As filming in L.A. decreases, the U.K. sees gains, new report says

Los Angeles is seeing a dependable diminution successful the fig of scripted projects filmed successful the area, arsenic U.K.-based shoots increase, according to a caller report.

Last year, 157 scripted projects were filmed successful L.A., down 14.2% compared to 2023, according to an investigation by FilmLA, a nonprofit that tracks accumulation successful the greater Los Angeles area.

The study defines scripted projects arsenic tv shows, including streaming, cablegram and broadcast series, arsenic good arsenic movies made for TV, theatrical merchandise and streaming platforms.

Part of the occupation is that the fig of scripted projects decreased wide past year, a effect of the dual writers’ and actors’ strikes of 2023, which stymied production, arsenic good arsenic cutbacks astatine studios aft monolithic spending to banal their streaming platforms with content. In 2024, the full fig of scripted projects released was 857, down 13.4% from 2023.

L.A.’s stock past twelvemonth of those scripted projects besides declined slightly. About 18.3% of scripted projects were made successful the L.A. portion successful 2024, compared to 18.5% during the erstwhile year. In 2022, L.A.’s marketplace stock was 21.9%.

“Ultimately, this survey reveals small that California’s originative assemblage does not already recognize connected a idiosyncratic level,” FilmLA Vice President of Communications Philip Sokoloski said successful a statement. “There are acold less movie projects being made successful Los Angeles than determination were successful the caller past.”

To beryllium sure, L.A. inactive mostly has much scripted projects than different locales. But places similar the U.K. are seeing steep increases successful the fig of projects filming there.

Last year, 39 full scripted TV bid were filmed successful the U.K., a 77.2% summation compared to 2023 — a important upswing, peculiarly arsenic fashionable filming locales similar Georgia, New York, Ontario, Canada and British Columbia each saw decreases past twelvemonth successful that category.

The U.K. besides saw increases successful filming for streaming bid (up 81.3% to 29 shows) and cablegram shows (up 66.7% to 10 series), arsenic good arsenic streaming movies (up 23.1% to 16 films). Its stock of theatrical movies, however, declined 38.5% to 16 films.

By comparison, 77 full scripted TV bid were filmed successful L.A. past year, a alteration of 26.7%, according to the report. Broken down, the portion saw declines successful filming for streaming bid (down 24.5% to 37 shows), cablegram shows (down 57.7% to 11 programs) and a flimsy alteration successful broadcast shows (down 3.3% to 29).

L.A. did amended successful theatrical merchandise movies, with 25 films changeable successful the portion past year, up 19%, and streaming movies, up 70.6% to 29 films. Original TV movies filmed successful L.A. were down 35% to 26 films.

In the report, FilmLA noted that the effects of the state’s revamped movie and TV taxation recognition program, which was bolstered earlier this year, would not beryllium reflected successful filming information until aboriginal adjacent year. Hollywood studios, unions and insiders had fiercely lobbied for an summation to the yearly magnitude allocated to the accumulation inducement programme and an enlargement of eligibility criteria, citing the interaction of runaway accumulation connected section jobs.