Now Tom might have time for my movie

The Los Angeles Times has an article about the slowdown in film production in LA; seems they were concerned about a possible actors' strike about now, and pushed schedules ahead in the last year or so:

Only one major studio film, DreamWorks SKG's sci-fi flick Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, is shooting on location in Los Angeles, compared with seven studio films that were in production this time last year, according to FilmL.A., the nonprofit group that coordinates film permits for Los Angeles and in unincorporated areas of the county.
The Los Angeles region has seen a steady outflow of feature film projects to other countries and states, about 40 of which now offer a plethora of production rebates and tax breaks that aren't available in California. Since peaking in 1996, annual film production has declined in nine of the last 11 years in Los Angeles.
But Brown and others in the industry say the slowdown has been exacerbated by labor unrest this year, which saw the first Hollywood writers strike in two decades.
To plan for a possible actors strike, studios decided as far back as a year ago to revamp their lineups so that most films would wrap shooting by June 30, when the actors contract expired. As a result, studios have already filmed most of the movies that will be released in 2009, leaving them with fewer movies to shoot this year.
Most studio executives now think an actors strike is unlikely and are moving ahead with big-budget films... The situation is somewhat reminiscent of the acceleration and subsequent falloff in filming that occurred in 2001, when studios prepared for possible strikes by actors and writers.

As noted earlier, Rico sent Mr. Selleck a copy of The Hero Business, hoping he'd want to be Jack Hayes...