{"id":78090,"date":"2025-12-17T11:51:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=78090"},"modified":"2025-12-17T11:51:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:51:49","slug":"lights-camera-action-governor-newsom-announces-28-new-films-coming-to-california-set-to-boost-local-economies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=78090","title":{"rendered":"Lights, camera, action! Governor Newsom announces 28 new films coming to California, set to boost local economies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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The latest collection of productions filming in California includes a highly anticipated project from Academy Award winning director Ang Lee, and a Snoop Dogg-produced biopic<\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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What you need to know:\u00a0<\/strong>28 films have received awards in the latest round of the state\u2019s recently expanded Film & Television Tax Credit Program, celebrating the state\u2019s creative history and the icons that are increasing production activity in California. Collectively, these projects are set to deliver $562 million in total economic activity for communities across the Golden State.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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SACRAMENTO \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Today, Governor Newsom announced that\u00a028 film projects<\/a>\u00a0have received awards through the California Film Commission\u2019s recently expanded\u00a0Film & Television Tax Credit Program<\/a>. These exciting projects highlight California\u2019s diversity and include a new film from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee, as well as a Long Beach-set biopic produced by Snoop Dogg.<\/p>\n

Collectively, these productions will spur job growth by hiring a total of 4,837 cast and crew, along with 22,614 background performers (measured in days worked), across 831 shooting days statewide. These projects will also generate $337 million in qualified spending throughout California, including $209 million in qualified wages.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cCalifornia\u2019s film and television industry isn\u2019t just an economic engine \u2014 it\u2019s part of who we are. For more than a century, the world\u2019s most iconic stories have been imagined, produced, and shared from right here, powered by unmatched talent, creativity, and innovation. This latest round of tax credit awards builds on that legacy while delivering real results across the state: good-paying jobs, stronger local economies, and thriving small businesses. It\u2019s a clear signal that California remains the global home of storytelling \u2014 yesterday, today, and for generations to come.\u201d<\/h4>\n
Governor Gavin Newsom<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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This latest round caps off the mid-way point of Program 4.0, the newly expanded Film & Television Tax Credit Program that went into effect in July 2025 and is now one of the most robust in the nation. Inclusive of this current round, Program 4.0 has, in less than six months, generated $4.17 billion in economic activity and more than 25,000 cast and crew jobs over 4,000 filming days statewide, demonstrating the clear momentum behind film and television production in the place where it all began.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very proud to feature so many California-centric stories with this round. These aren\u2019t just movies shooting here, they\u2019re also telling the stories of the places where they\u2019re shooting, drawing from our vivid history, vibrant neighborhoods and diverse and storied culture that are so uniquely California,\u201d\u00a0said Colleen Bell, Director, California Film Commission<\/strong>. \u201cBy supporting these talented artists\u2019 storytelling, we\u2019re not only keeping entertainment jobs in-state, we\u2019re reinforcing California\u2019s status as the entertainment capital of the world and a larger-than-life character that no fictional one could ever rival.\u201d<\/p>\n

Highlights from this round of studio and independent films include:<\/p>\n