Insights on production budgeting, film finance, and the tools that help production teams do their best work.
Washington is drafting a 20% federal credit on production labor, stackable on top of state incentives, with backing from both parties, the unions, and the White House. The working numbers, the honest obstacle list, and why it is not a budget line yet.
Read more →SB 122 extended a $5 million annual limit on business credit usage through 2029, right as the expanded Program 4.0's credits came due. What the cap actually does, the one-sentence fix 39 legislators are asking for, and the deadline math before the session ends August 31.
Read more →Members ratified the 2026 TV/Theatrical Contracts on June 4. Minimums rise 3% on July 1 with three more bumps through 2029, health contributions step up in September, and the overtime money breaks moved more than the headline. The line-item impact for producers.
Read more →Effective today, Culver City waives the $660 per-permit fee, the $350 daily motion picture use fee, and the $75 daily still photography use fee. Multi-jurisdiction permits now include Culver at no extra cost. Here is what to do with your open bids this afternoon.
Read more →Brands waste hours normalizing five proposals that were never going to be comparable. Production companies waste hours reformatting budgets into other people's templates. AIbudget Marketplace fixes both sides.
Read more →A tentative four-year contract landed Saturday, with AI guardrails and streaming residual reform at the center. The terms are still under wraps, but here is what producers should be doing this week.
Read more →FilmLA and the City of Los Angeles launched the Low-Impact Permit Pilot Program. Application fees drop from $931 to $350. Here's exactly what qualifies — and what's still on the producer's tab.
Read more →LA City Council voted to streamline film permitting, but key cost reforms were left on the table. Here's what passed, what didn't, and what it means for your next production.
Read more →Production budgeting software hasn't meaningfully evolved in two decades. Here's what we built instead — and why it starts with the people who actually make things.
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