The greater Los Angeles area remains the top filming location in the United States for scripted entertainment content, but it’s being outpaced by growth in competing locations, according to a report released by FilmLA today.
Growth in the region’s total production was less than 1% between 2021 and 2022, compared to a 4% growth in total industry output and significant growth in competing jurisdictions, according to FilmLA.
For instance, the United Kingdom and the state of Georgia posted year-over-year increases ranging from 50% to 200%, with the exception of theatrical release movies, achieving high rates of production capture across multiple production categories, according to researchers.
The group’s Scripted Content Study (read it here) analyzed projects produced between 2021-2022. The report examined four categories, including television series; original, made-for-cable movies; first-run feature films in theatrical release; and original feature films made for streaming services.
Approximately 1,000 projects meet these criteria and are distributed each calendar year,...
Growth in the region’s total production was less than 1% between 2021 and 2022, compared to a 4% growth in total industry output and significant growth in competing jurisdictions, according to FilmLA.
For instance, the United Kingdom and the state of Georgia posted year-over-year increases ranging from 50% to 200%, with the exception of theatrical release movies, achieving high rates of production capture across multiple production categories, according to researchers.
The group’s Scripted Content Study (read it here) analyzed projects produced between 2021-2022. The report examined four categories, including television series; original, made-for-cable movies; first-run feature films in theatrical release; and original feature films made for streaming services.
Approximately 1,000 projects meet these criteria and are distributed each calendar year,...
- 10/3/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Z Cam strikes again. The super affordable cinema camera was utilized (once again) in a mega-budget Hollywood movie, Meg 2: The Trench. Z Cam E2-F6 full-frame boxy camera was attached to an Fpv drone for the intense aerial shots in the movie. That’s in continuation to its previous role as a crash cam in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning.
Z Cam E2-F6 and Meg 2: The Trench Meg 2: The Trench (Shark 2)
Meg 2: The Trench (titled Shark 2 in some territories) is a mega-budget 2023 science fiction action film directed by Ben Wheatley from a screenplay, and stars Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Sophia Cai, Page Kennedy, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Skyler Samuels, and Cliff Curtis. Like the previous film, it follows a group of scientists who must outrun and outswim the titular Megalodons when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival. Meg 2: The Trench...
Z Cam E2-F6 and Meg 2: The Trench Meg 2: The Trench (Shark 2)
Meg 2: The Trench (titled Shark 2 in some territories) is a mega-budget 2023 science fiction action film directed by Ben Wheatley from a screenplay, and stars Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Sophia Cai, Page Kennedy, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Skyler Samuels, and Cliff Curtis. Like the previous film, it follows a group of scientists who must outrun and outswim the titular Megalodons when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival. Meg 2: The Trench...
- 8/18/2023
- by Yossy Mendelovich
- YMCinema
‘Liaison’ Producer Ringside Studios Hires ‘Industry’ Exec
British drama house Ringside Studios has hired Industry and No Escape exec Lee Thomas. He’ll work alongside company founder Gub Neal and Kate Bennetts on Ringside Studios projects and others from investment arm Ringside Media. He’ll also continue to develop his own projects, with Ringside set to produce. Thomas is coming off of No Escape, the Paramount+ thriller series shot in Thailand. His credits also include season one of HBO and BBC drama Industry and ITV true crime series White House Farm. He has produced Shola Amoo’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize-nominated drama feature The Last Tree through his Prodigal label and produced an Oscar-nominated short, The Voorman Problem, which is based on an extract from David Mitchell novel Number9Dream. Ringside Studios, a joint venture between Neal and Newen Content, recently produced Apple TV+ series Liaison, a UK-France co-production starring Eva Green and Vincent Cassel.
British drama house Ringside Studios has hired Industry and No Escape exec Lee Thomas. He’ll work alongside company founder Gub Neal and Kate Bennetts on Ringside Studios projects and others from investment arm Ringside Media. He’ll also continue to develop his own projects, with Ringside set to produce. Thomas is coming off of No Escape, the Paramount+ thriller series shot in Thailand. His credits also include season one of HBO and BBC drama Industry and ITV true crime series White House Farm. He has produced Shola Amoo’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize-nominated drama feature The Last Tree through his Prodigal label and produced an Oscar-nominated short, The Voorman Problem, which is based on an extract from David Mitchell novel Number9Dream. Ringside Studios, a joint venture between Neal and Newen Content, recently produced Apple TV+ series Liaison, a UK-France co-production starring Eva Green and Vincent Cassel.
- 6/29/2023
- by Jesse Whittock and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Lionsgate continues to expand its production footprint, this time as anchor tenant with naming rights to the new 500,000 square-foot Lionsgate Studios Atlanta.
The 40-acre, $200 million complex in Douglas County (the site of some location filming for The Hunger Games) will be up and running in late 2023. About 16 miles from Atlanta center and 25 minutes from the Atlanta Airport, it will include 12 large sound stages, office and support space, a back lot and parking for 400 cars and 100 trucks. Owned and operated by Great Point Studios, Robert Halmi’s film and television infrastructure group, it will offer a full set of production services on site including grip and electric, equipment, props, set building, restaurants, location catering, cleaning service and security.
“Lionsgate Studios Atlanta becomes our third state-of-the-art production complex with proximity to a major metropolitan area, allowing us to continue to scale our film & television production operations, create hundreds of local jobs and invest in regional economic growth,...
The 40-acre, $200 million complex in Douglas County (the site of some location filming for The Hunger Games) will be up and running in late 2023. About 16 miles from Atlanta center and 25 minutes from the Atlanta Airport, it will include 12 large sound stages, office and support space, a back lot and parking for 400 cars and 100 trucks. Owned and operated by Great Point Studios, Robert Halmi’s film and television infrastructure group, it will offer a full set of production services on site including grip and electric, equipment, props, set building, restaurants, location catering, cleaning service and security.
“Lionsgate Studios Atlanta becomes our third state-of-the-art production complex with proximity to a major metropolitan area, allowing us to continue to scale our film & television production operations, create hundreds of local jobs and invest in regional economic growth,...
- 4/4/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Unions express outrage but effect on popular filming states remains unclear.
Updated with Georgia Film Office comment: The Supreme Court ruling that could lead to abortion bans in as many as half of the 50 US states has been widely condemned by Hollywood filmmakers and unions.
A number of studios and agencies, meanwhile, have promised to help cover costs for employees now forced to travel to get abortions. But none of the studios have yet commented on their production plans in the affected states.
Popular filming states where so-called ‘trigger laws’ dependent on the Supreme Court ruling are now expected to...
Updated with Georgia Film Office comment: The Supreme Court ruling that could lead to abortion bans in as many as half of the 50 US states has been widely condemned by Hollywood filmmakers and unions.
A number of studios and agencies, meanwhile, have promised to help cover costs for employees now forced to travel to get abortions. But none of the studios have yet commented on their production plans in the affected states.
Popular filming states where so-called ‘trigger laws’ dependent on the Supreme Court ruling are now expected to...
- 6/24/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
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