Los Angeles is seeing a steady decline in the number of scripted projects filmed in the area, as U.K.-based shoots increase, according to a new report.<\/p>\n
Last year, 157 scripted projects were filmed in L.A., down 14.2% compared with 2023, according to an analysis by FilmLA, a nonprofit that tracks production in the greater Los Angeles area. <\/p>\n
The report defines scripted projects as television shows, including streaming, cable and broadcast series, as well as movies made for TV, theatrical release and streaming platforms.<\/p>\n
Part of the problem is that the number of scripted projects decreased overall last year, a result of the dual writers\u2019 and actors\u2019 strikes of 2023, which stymied production<\/a>, as well as cutbacks at studios after massive spending to stock their streaming platforms with content. In 2024, the total number of scripted projects released was 857, down 13.4% from 2023.<\/p>\n L.A.\u2019s share last year of those scripted projects also declined slightly. About 18.3% of scripted projects were made in the L.A. region in 2024, compared with 18.5% during the previous year. In 2022, L.A.\u2019s market share was 21.9%.<\/p>\n \u201cUltimately, this study reveals little that California\u2019s creative community does not already understand on a personal level,\u201d FilmLA Vice President of Communications Philip Sokoloski said in a statement. \u201cThere are far fewer film projects being made in Los Angeles than there were in the recent past.\u201d<\/p>\n To be sure, L.A. still largely has more scripted projects than other locales. But places such as the U.K. are seeing steep increases in the number of projects filming there.<\/p>\n Last year, 39 total scripted TV series were filmed in the U.K., a 77.2% increase compared with 2023 \u2014 a significant upswing, particularly as popular filming locales such as Georgia, New York, Ontario, Canada and British Columbia all saw decreases last year in that category.<\/p>\n The U.K. also saw increases in filming for streaming series (up 81.3% to 29 shows) and cable shows (up 66.7% to 10 series), as well as streaming movies (up 23.1% to 16 films). Its share of theatrical movies, however, declined 38.5% to 16 films. <\/p>\n By comparison, 77 total scripted TV series were filmed in L.A. last year, a decrease of 26.7%, according to the report. Broken down, the region saw declines in filming for streaming series (down 24.5% to 37 shows), cable shows (down 57.7% to 11 programs) and a slight decrease in broadcast shows (down 3.3% to 29).<\/p>\n L.A. did better in theatrical release movies, with 25 films shot in the region last year, up 19%, and streaming movies, up 70.6% to 29 films. Original TV movies filmed in L.A. were down 35% to 26 films.<\/p>\n In the report, FilmLA noted that the effects of the state\u2019s revamped film and TV tax credit program, which was bolstered earlier this year<\/a>, would not be reflected in filming data until later next year. Hollywood studios, unions and insiders had fiercely lobbied for an increase<\/a> to the annual amount allocated to the production incentive program and an expansion of eligibility criteria, citing the impact of runaway production on local jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles is seeing a steady decline in the number of scripted projects filmed in the area, as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[29494,1924,2303,48,52,51,7036,47,50,49,5935,212,5927,1506,41187,14976,41188,28397,2822,36042],"class_list":["post-69748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-cable","tag-film","tag-l-a","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-last-year","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-new-report","tag-number","tag-production","tag-project","tag-shoot-increase","tag-streaming","tag-streaming-platform","tag-theatrical-release","tag-tv","tag-u-k"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69748","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=69748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}