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New York Lawmakers Want To Tweak Tough New Gun Law For Movie, TV Shoots

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday March 2, 2013 @ 11:06pm PSTTags: Connecticut school shooting, Gun Control, Location Filming

Following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. state legislators in New York rushed the nation’s toughest gun control measure into law. Now the state is looking to tweak the law with an exemption that will allow movie and TV producers to film gun battles on New York City streets, the AP reports. New York and other states have courted film and TV producers with tax incentives to create local production jobs and increased revenues in the community. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who wants to expand the film and TV tax credit, says productions might use fake guns that wouldn’t be subject to the new law, but the industry wants “certainty” and Cuomo and other officials don’t want to jeopardize the production business. The revised law would allow filmmakers to use real weapons without real ammunition. Cuomo described the changes as “technical corrections”. The so-called Hollywood exemption is just one of several possible revisions, one of which would allow police officers more leeway with their weapons. Separately, Fox News reported that a New York state judge agreed Friday to consider whether the tough new gun restrictions were rushed into law in violation of the state Constitution which usually requires a three-day review before lawmakers vote on legislation.

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Production Locations: Top 10 U.S. & Beyond

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday December 28, 2011 @ 1:56pm PSTTags: Location Filming, Locations

The “Top 10: United States of Production” summarizes steps taken by various states to lure or retain production. The “Top 10 Locations In The Universe“ looks at the situation globally. Note the overlaps or lack thereof. California rates tops in the Universe but only fifth in the USL

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Global Showbiz: Australia, Poland, Thailand

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday November 16, 2011 @ 1:46am PSTTags: Canal Plus, Endemol, Location Filming, Penoza, Poland

Gena Rowlands Barred From Australian Movie
Gena Rowlands has been bumped from the Australian film Last Dance because of restrictions on casting of foreign talent, the Australian reports. The 81-year-old actress was to have played a Holocaust survivor of German and Jewish … Read More »

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‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Mayhem Welcome In LA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday November 2, 2011 @ 12:59am PDTTags: DirecTV, FX, Location Filming, Los Angeles, Sons of Anarchy

Fans of FX’s Sons of Anarchy who are also subscribers to DirecTV made crystal clear in Deadline comments their feelings about the satcaster threatening to drop FX and other Fox programming November 1 if the two sides failed to reach … Read More »

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LA Location Filming Down 15% Last Week

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday October 25, 2011 @ 8:54pm PDTTags: Film Production, Location Filming, Movie Production

Location filming in Los Angeles was down 15% last week compared with the same time last year, the Los Angeles Times reported. FilmLA attributed the biggest chunk in the drop to a 44% decline in feature film production. Commercial shoots were down 11% and TV production shot on location … Read More »

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