HBO will film season 3 of Ballers in Los Angeles, California.
HBO’s TV hit TV series Ballers will be moving production for its third season from Miami to Los Angeles, according to the California Film Commission’s executive director Amy Lemisch.
Ballers is the seventh TV show to move to California thanks to Cali’s expanded tax credit program enacted in 2015. The show is scheduled to show their next 10 episodes in the greater Los Angeles area, and hire 135 cast, 209 base crew and 5,700 extras. Production will generate an estimated $33.5 million in “qualified expenditures,” which the California Film commission defines as wages paid to below-the-line workers on the crew, and payments to in-state vendors. Based on these figures, HBO’s Ballers has been approved for a tax credit of $8.3 million.
“In evaluating the production resources, and its evolving storylines, the producers have decided to relocate the base of production to California,” said HBO’s spokeswoman in a statement.
California’s film and television production incentives total $330 million annually and are aimed at creating production jobs in the state.
Here are six other TV shows that have relocated to California:
- American Horror Story
- Scream Queens
- Mistresses
- Secrets and Lies
- VEEP
- American Crime
“We’re able to match a lot of different locales,” said Lemisch, of shooting in Los Angeles. “If we level the playing field with a tax incentive, we tend to be the first choice. From the large quantities of skilled crew members, to the availability of equipment, there’s an ease to working here. It’s a much smoother way to run a production.”
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