revealed by Gavin Newsom in July,<\/a> the increase in the tax credits program from the $330 million it has been at since 2014 was passed by the state legislature and signed by the governor. It wasn\u2019t just more money that changed in the program, the base credit went up to 35% from the previous 25%. Add that, the additional 5% uplift that relocating shows get and the increase in the cap each project has on qualified expenses\u00a0now, and the math adds up for the almost $10 million rise.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\")
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\n\tAdded all together, future immediate seasons of Mr. & Mrs Smith, Fallout, Forever, Baywatch, The Night Agent, and The Paper, the still untitled shows, the Snowfall spin-off and the mysterious \u201cRecurring TV 1 Conditionally Approved\u201d and \u201cRecurring TV 2 Conditionally Approved\u201d will employ around 5,165 cast and crew, along with 35,946 background performers over 1,000 filming days statewide. As for the \u201cRecurring TV 1 Conditionally Approved\u201d and \u201cRecurring TV 2 Conditionally Approved\u201d shows, they\u2019re still waiting on pick-up letters from their respective studio(s), I hear. We\u2019ll get their names and more once they\u2019re greenlit.<\/p>\n
\n\tStill, with some TBD in the mix, this latest round is setting out to check all the boxes and hit all the high notes Sacramento, the C-suites and most importantly the below-the-line crews seek. <\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t(L-R) Baz Luhrmann, Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, CFC Director Colleen Bell & First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom attend Vogue World: Hollywood 2025 at Paramount Studios on October 26, 2025 in LA<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGonzalo Marroquin\/Getty Images for Vogue<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWhen we make smart investments like our film tax credit, we\u2019re keeping talent here at home, supporting good-paying union jobs, and strengthening an industry that defines the California brand,\u201d Gov. Newsom noted Wednesday of the newest allotment in the jobs centric program. <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI\u2019m proud to see the return of Baywatch where it belongs \u2014 on sunny California shores, creating jobs and fueling the very entertainment economy that sets this state apart,\u201d the potential 2028 POTUS candidate noted of the red swimsuit show that received a 12-episode straight-to-series order from Fox in late September.<\/p>\n
\n\tFor those of you who were busy at the beach, the Pamela Anderson, David Hasselhoff, and Brooke Burns- starring Baywatch started out in SoCal, but spent its last two seasons of 1999 \u2013 2001 filming in Hawaii.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe return to home base, so to speak, for the now Matt Nix EP\u2019d Baywatch is emblematic of the state and industry\u2019s larger goals, insists California Film Commission director Colleen Bell. \u201cThese new projects, represent more than creativity on a screen,\u201d she told Deadline. \u201cThey represent jobs, opportunity and stability for people who make our industry work. With this past round California\u2019s sending a clear signal. We\u2019re investing in our workforce and reaffirming our commitment to keep production here where it belongs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u00a0\u201cIn January, we will be opening up our program to new expanded categories, which include large scale competition shows and animation projects,\u201d Obama-era U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Bell added. \u201cThat really shows a nimbleness on the part of California leadership to recognize and understand that there are shifts and changes taking place.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe don\u2019t want to leave money on the table. We want to capture as much production as we possibly can here in California.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tApplication periods and deadlines for online applications for the next big screen and small screen allocations are expected to be announced by the CFC early in 2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mr Smith went to Washington a long time ago, but Mr. & Mrs. Smith is finally coming to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[37568,7,37602,14148,9,8,37603,37604,457,37605,16090,37606],"class_list":["post-62234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-baywatch","tag-california","tag-california-film-and-television-tax-credit-program","tag-california-film-commission","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-fallout","tag-forever","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-mr-and-mrs-smith","tag-tax-credits","tag-the-night-agent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}