FilmL.A. Partners with Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), to Represent Los Angeles International (LAX), LA/Ontario International (ONT) and Van Nuys (VNY) Airports Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has approved an agreement with FilmL.A., establishing the not for profit as the film permit coordinator for the area offering filmmakers more convenient access to a variety...
Learn MoreFriends and colleagues – Today 60 legislators in Sacramento signed on as co-authors of AB1839, a bill that if passed will expand California’s tax incentives to keep entertainment jobs here in our state. Now is the time to act. We need to make sure that our elected officials know how urgent it is to have a competitive tax incentive in the State of California....
Learn MoreThere’s no dollar figure attached yet, but a bill set to be introduced today in the California Assembly aims to overhaul the state’s current $100 million Film and TV Tax Credit program. Joint-authored by Assemblymen Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) and Raul Bocanega (D-Pacoima), with more than 50 co-sponsors from both sides of the aisle, the new legislation (read it here)...
Learn Morefrom: Nick Goundry, The Location Guide — A New Orleans-set spinoff series of the long-running US crime drama NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) would likely film on location in Los Angeles. Limited New Orleans filming is scheduled for an upcoming NCIS story that will be a tester for a full spinoff series set in the Deep South. Television network CBS...
Learn Morefrom: Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times – Photos: Lawrence K. Ho — Critter suppliers to the entertainment industry blame the increasing use of digital effects and escalating pressure from animal rights groups. Animal wrangler Jim Brockett stands a few yards away from Arrow, like a director studying his actor. The African augur hawk latches his yellow talons...
Learn MoreThe 2014 ASICS LA Marathon will be held on Sunday, March 09, 2014 with the LA BIG 5K held the day before on Saturday, March 08, 2014. The LA Marathon starts at Dodger Stadium and follows a route spanning downtown Los Angeles, Echo Park, Silver Lake, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Century City, Westwood, Brentwood, and Santa Monica. Long stretches of Sunset...
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