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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Los Angeles production activity softened in the second quarter of 2026, underscoring the uneven path back for Hollywood even as California’s expanded tax incentive program begins generating more in-state projects. According to new data from FilmLA, total on-location production across film, television and commercials declined 3.1% from the first quarter. While television production posted sequential […]
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For most independent filmmakers, finishing a film is only half the battle. Finding an audience is often the harder part. That’s the challenge Film Florida hopes to address with Film Florida TV, a recently launched streaming platform designed not to compete with entertainment giants, but to give Florida filmmakers something they often struggle to find: […]
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Culver City is making its latest pitch to Hollywood permanent. The Culver City Council has approved the city’s annual budget, formally locking in a package of film and television production incentive measures that had been introduced on a temporary basis earlier this year. The move comes as Netflix and Amazon-owned MGM+ projects are already filming […]
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A new film and television studio development taking shape in Illinois’ Metro East region is betting that generous tax incentives, lower operating costs and an underserved production market can help attract projects that might otherwise land in Atlanta, Chicago or other established production hubs. Hollywood River Studios, a planned $62 million production campus under construction […]
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Los Angeles may finally be seeing the first tangible effects of California’s expanded film and television tax credit, with new data showing production activity ticking up at the start of 2026 after a punishing stretch for the region’s entertainment economy. According to FilmLA’s latest quarterly report, shoot days in Greater Los Angeles rose roughly 10 […]
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California’s fight to keep post-production jobs from leaving the state gained new momentum FridayCalifornia’s Post-Production Industry Rallies Behind New Tax Incentive Bill night as the officially endorsed Assembly Bill 2319, a proposed post-production tax incentive championed by California Assemblyman Nick Schultz. The endorsement was announced during a California Post Alliance town hall at Evergreen Studios in Burbank, where […]
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New Jersey’s film and TV buildout will take center stage next week as the second annual NJ Film Expo convenes industry executives, labor leaders, educators and state officials at Meadowlands Arena, with Gov. Mikie Sherrill set to deliver a keynote focused on the state’s accelerating production economy. The one-day event, organized by the Screen Alliance […]
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A decommissioned airport terminal outside Pittsburgh is being positioned as an unlikely but potentially powerful addition to the U.S. production landscape, as regional leaders and industry advocates push to convert the former landside terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport into a large-scale film and television facility. The initiative, known as the Terminal P Project, would transform […]
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Saudi Arabia’s expanding footprint in the global entertainment industry is coming into sharper focus, as billions in Gulf capital flow into some of Hollywood’s most consequential deals — underscoring a broader strategy that extends well beyond domestic growth. In Riyadh, the transformation is already visible. Multiplexes that didn’t exist less than a decade ago are […]
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