We close book on 2024. Overall, it has not been a good year. Film/TV production in Los Angeles is reportedly down 40 percent, affecting those both in front and behind the camera. Many people are unemployed. I continue to get a few auditions each month, but typically for small productions and commercials calling for stereotypical grandmothers. I have to assume there's no shortage of those in Hollywood.
One area that does appear to be doing well are faith-based productions (Angel Studios in Provo, Utah; The Kendrick Brothers; Dallas Jenkins at Loaves & Fishes Productions, and others) to the extent that even major studios are now asking for faith-based scripts.
Then there's Taylor Sheridan, who is soaring with films and series like Landsman, Yellowstone, Wind River, 1888, and others that promote American values and American history in a positive way.
Have we turned a corner? Will Hollywood recover? Actor Neal McDonough showed up in a Fox News interview this morning sounding very upbeat. I hope he's right.
