Choice Films is expanding its production footprint in New York’s Hudson Valley with plans for a new three-stage film and television studio in Orange County, marking the latest sign of continued infrastructure investment outside New York City. The Hudson Valley–based production company has received approval from the Montgomery Industrial Development Agency for a 75,000-square-foot studio […]
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Los Angeles production ticked up modestly at the end of 2025, but the overall picture remains grim, with on-location shoot days down sharply year-over-year and far below pre-pandemic norms, according to new data from FilmLA. The city and county logged 19,694 shoot days across film, television and commercials in 2025 — a 16.1 percent decline […]
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Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is expanding his footprint in the production business — and betting big on Louisiana. Following the global success of Netflix’s Sean Combs: The Reckoning, the executive producer and G-Unit Film & Television founder has unveiled plans to invest $124 million in a new multi-facility production campus in Shreveport, Louisiana, a move […]
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New York City’s film and television industry is entering a pivotal moment, one shaped less by celebrity-driven expansion and more by a growing urgency around cost, labor stability and long-term sustainability. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has tapped Rafael Espinal to lead the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), the city agency responsible for coordinating film […]
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Illinois is making a long-term play for film and television production. Gov. JB Pritzker has signed SB 1911, a sweeping expansion of the state’s film production tax credit program that raises incentive levels, broadens eligibility for non-resident talent and crew, and extends the program through 2039. The changes, which take effect immediately and apply retroactively […]
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California is doubling down on its bid to keep film production rooted in Hollywood. State officials on Wednesday unveiled a new round of film tax credit allocations, awarding $116.2 million to 28 feature films that together are projected to generate $562 million in economic activity across California. The slate spans studio tentpoles, prestige auteur projects […]
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LOS ANGELES – The acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has officially evolved into a high-stakes real estate bidding war that is rewiring the global production map. While Netflix has entered an exclusive window for a $72.5 billion pact, Paramount has launched a massive $108.4 billion hostile counter-bid, pitching a “Total Hollywood Integration” strategy that is […]
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As brands demand faster turnarounds, leaner crews, and increasingly complex shoots across multiple states, one of the most overlooked pieces of the commercial production pipeline is now emerging as one of the most critical: payroll and compliance. For Tina Bassir, EVP of Sales at Revolution Payroll, the shift has been impossible to ignore. After years […]
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Marlow Film Studios — the long-gestating, £750 million ($986 million) production campus planned for Buckinghamshire — just landed its biggest breakthrough yet. After months of public inquiry, political wrangling, and a heated tug-of-war over the future of protected green-belt land, the U.K. government has officially overturned the local council’s refusal and given the project the […]
Read MoreLos Angeles may still be the entertainment capital of the world, but its grip tightened under pressure in 2024 as global production volume contracted for the second straight year and the region posted another steep decline in scripted output, according to FilmLA’s newly released Scripted Content Study. Out of 857 U.S.-distributed films and scripted TV […]
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