As streaming services continue to change how people watch movies, one of the country’s last remaining video rental stores is preserving a tradition built around browsing movie shelves, discovering unexpected favorites and connecting with fellow film lovers. For filmmaker Roy Ferré, Video Depot in Newhall represents more than a place to rent movies. It is a gathering place where customers ...

Two alumni from Santa Clarita’s California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) both co-wrote and directed Pixar’s newest film, “Toy Story 5.” Andrew Stanton and Kenna Harris co-wrote and directed the newest installment in Pixar’s biggest and most beloved franchise, working closely with Pixar’s Chief Creative Officer and fellow CalArts alumni Pete Docter as an executive producer. The film follows the ...

The city of Santa Clarita Film Office has released the list of six productions filming in the Santa Clarita Valley for the week of Monday, June 15 to Sunday, June 21. Filming this week in the Santa Clarita Valley are: Television Criminal Minds An elite squad of FBI profilers analyzes the country’s most-twisted criminal minds, anticipating the perpetrators’ next moves ...

The city of Santa Clarita Film Office has released the list of six productions filming in the Santa Clarita Valley for the week of Monday, Sept. 8 to Saturday, Sept. 13. Projects filming this week in the Santa Clarita Valley include: Student Mapu Tofu (USC student project) A five-minute drama short film produced as part of the USC School of ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new motion that is set to examine how the county can support the film production industry.  The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion introduced by Supervisor Kathryn Barger and co-authored by Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath to examine how the County can support the film production industry ...

Christmas in May? Familiar shows that have made Santa Clarita its premier shooting spot continue filming this week including a Christmas film amid the writer’s guild strike in Hollywood. Here’s what’s filming in Santa Clarita this week. Television  Good Trouble A spin-off series of the Freeform show “The Fosters,” this show follows Foster sisters Callie and Mariana in Los Angeles. ...

Kicking off the first week of May is a variety of both new and familiar television shows filming in Santa Clarita. Television is dominating this week, including a reboot of a classic 1980s show “Quantum Leap.”  Here’s what’s filming in Santa Clarita: Television  Quantum Leap Thirty years after the original 1980’s series starring Scott Bakula ended, NBC renewed a reboot ...

A College of the Canyons (COC) cinema instructor is set to receive the June Foray Honor at the 50th Annie Awards Saturday.   Mindy Johnson is the expected recipient of the juried award, which is given to individuals who have made a significant impact on the art and industry of animation.  “I was completely gobsmacked,” said Johnson about hearing the news. ...

Filming in February continues in our community, featuring the popular tv shows Mayans MC and NCIS. Locals will be familiar with the television shows filming in Santa Clarita this week, with longtime classics returning to the streets of SCV. Television NCIS The long-running crime show has been on screens since 2003, churning out 20 seasons. Santa Clarita is a popular ...

As Hollywood’s backlot, Santa Clarita has a number of television shows set to film this week in the city. For residents, the sight of film crews and trailers in popular filming locations like Old Town Newhall is a familiar sight.    Here’s what’s filming this week in Santa Clarita: Television CSI: Vegas The follow-up to the groundbreaking crime procedural “CSI: Crime ...