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As Axel Foley would say: “Okay, everybody's ready here, okay.” Everybody is here to the tune of almost $15.8 million for Netflix and Paramount's Beverly Hills Cop 4 with Eddie Murphy and producer Jerry Bruckheimer to be specific. That's the amount the long-awaited sequel will be getting in tax credits from California…

Eve Honthaner, former deputy director of the California Film Commission, has been named president of the Association of Film Commissioners International. She succeeds Kevin "KJ" Jennings, who led the organization through the Covid-19 pandemic remotely from New Zealand. Honthaner's appointment returns AFCI's leadership…

UPDATED, 1:44 PM: Hurray for Hollywood indeed! In the heart of the home of the movies, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday put pen to paper and made the new $330 million increase in California’s film and television tax incentives a reality. Facing a recall election in September, the longtime studio-friendly…

The Golden State is about to hand out lots more gold to Hollywood, if a newly proposed legislative effort secures Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature. A bill revealed Sunday night in the state Legislature (read it here) would see cash-flush California add $330 million to its film and TV credits, with $150 million of that…

California lawmakers are seeking a big boost to the state’s film and TV tax credit program, a $180 million hike that would bring the Golden State more in parity with New York. The state Senate Budget Committee adopted a proposal last week that would provide $90 million per year for 2021-22 and 2022-23. That is a far…

(Updated with revised budget information) Flying high on a vaccinated California opening up and ramping up economically, Gavin Newsom today gave the Golden State's efforts to attract more Hollywood business a shot in the arm. A $30 million dollar shot in the Film and TV tax credit arm to be exact. Handing out billions…

The Flight Attendant and Chad are swooping in to the Golden State for their second seasons. As Hollywood production kicks back into full gear from the coronavirus, the California Film Commission said Monday that HBO Max’s Kaley Cuoco-starring thriller and TBS’ Nasim Pedrad-created and -starring sitcom have been…

Dangling $86.9 million in front of some big-ticket projects from Oscar winners and former Desperate Housewives, the California Film Commission was feeling particularly generous this morning. Joel and Ethan Coen's new Scarface, the Eva Longoria helmed Flamin Hot, Steven Soderbergh's HBO Max-set KIMI with Zoë Kravitz, wh…

A Zoom press conference Tuesday featuring California Film Commission director Colleen Bell and Dee Dee Myers, the state's newly appointed director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, was disrupted by a Zoom-bomber who spewed racist and sexist profanities, accompanied by fits of loud…

As television production continues to ramp up in Hollywood and coronavirus cases surge in America, Hunters and The Right Stuff are heading out West thanks to some generous tax credits from the state of California. Amazon Prime's drama series about chasing Nazis and the latest adaptation of Tom Wolfe's space race novel…

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…