Movie studios set up in California in part because of great weather and varied scenery, from rugged mountains to manicured mansions. More than 200,000 people have been forced to evacuate Southern California fires which poured smoke into neighbourhoods miles away. Film LA has spent this week helping productions find and secure permits for alternate locations such as parks on flat land or neighbourhoods that have similar-looking homes. Several of the city's major parks were reopened to filming on Friday, and Sokoloski said he expected those to be popular alternatives. Westworld, the science fiction TV series by Time Warner Inc's HBO, was among the productions that were temporarily halted on Tuesday due to nearby wildfires.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 09, 2017 01:41 UTC