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Florida Senate strips controversial language from film tax bill by Company Town

The Florida Senate has removed controversial language about promoting "nontraditional family values" from a film incentive bill The original bill had required that films promoting "nontraditional family values" would not be eligible...
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Baja Hollywood? Mexico sets sights on California's film production business by Company Town

As if California didn't have enough to worry about from north of the border. The state's neighbor to the south, Mexico, has launched a new program to entice filmmakers with incentives in a bid to snare some of the lucrative...
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On Location: Runaway production is the star of this movie by Company Town

In a North Hollywood studio, actor Jack McGee is stripped down to his boxers, his legs duct-taped to a chair in a room draped in plastic sheets. He's not playing his best-known role of Chief Jerry Reilly in the TV...
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No joke: Magazine puts L.A. near the top of film-friendly cities for indie auteurs by Company Town

This one will come as a stunner to local film industry promoters. In the who-would've-thought category, MovieMaker magazine has ranked L.A. as the second among 10 of the best cities in the country for independent filmmakers. In its 10th annual...
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L.A. County's entertainment sector posts big job losses in 2009 by Company Town

The rains of the last few days are nothing compared to the economic storm that tore through Hollywood last year. A new report from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. out this morning shows that at least 9,000 jobs...
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'A Nightmare on Elm Street' comes to Van Nuys by Company Town

Freddy Krueger has some unfinished business in the Valley. One of Hollywood's creepiest figures will return to the big screen April 30, 2010, in a movie billed as a "reboot" of the 1984 film "A Nightmare on Elm Street," which....
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State budget cuts hit Hawaii Film Office by Company Town

It's no day in paradise for Hollywood's self-described "Tropical Back Lot." Confronting a fiscal crisis, Hawaii is laying off its film commissioner and two of her key staffers in the Hawaii Film Office in a bid to save the state...
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LA takes baby steps to keep Hollywood at home by Company Town

Is Los Angeles finally trying to become a film friendly city? Don't hold your breath. But the city council this morning unanimously approved a series of modest recommendations aimed at slowing the disturbing migration rate of TV and film production...
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'The Green Hornet' does battle in LA by Company Town

Crime may be down in Los Angeles, but who says the city doesn't need a masked crime fighter to keep the bad guys at bay? Columbia Pictures has begun shooting "The Green Hornet" in L.A., giving a much-needed boost to...
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"Days of Summer" puts L.A. in the spotlight by Company Town

Los Angeles rarely gets to play itself. But the city -- which often stands in for New York or some nondescript metropolis -- is getting the Hollywood treatment from the indie hit from "(500) Days of Summer." The offbeat romantic...
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Local production: Back to the future with 'FlashForward' by Company Town

Pasadena residents might glimpse the future this Friday. That's when the new ABC TV series "FlashForward" begins filming in the area, according to a sampling of upcoming shoots from FilmL.A, which coordinates film permits for the Los Angeles...
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Producers line up for California film tax credits by Company Town

California may be teetering on financial collapse and about to pay its bills with IOUs, but that doesn't appear to be discouraging filmmakers and producers from seeking film tax credits from the state. The California Film Commission said it received...
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On location filming down 43% in Los Angeles by Company Town

It was another bleak week for film production. Production days for on-location filming dropped 43% last week compared to the same time a year ago, with the biggest falloff occurring in feature films. See the latest figures and a sampling...
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Company Town to premiere chart detailing Los Angeles production by Company Town

Not filmed in Michigan Tomorrow, Company Town will debut "On Location," a chart tracking film and television production activity in and around Los Angeles. The chart, which will appear in print and online, gives a sampling of upcoming films...
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