'Dark Knight' cheers LA film prod'n

"The Dark Dark night Increases" ongoing to embellish La film production, because the latest Batpic was probably the most active offlot shoot a week ago for that third week consecutively -- and also the 4th week within the last five. The Batman follow up from director-producer Christopher Nolan -- for auction on permits as "Magnus Rex" -- tallied up 35 allowed days a week ago, based on figures provided Tuesday through the FilmL.A. enabling agency. Warner Bros. has set This summer 20, 2012, because the release date going back installment in Nolan's trilogy, that has done a lot of its shooting in Pittsburgh. Total feature days allowed a week ago were up 47% to 176. Additional features presently shooting in La include "Argo," "Benjamin Troubles," "Gus," "Safe House," The L Lounge," "Water & Energy" and "Tag." Feature activity arrived at its peak this season throughout the final two days in June, when allowed days totaled over 200 both days. Because of the lure of incentives outdoors California, feature production is all about half the amount it had been fifteen years ago, when monitoring started. Total allowed production days rose 16% to 690 a week ago as third quarter production continued to be well in front of the same period this year. TV shooting rejected slightly to 325 days, off 12 in the same week this past year. Sitcoms "Up Through The Night" and "Raising Hope" were probably the most active a week ago with 11 days each. Other television productions presently shooting in La include "Prime Suspect," "Work,Inch "Celebrity Wife Swap," "Face Off," "How Do You Look" and "Shahs of Sunset." Commercial shooting was up 39% to 189 days with Picrow's CCI commercial shot accumulating probably the most days at 40. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com