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Cinelease Acquires Quixote Grip & Lighting and Production Supply Assets, Expanding Entertainment Infrastructure Footprint

Cinelease is expanding its reach across the production services business with the acquisition of key Quixote assets, including grip and lighting, production supplies, portable restrooms and communicat...

New Study Projects $125 Billion in Additional U.S. Production Spending With Federal Incentive

A broad alliance of studios, unions, guilds, Jon Voight and production businesses is pressing Washington for a federal incentive. A new study outlines the potential for a substantial comeback. By Sta...

Hollywood Wants Production Back. Los Angeles Still Has to Make It Easier to Shoot.

California’s expanded incentives are attracting projects, but a City Hall hearing exposed the next challenge: turning special treatment for major productions into dependable service for everyone. L...

Arizona’s $12 Billion Studio Bet Is Really an Infrastructure Bet

Anita Verma-Lallian is not pitching a soundstage project. She is pitching a new production operating system. According to multiple sources, the founder of Camelback Productions is planning a 1,400-acr...

Bad Bunny, ‘The Traitors’ and Stephen Colbert Lead First Night of Creative Arts Emmys: See Full Winner List

The Creative Arts Emmys are where television’s real production engine gets its close-up. Before the Primetime Emmy Awards take over NBC on Sept. 14, the Television Academy opened Emmy week with the f...

Trump Backs U.S. Film Tax Incentive: “Let’s Get This Done”

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. ...

Lenders Step In: What the MBS Group Takeover Signals for Hollywood’s Physical Supply Chain

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 Ca...

Inside TRG Multimedia’s Cleveland Campus Built for Soundstages Virtual Production and Original Content

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...

California Moves Toward Film Tax Credit Fix, but Hollywood May Not Get the Full Carveout It Wanted

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 s...

California Post-Production Tax Credit Clears Key Senate Hurdle as Commercials Bill Stalls

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 sta...

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