NYC Production & Post News
Is Cynthia Nixon biting the hand that once fed here? She may be a neophyte campaigner for New York State’s governorship, but her recent public announcements targeting the tax breaks given to film and TV production and post productions garnered support from right-leaning think tanks, not progressives. Film professionals: Still think there’s nothing to worry […]
City processes encourages the numerous movie and TV shows using New York City as a backdrop. Photo credit: *B*tch Cakes* via flickr. New York City is currently experiencing a golden age of television and movie-making. The advantages to such a booming industry seem undoubtedly positive, but some argue that daily life can be marred by the constant […]
New York City has landed nearly twice the number of broadcast drama pilots this season as last year, with 12 network dramas in production in the Big Apple compared to last year’s 7, Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment Commissioner Julie Menin announced today. The number of broadcast pilots in production in the five boroughs […]
As film production in New York soars, production gear thefts have reached into the millions of dollars Image credit: NBC New York Channel 4 Ray Villeda of NBC New York Channel 4 reports on police tracking down millions of dollars of stolen feature film production gear from a storage facility in Westchester. Here’s part of […]
Image caption: The building, which was one of Harlem’s few remaining jazz clubs before it closed, was being used for the filming of “Motherless Brooklyn.” Credit J.E. Alexander/NY Times The New York Times and other publications are reporting that Michael R. Davidson, a firefighter with Engine Company 69 in Harlem, succumbed to injuries he received while fighting […]
A huge Malaysian corruption scandal dragged in the production company behind “The Wolf of Wall Street” resulting in a $60 million fine. The settlement between prosecutors and Red Granite Pictures Inc. was approved this past Thursday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. According to an article on the NBC Channel 4 New York newsite, […]
“There is a shift toward greater interaction and co-creation — users are coming to platforms to engage with content creators on a more active level.”
Sharing production gear via a club or a non-profit media center offered solutions to pricey hardware.Now, New York City-based startup KitSplit updates those models, building on the more modern sharing scene…
Image caption: George Kaufman Photo credit: JP Yim/Getty Images George Kaufman, the real-estate developer who helped rejuvenate film and television production in New York City as chairman of the venerable Kaufman Astoria Studios complex in Queens, died Tuesday in Florida, a publicist announced. He was 89. Click here to read the full article on the Hollywood […]
Image caption: The cast of “We The Animals” includes Sheila Vand (right). The film has a number of scenes set in the Mohawk Valley. It tied with “Night Comes On” for the 2018 Sundance NEXT Innovator Award. UTICA — Awards and recognition go hand-in-hand at the annual Sundance Film Festival in Utah. This year, a film with […]
