FilmLA’s latest report shows that production levels fell 3.7% in the third quarter despite state incentives.
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Getty Images California’s $750 million bet on Hollywood has not reversed the overall decline in production, according to data released Wednesday by FilmLA.
Instead, production levels fell 3.7% in the third quarter — even as the share of projects receiving state subsidies continued to rise. Location shoots remain well below the five-year average.
State officials had hoped that the dramatic expansion of the state’s film and TV tax credit last year would show stronger results by now. After an encouraging first quarter of 2026, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared that the industry was “turning a corner.”
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