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How The L.A. Fires Sparked A Major Fight To Bring Back Local Film & TV Production: “We Cannot Wait Until We Have Lost The Business”
Deadline speaks to two Hollywood union organizers on the aftermath of the L.A. fires and bringing film and TV production back to LA.
Earlier this year, DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter answered that call herself during an impassioned speech at the guild’s award ceremony, advocating that productions be filmed where they are set, at the very least. Rhine also says the EUC is “looking at every tool available on the federal level” to bolster statewide incentives and help states compete with international territories like the U.K. and Canada, which have been steadily poaching production from the U.S. for decades. In a recent episode of his podcast, Rob Lowe joked with his Parks and Recreation co-star Adam Scott that, if it were made today, the NBC sitcom likely would’ve been shot in Budapest.
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