Last Tuesday, May 15, from noon until 6 p.m. you may have seen Daniel Tosh star of Comedy Central’s “Tosh.O” filming a segment at The Willows Community School, 8509 Higuera St. The studio portion of the show “Tosh.O” is taped in Culver City at Hayden Studios on 3555 Hayden Ave. If you’d like get free tickets to see a live taping go to, tosh.comedycentral.com. Watch all new episodes of Tosh.O on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. on Comedy Central.
It appears that the video game “L.A. Noire” may become a motion picture produced by Turner North Center Production since filming for either the game or upcoming live action feature has been shooting in the Culver City oil fields from noon until 7 a.m. this past Saturday, May 19, Sunday, May 20, Wednesday, May 23, and Thursday, May 24. The production vehicles parked at Culver Park were for this shoot.
Documentary filmmaker Andrew Berg has been filming a High School Prom documentary at Culver City High School since Friday, May 18 and is scheduled to continue on and off for a total of four days until Friday, June 1.
A Nexium commercial shoot takes place at the NPR (National Public Radio) West station at 9909 Jefferson Blvd. from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m on Thursday, May 24. The production team will be using the sun dial lot at Culver Park for parking.
DID YOU KNOW: Riders of the new Metro Express Line will soon cruise alongside the former site of the “Laugh Factory.” The once world renown Hal Roach Studios was located at 8822 Washington Blvd. and it’s stages ran alongside what is now the brand new elevated portion of the Metro Express Line on National Boulevard. Producer and Director Hal Roach has been credited for producing some of the most hysterical comedy films and shorts made during the past century, many of them shot on location right here in Culver City. These include the “Our Gang, Little Rascals” and “Laurel and Hardy” series. Today located under a large shade tree on the breezy south west corner at the intersection of National and Washington Boulevards is a marker placed there by the Sons of the Desert to commemorate this bastion of family entertainment inscribed “Site of the Hal Roach Studios, Laugh Factory to the World, 1919 -1963.”
Culver City, also known as “The Heart of Screenland,” has waived all location permit fees for film and television production within its boarders. If interested in filming in Culver City contact the Filming Office at the Culver City Police Department, 310-253-6212.
