from: Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times — Formosa Group operates at the historic Samuel Goldwyn Studio sound-editing facility in West Hollywood, where films including the first ‘Star Wars’ were mixed. A historic West Hollywood sound-editing facility — the place where “West Side Story,” “The Godfather” and “Top Gun”...
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from: Nick Goundry, The Location Guide — Eric Garcetti, the Mayor of Los Angeles, is under continuing pressure to appoint a so-called ‘film czar’, whose job it will be to boost the city’s production industry. Los Angeles has a problem with runaway productions and the film czar will have the unenviable task of reversing the trend. Key to the job will be...
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— CFC PRODUCTION ALERT — Be advised that for the next two months, due to construction activities, film permits will not be approved along Pacific Coast Highway for the 2 miles south of Point Mugu (mile marker 5.7 to mile marker 7.7)
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from: David S. Cohen, Variety.com — While L.A.’s visual effects business may not be entirely lifeless, it’s certainly bleeding out At the recent Siggraph conference in Anaheim, there were not one but two panels on the state of the vfx industry. Word on the street was that feature effects production is dead in L.A., so at times those sessions felt like...
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Back in June, it was confirmed that production on Star Wars: Episode VII would be setting up shop at Pinewood Studios in London, continuing the tradition of the series’ production in the country. Since then, rumors began to spread and were seamingly confirmed by director J.J. Abrams, that he was unhappy about the location and wanted to shoot the film in Los...
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from: Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times — Tentatively called ‘The Wedding Ringer,’ the film was originally set in Chicago. It was rewritten for L.A. after producers won a $2.8-million California tax credit. Kevin Hart is filming another movie in Los Angeles — with the help of a nearly $3-million state tax break. The diminutive, fast-talking comedian...
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