Ryan Murphy says he "demanded" his next two projects shoot in Los Angeles despite the lack of tax incentives, urging filmmakers to "figure out the economic troubles and how to make things in L.A."
"I think the mayor [Karen Bass] could do a much better job than she’s done, for one," the showrunner said at #TheShards premiere. "That’s also on the filmmakers to figure out the economic troubles and how to make things in L.A. so that our crews and cast can sleep in their home city, go home and have meals with their families. I have two things shooting, and they’re both going to be in L.A. I demanded that. I made that work economically. The most important thing to me is that it’s up to the individual showrunners and filmmakers to say, 'Hey, we want this.' In my experience, as long as you can figure out a will, there’s a way. And they’re the first people to say, 'Great, we’d love for it to shoot in L.A.' I don’t think that’s the obstacle. It’s always the tax credits."
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@Variety I’m calling it now that Nolan will win best director, also looking forward to when the fake hate ends so we can talk about how this is one of the best movies ever made