Hollywood has left Los Angeles

[quote] In truth the death of the 22 episode television season probably killed production in Los Angeles forever

Weren't most of those already being filmed in Vancouver and Atlanta from roughly 2010 anyway?

Didn't we just have a thread like this, probably with the same article?

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

R2 a new article about the death of Hollywood (in LA) is being written every week

R1 Netflix which destroyed the 22 episode season, began producing shows with abbreviated seasons beginning in 2013

House of Cards - Maryland

Stranger Things, Ozark - Georgia

Orange is the New Black, Kimmy Schmidt - New York

The Crown - UK

Prior to that, some shows with shorter seasons like Walking Dead or Breaking Bad shot away from LA (Georgia and New Mexico, respectively) but the 22 episode model was still dominant. A 22 episode show shoots 9 or 10 months of a year.

Newscum just signed a deal giving California tax breaks. Hopefully it's not too little too late.

No posting history, r5?

It’s too late

LA was never going to survive the loss of the 22 episode production cycle

For example, in the past 25 years, the only Oscar-winning BPs which filmed significantly in LA take place in LA (Million Dollar Baby, Crash, The Artist, Argo, Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Los Angeles is not essential to production that only lasts two or three months. It is cheaper to go elsewhere

FWIW

NY: A Beautiful Mind, The Departed, Birdman, Anora

Massachusetts: The Departed, Spotlight, CODA

New Mexico: No Country for Old Men, Oppenheimer

Ontario: Chicago, Spotlight, The Shape of Water

Louisiana: 12 Years a Slave, Green Book

UK: Gladiator, The King’s Speech

Showbiz itself is undergoing a transformation. Like the internet and OnlyFans has killed studio porn, influencers and YT videos will likely do the same for big budget movies and TV. Don't get me wrong, they will always exist but when YTers are creating their own studios (often away from LA), it's obvious a shift is happening.

In 2016, Georgia overtook California as the state location with the most feature films produced overall.

Based on politicians greed....LA and CA has been going down a wrong path for years. We need to start voting for the best person and not for party.

And, that is how it should be with every political elected office.

This should be a surprise to no one. The world entertainment industry hasn't revolved around Hollywood in some time. Of course there are still Hollywood connections to many thing by way of production and distribution aspects, but it's an industry that, thanks to streaming TV, is grounded in a hundred geographic centers: writing, production, acting, distribution and licensing, etc.

Looking only at TV series and productions, I looked at a couple lists of Top 100 TV series of the 2020s, all of which were distributed in English language versions even when not produced as such. The results were similar for the two lists: Los Angeles had a significant hand or was the filming location for 8 productions on one list and 9 on another.

I have watched a few very good US TV series in this decade, but none of my favorites came out of Hollywood. Less than a fifth (to round up) came out of any part of the U.S. I watch Scandinavian and gory Polish crime dramas, various dramas from the UK, the majority of things from Spain or originally in Spanish langage, French, Italian, some Asian series,.. And it's not much different if I consider just films.

Hollywood is as fresh and exciting as a visit to the its world famous landmark, the Walk of Fame. And it's not going to turn around, neither for TV series, mini-series, nor for films.

[quote] In 2016, Georgia overtook California as the state location with the most feature films produced overall.

That was 9 years ago. Production is way down in Georgia these days. Happens to the best of us.

Great site, R11.

R12 from Variety 3 weeks ago:

[quote]Georgia Maintains Status as Top Production Hub in the Face of Industry Slowdowns

[quote]Thanks to the tax incentives up to 30% and its location landscapes and facilities, Georgia has become the go-to state for films and TV production