California pays to lure filmmakers back to Hollywood

After a decade of watching film production slowly abandon Hollywood, lured away by financial incentives first in Canada, then other U.S. states, California hopes to woo the movies back home. But some worry that it might be too little, too late after the number of studio feature films shot in California has dropped to less than half of what it was in 2003. Broadcast and cable television and commercial shoots, which had been more likely than feature films to stay in Hollywood in recent years, are also down significantly, with 44 of 103 pilot episodes shot outside southern California this year. Although it contributes less than 3 percent of state output, movie making also adds value to the tourism and entertainment industries.