from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — Bad news for the “Breaking Bad” bill. New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has vetoed a film tax incentive that would increase the state’s film credit to 30% for TV series shooting at least six episodes in New Mexico. “I support the film industry as an important contributor to New Mexico’s economy,”...
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from: Nick Goundry, The Location Guide — MJZ headed to San Pedro Harbor in Los Angeles to film a new comedy spot for Oreo cookies. Life Raftshows two shipwreck survivors lost at sea and arguing about whether the cookie or creme is the best part of an Oreo, before an imaginary helicopter offers a rescue. “We considered working in a tank,” comments MJZ’s...
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Thursday’s multi-city discussions aim to address the troubled visual effects business. A group of visual effects artists are holding multi-city town hall meetings on Thursday — what is being calling “Pi Day” — to discuss its embattled industry. “We walked together on Oscar Day. We were insulted together on Oscar Night. We changed our profile pictures to...
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from: Jonathan Handel, Hollywood Reporter — It’s “so much opportunity” for some – and paycuts for others. Is it the best of times or the toughest of times in the television business? Perhaps a bit of both, if one takes to heart the message of the panelists at a session of the UCLA Entertainment Symposium, an annual event for entertainment lawyers. To be...
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from: Brent Lang, The Wrap — A U.S. bankruptcy court judge has approved a plan to have South Korean media company JS Communication Co. serve as the stalking horse buyer for Rhythm & Hues Studios, a spokeswoman told TheWrap. The El Segundo-based visual-effects company filed for Chapter 11 protection last month, reporting that it has $27.5 million in assets and...
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FilmL.A. has been notified that the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks plans to close a section of Runyon Canyon Park for the Runyon Canyon Road Restoration Project which begins March 11, 2013 and is expected to be completed by April 5, 2013. Improvements will be made on Runyon Canyon Road starting at Vista Street and ending just below 3054 Runyon...
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