LA Film Production Surges 45% in March, Nearing Pre-COVID Levels
February saw a similar jump in applications from January
Brian Welk | April 23, 2021 @ 12:52 PM
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Film production in Los Angeles is coming back strong. FilmLA reported a surge of 43% in applications in March, a huge jump after LA County saw a similarly large jump of 43% between January to February.
FilmLA in its latest report Friday says that it received 1,125 applications in March for film and TV shoots on location. That’s 6,585 film permit applications, spanning 4,421 unique projects, since production resumed during the coronavirus pandemic last June, and another huge jump following the industry pause over the holiday in which Los Angeles saw another spike in COVID-19 cases.
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How will Hollywood get back to full speed? After the pandemic, some things may never return to normal By Ryan Faughnder, Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times
Published: April 19, 2021, 6:00am
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In Los Angeles, Hollywood’s awakening from the COVID-19 pandemic has been visible to anyone walking city streets in the last several months.
The usual signs of activity for the film and TV industry production crews taking over parking lots, yellow signs telling workers where to go are back. Movie theaters are open and actually starting to show big films. Prop houses and other local businesses dependent on the film and television industry are returning to life. Major studios have been issuing guidelines for eventually returning to offices.