But I guess we all know how much NY is screwing up it's covid response. Netflix is renting Shepperton studios for 20 years so they over think the UK has something to offer that the US can't. Possibly it's cost but also its the look they create. Especially the set builds Hollywood films still look a bit stagy while British builds are more realistic and gritty. Even with something high fantasy like Star Wars or Game of Thrones they make it look real. And that look seems to be preferred over the Hollywood sheen at the moment.

I’ve literally noticed this for maybe the last two years with Netflix movies and series (as well as shows that were originally on cable 2012+ that Netflix acquired rights to). That’s really interesting, I didn’t even realize the ideal/common place for shooting had changed.

As for NY, now should be the best and easiest time to film in the city and I’m sure if things weren’t as corrupt as they are, contracts and dates would be getting approved left and right as somedays, it can be a ghost town depending on what part of the city you’re in, and I mean that literally. It’s not just limited to Times Square or the richer shopping centers either. Sometimes it seems like New York’s leaders are giddy with delight destroying the state. I’d guess New York’s bullshit Bureaucratic system is making corruption easy and they’re keeping themselves closed off to filming requests/permits; it aligns with the rest of their actions.

Btw, hook a brother up with a job or apprenticeship? I’ll be your apprentice so your film technique lives on forever.