Depressing article that hits close to home.

I don't know how tariffs will work on entertainment, but there's definitely subsidies and the equivalent of dumping happening. Have colleagues that left for New Zealand a decade ago.

I really have to commend that main image though, which is the best thing I've seen in a while.

Not quite on topic, but I really value it when the film is shot in the place where it is set. The first episode of The Last of Us took place in Texas, but since it wasn't shot on location the trees were all wrong. Same thing with X. The article mentions films that take place in LA but are not shot there. What a waste.

I'd caveat everything in this article with the backdrop of film and TV being in a down cycle. So of course everyone is trying to cut costs. If and when studios figure out how to profit in the streaming era (or the distribution method changes) then I would be more confident that production has truly left LA.

Of course, everything in California is too damn expensive and that can't be ignored. You can put up all the tax credits you want, the overall price level is a tough headwind for production in LA.

I get where this is coming from overall, but... I find it hard to feel bad for the industry that caused a good chunk of the crisis itself. Strikes? Falling viewership of yet another reheated hero movie? Low cinema interest? While continuing Hollywood accounting against actors/workers? We still have movies fully produced but not released because of tax/accounting reasons.

I can't look at that and not wonder if it's a real issue or just studios wanting to squeeze more.