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Rob Lowe Claims California Leadership’s Handling Of Domestic Film & TV Production Exodus Is “Criminal” As State Seeks Solutions

Rob Lowe claims that California leadership's handling of the domestic production issues it is facing are "criminal," even as the state eyes solutions

“It’s cheaper to bring 100 American people to Ireland than to walk across the lot at Fox, past the sound stages, and do it there,” Lowe told former Parks & Recreation co-star Adam Scott of his game show The Floor, explaining why the production is based at Ardmore Studios outside of Dublin. In February, an impact report from the Entertainment Union Coalition revealed that, from 2015 to 2020, about 50% of the 312 productions that did not qualify for California’s tax credit incentive relocated to another area, resulting in an approximate loss of 28,000 jobs and $7.7 billion in economic activity. Following the devastating wildfires that brought even more financial strife to Los Angeles after years of back-to-back blows, the Entertainment Union Coalition launched Keep California Rolling around the same time that some of the industry’s biggest stars as well as top film and TV writers and producers started a similar movement called Stay in LA.

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