from: Rachel Abrams, Variety.com — The competition to offer Hollywood lucrative tax rebates is fierce even as some local pols begin to question the value of givebacks Producers looking for a location weigh many factors — screenplay, crew base, availability of stages, travel and lodging — but these days, first and foremost, they consider the local incentives and...
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from: Jim Shannon, WAFB.com — BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – Newly-elected Mayor Eric Garcetti says he will take his message to the California Capitol to stem the tide. The mayor of Los Angeles is declaring war of sorts against Louisiana and other states he says are luring away the California film industry. Mayor Garcetti is quoted in one of the top movie industry...
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from: Seema Mehta, Abby Sewell & Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times — Los Angeles County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to allow the construction of a major high-tech television and film production facility on a sprawling ranch near Santa Clarita that Walt Disney chose as a backdrop for many of his studio’s productions. The proposal...
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from: Ted Johnson, Variety.com — Eric Garcetti needs to convince skeptical politicians to fight against rich tax incentives from outside California Los Angeles’ new mayor has vowed to help stanch the flow of film and TV production jobs out of Hollywood, starting with the appointment of a film czar at City Hall. But to make a real difference, Eric Garcetti needs...
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from: Frank & Margie Barron, P3udpate.com — As digital technology has established itself with a new generation of filmmakers, moviemaking has gotten both easier and more complicated. Will new digital formats reduce old-fashioned film production as a footnote for cinema students? That and many other issues are explored in the documentary Side by Side: The...
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As previously announced, FilmL.A. – the not-for-profit film office for the City and County of Los Angeles – will relocate to the Hollywood area late next week. To avoid possible move-related delays in the coordination of film permits, licenses, and permit pick-ups, it is asked that anyone needing to conduct any FilmL.A. business on August 30, 2013, please do so as...
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