Why has Hollywood mostly abandoned filming inside the city of Los Angeles and the surrounding area?

[Anonymous]

Is this a combination of real estate prices and taxes?

or

Just real estate prices?

Just taxes?

The permits are too expensive?

I thought Hollywood had deep enough pockets to cover the costs.

[Anonymous]

Other countries and cities provide better incentives. When Hollywood began, it was in the middle of farms and it was cheap to film there and the weather was good.

Now other cities can provide cheap locales and amenities. My nephew is a cinematographer and lives near Hollywood for the business side, but never works there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Other countries and cities provide better incentives. When Hollywood began, it was in the middle of farms and it was cheap to film there and the weather was good.

Now other cities can provide cheap locales and amenities. My nephew is a cinematographer and lives near Hollywood for the business side, but never works there.

+1

I think I heard that there are also better cameras and other technologies that make it so you don’t need good weather all the time to film.

[Anonymous]

It is due to Covid

[Anonymous]

Tax credits. Just read GA gave 1.2 billion in credits, the most of any state. There's a reason everything is filmed in Atlanta.

[Anonymous]

They still do film in LA but the natives hate it. Road shutdowns, traffic issues, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is due to Covid

no, it's not

[Anonymous]

DH works for a large studio - his primary job is to find space for all their shows. Very little is done in LA anymore unless it's a sitcom which are all filmed on the studio lots. For his studio most of the work is done in Canada, and Georgia. Bottom line it comes down to money and incentives. These states/jurisdictions offer incentives that these film studios just cannot pass up. California's government on the other hand has done a bang up job of disincentivizing anyone from doing business here hence the exodus of many companies to places like Texas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH works for a large studio - his primary job is to find space for all their shows. Very little is done in LA anymore unless it's a sitcom which are all filmed on the studio lots. For his studio most of the work is done in Canada, and Georgia. Bottom line it comes down to money and incentives. These states/jurisdictions offer incentives that these film studios just cannot pass up. California's government on the other hand has done a bang up job of disincentivizing anyone from doing business here hence the exodus of many companies to places like Texas.

No one is going to Texas. 20th Century Fox tried to move to Arizona and no one would go so they scratched their plans!

Yes, runaway production is a problem but it’s been a problem for well over 20 years. Here and New York.

[Anonymous]

My DC is a student at UCLA and Christopher Nolan is filming a movie on campus right now with Robert Downy Jr.. The kids are all excited about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC is a student at UCLA and Christopher Nolan is filming a movie on campus right now with Robert Downy Jr.. The kids are all excited about it.

[Anonymous]

Money. That’s it.

[Anonymous]

I live in LA and there is filming all the time. Mostly TV shows i think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in LA and there is filming all the time. Mostly TV shows i think.

+1. There is filming almost every week in my neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

I think CGI helps. Ant-Man was filmed in Georgia. They were able to change the background from a large field to the San Francisco skyline.