from: Todd Cunningham, The Wrap — Twenty-eight of 380 projects get initial OK; the qualifiers will be announced on Tuesday A record 380 applications were filed Monday for California’s $100 million Film and TV Tax credit program, with 28 receiving preliminary approval. That’s an 18 percent increase from the 322 projects that sought the credits last year, the...
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On Thursday, June 6, at 7:00 p.m., The Screen Actors Guild Foundation, along with FilmL.A and the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Local, will present “Liferaft: Made in L.A.” — a panel presentation focused on film production incentives and their effect on filming in California. The event, which is open to SAG-AFTRA and Equity members, is also available to non-member...
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from: FilmLA E-News — FilmL.A.’s first quarter production report for 2013 contained an encouraging surprise — a 17.6 percent increase in overall production compared to the same period the previous year. But, as they often can, short-term increases in overall production mask important truths. Year-over-year analyses, while informative, can also diminish awareness...
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from: Alex Ben Block, Hollywood Reporter — The suit charges the death of cameraman Darren Rydstrom was the result of negligence by the aircraft’s pilot, its owner and the producers of the Discovery Channel show. The mother of the cameraman killed Feb. 10 in a helicopter crash during a night shoot for a military-themed Discovery Channel reality TV series...
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from: Bob Strauss, Daily News — China is now world’s second largest moviegoing market Movies are bigger than ever. At least, they are in China. The nation of 1.35 billion became the second largest filmgoing market on the planet last year, its box office receipts of $2.7 billion muscling out Japan from that spot. That was a whopping 36 percent higher than the...
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from: Nick Goundry, The Location Guide — California lost most of this summer’s biggest movies to locations with better filming incentives. While Iron Man 3 filmed mostly in North Carolina and White House Down shot in Montreal, Star Trek Into Darkness was the only major summer feature to shoot extensively in California. “None of these pictures would be...
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