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Several major films primed to begin production just got some big bucks to shoot in California. Netflix's Russo Brothers-directed The Gray Man, the Jessica Chastain-starrer Losing Clementine and an untitled Jordan Peele project for Universal were among nine films allocated $50,053,000 collectively in the last round of…

HBO's In Treatment is officially back in session and, along with TBS' Daniel Radcliffe-fronted Miracle Workers, is coming to California thanks to some generous tax credits from the state. There are no definite details on whether Gabriel Byrne will be returning as psychotherapist Paul Weston in the premium cabler drama…

Production in the Golden State may still be in a state of stasis due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet the money pipeline is flowing strong, as the more than $40 million in tax credits that California allocated today made very clear. With just days left on Program 2.0 of the state's $330 million annual film and…

Paul Audley, president of FilmLA, the city's film office, said today that he expects film and TV production to restart in Los Angeles in reverse order of how it screeched to a sudden halt last month at the start of the COVID-19 shutdown – with smaller productions getting the first jump once the state eases its mandator…

One day, cameras will roll again and film and TV production will resume in California, and when it does, Colleen Bell, executive director of the California Film Commission, says that the Commission stands ready to assist those who qualify for the state's $330 million-a-year film tax credit program. In the meantime…

The state of California is putting some serious money into trying to get a President out of office, but not that POTUS. FX's Clive Owen as Bill Clinton's Impeachment: American Crime Story joins 15 other small screen offerings today as the latest recipients of the Golden State's lucrative tax incentives. Just over a…

Five years after the vast expansion of California's film and television tax incentive program was inked into law by then-Governor Jerry Brown, big budgets, Oscar winners, remakes and rock bios dominated the 13 films that today were announced as the latest round of allocations. Led by the $17.5 million awarded to the…

"We want to be able to have the best conditions here in California to maintain our competitiveness and have people filming and producing here in our state," declares California Film Commission director Colleen Bell of her job keeping Hollywood in the home of Hollywood. "And I do feel a sense of urgency about…

It’s doubtful the upcoming second Sherlock Holmes sequel will feature the line "elementary, my dear California," but the Golden State sure helped solve the riddle of how to get the latest installment starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams financed. With a near-record allocation of just under $20.85…

Colleen Bell has been picked by Gov. Gavin Newsom to become the new director of the California Film Commission. The announcement of the former The Bold and the Beautiful producer as overlord of the Golden State's annual $330 million film and television tax incentive program comes less than a month after it was…

The curtain is about to fall on Amy Lemisch’s 15-year tenure as California Film Commissioner. Deadline has confirmed that the long serving Executive Director will exit the post responsible for overseeing the state’s rich film and TV tax credit program on May 10. Now Gov. Gavin Newsom is keen to install his own…

The first few months of 2019 were wetter than usual for Los Angeles, and on-location filming in the City of Angels also got drenched. While that soaking may lead to a blooming of sorts down the line, things look truly underwater right now according to a report released Wednesday by FilmL.A. Down double digits from…