“The Pitt” may not be set in Los Angeles, but his cast and his creatives are proud to be filmed there.
The HBB Max hour -hour look in a emergency room shift at a Pittsburgh hospital took home the Emmy Award for the best drama series on Sunday, and its cast and the creatives dedicated their recognition to health workers. Once they arrived at Backstage, they advocated something else: increase production in Los Angeles.
In statements to the press after the great victory of the series, the creator R. Scott Gemmill and the star and executive producer Noah Wyle said that he believes that filming locally is important for the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, since the production rates have decreased in recent years due to a confluence of themes, including the Pandemic, the attackers of the writers and the dual actors in 2023 and more tax incentives in other states and countries.
Both “The Pitt” and “The Studio”, who won the first prize in the comedy category, is filmed in Los Angeles, but the latter is in the city, focusing on a fictional study by Hollywood and satirizing the entertainment industry.
Gemmill, who was also a producer of “ER”, said he is proud to know “The Pitt” serves as an example of a series that was successfully filmed in Los Angeles “when we get the cast, I think they get as 3,000 presentations for each role,” he said. “This hunger is the people who work in Los Angeles, so the fact that we can do our little part is really important, but I hope other producers take note.”
Wyle, who won two Emmy awards, one as executive producer of the series and another for the main actor in a drama, echoed Gemmill's comments and said he attended the ceremony in July, where Governor Gavin Newsom signed the impulse of the fiscal credit of the California film. The limit of the California Film and Television Fiscal Credit Program will increase to $ 750 million, compared to $ 330 million. Wyle said he gave a speech at the event, sharing his experience filming locally.
“I talked about our special effects coordinator in our program, whose name is Rob Nary, whose father was a special effects coordinator, whose grandfather was a special effects coordinator,” Wyle said. “I said it to highlight the fact that there is generational talent in this city that has worked in this industry for more than 100 years. When you films a show here, you get the benefit of three generations of talent. You get a Rob Nark. You can put a sound scenario in another state, but they do not come with Rob Narys.”
While production in general is still in decline according to the non -profit organization Filmla, which tracks production in the Great Los Angeles region, television works as a brilliant point. From April to June, television production saw an increase of 17% compared to the same period of time last year, with 2,224 session days. That is the highest total since the beginning of 2024, although it is still 32.6% lower than the five -year quarterly average, Filmla said in a report published this summer.
In general, shooting days from April to June decreased 6.2% compared to the same period last year.
Paul Audley, president of Filmla, responded to Emmy wins for programs they receive in the city, saying in a statement to the times that the organization “thanks them for choosing to film locally and for helping to make Los Angeles the world capital of entertainment.”
“These productions not only highlight the overwhelming talent for which this region is known, but productions like these use hundreds of workers in the film industry and contribute to a strong and prosperous economy,” Audley said. “The filming locally supports our communities, small businesses and workers in all corners of the film industry.”
