Everything is made overseas because it’s cheaper to make heck look at all the programs on hdtv it’s all made in Canada you can bet those who work behind the scenes on tv shows and other things who have been out of work for months on end will be thrilled about this
And Canada is not a cheap location. In terms of government interference in the film industry, its probably worse than the U.S. In terms of overall government overregulation of business, it's definitely worse.
If California can't compete with Canada, California is a lost cause ... but that's pretty much the default opinion on FR, and I share that view.
The question is whether California can compete with Georgia, New York and many other states that are offering tax incentives.
The UK, Ireland, and Hungary aren't low cost, sweatshop countries either. The UK and Ireland are peer group countries with the U.S., and Hungary is towards the top of the "best of the rest" list.
If U.S. film and tv production can't compete with the UK, Ireland, Hungary, etc., it's because the unions, the big legacy studios, and now the streamers that have bought out most of the traditional studios (to get control of their film libraries, not to make good movies), have placed their bets on a production and distribution model that has turned out to be a disaster.
Let that burn, by all means, but we should be attentive to what will replace it when the dust settles. A healthy recovery will require an ecosystem that allows independent, rising studios to be creative, take risks, and (with good judgement and a little luck) find an audience and grow.
Turning the entire industry over to government bureaucrats, in the U.S., Europe and Asia alike, handing out subsidies to client companies is exactly the wrong answer.
As to the tax incentives that are helping pull U.S. studios to Europe ... well, I dislike those as much as I dislike U.S. subsidies. But if Georgia, New York and most of the other states can do it, then the UK, Ireland and Hungary should be able to do it.
None of them should be doing it, of course, and that would be the better target for Trump to be shooting at.
It seems as if most movies and television series are now filmed in Canada.