the fall. The Gucci-sponsored event, which raised nearly $4 million for LACMA, this year honored Quentin Tarantino and artist...
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from: Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline.com — After “falling madly in love with the electricity of Los Angeles” while making Drive, writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn will return to the City of Angels for his next project, The Neon Demon. Described as a horror tale with a young female-led cast, the picture will be co-financed and co-distributed by France’s Gaumont...
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from: Nick Goundry, The Location Guide — Marvel and ABC are shooting new TV series Agent Carter in Los Angeles. The drama will be set in 1946 and follows the adventures of Hayley Atwell’s Agent Peggy Carter after the events of Marvel’s 2011 superhero movie Captain America: The First Avenger, where Carter first appeared. California is preparing for a...
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from: John Schreiber, My News LA — A city panel on Tuesday will consider a proposed extension of a fee waiver for film productions shot on city property, together with a package of other measures aimed at combating runaway production and making it easier for crews to shoot in Los Angeles. The Ad Hoc Committee on Film and TV Production Jobs will hear reports from...
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from: David Robb, Deadline.com — With a wary eye on California’s pending tax incentives and the jobs it promises to drain from Canada, negotiations for a new set of contracts covering actors, directors and crewmembers working in British Columbia will get underway November 3. During the last set of contract talks three years ago, the unions in BC expressed concern...
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