Other cities 'Play' L.A.

• Position: HOLLYWOOD - Television production - Brief article

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It's never been a secret that most movies and TV shows have been shot in Hollywood itself or around Los Angeles--even if the story was set in, say, Miami or London. But now, as other states offer subsidies to producers and the jobs they help create, the opposite is happening: States like Louisiana, New Mexico, and Michigan, are now pretending to be California. The Starz series Crash takes place in L.A., but it's shot in New Mexico. And Battle: Los Angeles, scheduled for release next year, in...