President Trump just endorsed a federal production incentive for film and television, calling on Republicans and Democrats to work together on legislation to bring entertainment jobs back to the U.S. For an industry that has spent the last few years watching production migrate to Canada, the U.K., Europe, Australia, and other incentive-rich markets, this is […]
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The ongoing contraction in physical production has forced a major ownership shift at one of the industry’s largest infrastructure suppliers. Private credit firms HPS Investment Partners and Oaktree Capital Management have officially taken control of MBS Group following a debt for equity swap after the company defaulted on its financial obligations. HPS is a unit […]
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When Tyler Davidson’s new horror-comedy Buddy opens in 1,000 theaters nationwide on Aug. 28, much of what audiences see will have been made possible by a rapidly expanding production operation outside Cleveland. TRG Multimedia, which served as an executive producer on the film, provided the infrastructure that allowed Davidson and his team to shoot approximately […]
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California lawmakers are moving to repair an unexpected problem in the state’s expanded film and television tax credit program, though the fix appears likely to fall short of what Hollywood had been seeking. Industry advocates have spent the past several weeks warning that a little noticed provision in a June budget bill could weaken the […]
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California’s effort to stop the flight of entertainment jobs is moving from the set to the edit bay.. A bill that would create a new standalone tax credit for post-production work advanced in the state Senate this week, clearing the Senate Appropriations Committee and heading toward a floor vote. The measure, AB 2319, would establish […]
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Bob Iger spent decades building worlds at Disney. His next one may be downtown Los Angeles. The former Disney CEO and Joshua Kushner are buying one of sports’ most valuable franchises at a record $12.5 billion valuation. The bigger question is whether Iger can turn the Lakers into more than a team, and help restore […]
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Netflix is trying to send two messages at once: Los Angeles is still home, and the company is not waiting around for California to solve its production problem. The streamer says L.A. remains its production home, though its growing footprint in New Jersey and New Mexico underscores the increasingly competitive economics reshaping where Hollywood gets […]
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Hollywood has reinvented nearly every part of filmmaking over the past four decades. And now Shamel Studio is taking on Hollywood’s most entrenched production software, betting that the industry’s least-changed workflow is finally ready to move. Film gave way to digital cinematography. Flatbeds became Avid. LED volumes are reshaping production design. Artificial intelligence is beginning […]
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For years, the television industry chased prestige streaming dramas, eight-episode limited series, and cinematic single-camera comedies—a shift that fundamentally altered production economics and quietly sidelined Hollywood’s most reliable employment engine: the multi-camera sitcom. Built around standing sets, live studio audiences, and hyper-collaborative writers’ rooms rooted in Los Angeles, traditional sitcoms were once the ultimate production […]
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Shadowbox Studios has been tapped to operate and manage Kaufman Astoria Studios, the storied New York production facility whose credits span from Goodfellas, The Wiz and Sesame Street to Succession, And Just Like That and The Devil Wears Prada 2. The transition takes effect immediately, with Shadowbox working alongside the existing on-site team at the Astoria, Queens campus. The facility, originally built in 1920 […]
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