'This town has been very good to me': How a top Hollywood producer refused to abandon L.A. after fires

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As film and TV projects have increasingly moved out of state in search of better tax incentives and cheaper costs, David E. Kelley’s production company is doubling down on California.

All of his current projects will shoot in Los Angeles, including the third season of “Big Little Lies” and “The Lincoln Lawyer.”

Of the 22 new TV projects that got a California tax credit this past round, 18 are slated to film largely in Greater L.A., including Kelley’s “Presumed Innocent.”

Filming was about to start on David E. Kelley’s Apple TV+ series “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” in early January when the wildfires hit the Los Angeles area, devastating Pacific Palisades and Altadena .

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