from: Alex Ben Block, The Hollywood Reporter — The state’s share of the top 25 live-action films declined from 64 percent in 1997 to just 8 percent in 2013. If there was ever a question about the impact and value of financial incentives to attract movie and TV production, it is dramatically dispelled in a new report released Thursday by the nonprofit group...
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from: FilmLA.com — California Ranks Fourth in Total Live Action Film Project, Job and Spending Counts FilmL.A., the not-for-profit film office serving the Greater Los Angeles region, today announced the release of a new report prepared by its research division. The 2013 Feature Film Production Study analyzes a sample of 108 U.S. feature films released...
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from: TMZ — A Los Angeles man claims he suffers from terrifying nightmares and even faint noises drive him insane … all because of a Hollywood movie shoot in his hood. John Drinkwater claims in a new lawsuit … 20th Century Fox invaded his Sherman Oaks neighborhood for a few days last March to shoot a TV pilot … but the production became an assault...
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from: Priscilla Hamilton and Kristen Keough, The Sacramento Bee — California lost again. Last week, Disney, Marvel and Netflix announced that they will be filming a new series for Netflix in New York. With nearly 60 episodes, this will be the largest film or television project in the history of the state, and represents hundreds of jobs that will be created...
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from: FilmWorksCA.com — On March 15, 2014, the California Film & Television Production Alliance will host a Kickoff Rally for Entertainment Small Businesses in Sunland, CA. Learn what YOU can do to get involved and keep movie and TV production here at home! Support Small Businesses. Support Jobs. Support Families. Help make sure Assembly Bill 1839...
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from: Nick Goundry, The Location Guide — Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new Terminator movie will film on location mainly in New Orleans, Louisiana, but will also shoot limited scenes in California. The movie will be the fifth in the iconic sci-fi franchise that James Cameron began back in 1984. “We start filming in April and it will be a four-and-a-half month long...
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