ConcordeBoy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (8 years 4 months 3 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 1544 times:
Sorta a gloss-post I know; but this is really good stuff for the city, which desperately needs a lucrative replacement for the high-end petrochem jobs that are so quickly consolidating around Houston.
Anywho, now that the state has just made permanent the official tax cuts on film production in New Orleans.... the mayor/governor/investors/etc seek to add to the two production companies already here by attracting one or more of the major producing firms (e.g. Universal, Columbia, Tristar, Warner Bros., etc) to create a permant full-force production lot here, or relocate.
In other areas, the multiple hundreds of millions in incentives for movies (as well as commercials, music videos, and hopefully soon sitcoms) have indeed paid off:
New Orleans (and to some extent, Baton Rouge) have been the primary site for filming, and the secondary site for production, for such recent movies as: Runaway Jury, The Ray Charles Story, Bernie Mac's Mr. 3000, and Halle Berry's Oscar winner-- Monsters Ball.
Currently/soon filming are:
The Dukes of Hazzard, starring Johnny Knoxville and Jessica Simpson
Glory Roads, starring Ben Affleck
The Last Time, starring Jennifer Aniston and Joaquin Phoenix
Freshman Year, starring John Goodman (who's also planning on living here)
Five Fingers starring Laurence Fishburne and Ryan Phillippe (he fine! )
....along with 14 others movies which will be released nationwide.
Aside from my joy in the state/city finding a lucrative resourse to tap, I'm writing asking if any of you types are in the major film/music industries in any way? What's your take on the feasibility of a tripartite split between America's feature film production--- one of its largest exports and most lucrative sources of domestic revenue?
Dl021 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 11433 posts, RR: 81 Reply 1, posted (8 years 4 months 3 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 1492 times:
Did the local politicians give a guaranteed exemption to the film companies as regards bribes and kickbacks?
Seriously, thats good news. The industry needs more US locations where the costs are lower than LA and allows us to keep the productions in the US. New Orleans has some terrific locations and ought to provide some excellent scenery.
Sccutler From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 5093 posts, RR: 28 Reply 2, posted (8 years 4 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 1464 times:
Unfortunately, New Orleans' best scenery and talent (SophieMaltese) moved to Florida.
...three miles from BRONS, clear for the ILS one five approach...
Drerx7 From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 4906 posts, RR: 9 Reply 5, posted (8 years 4 months 3 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 1435 times:
This will be good for New Orleans--I went to school there for 4 years and absolutely hated it. The city needs to desperately spur its economy and this will be a good move. I love to go to New Orleans to visit and have a good time, but you couldn't pay me to live there, poor economy, crooked politics, deep rooted racism. Unfortunately all of those negatives outweigh the positives.
RT514 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (8 years 4 months 3 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 1422 times:
Interesting, especially as so much filming has left the U.S. in recent years, particularly in favour of cities like Sydney, Vancouver and little old Winnipeg. I was in New Orleans this past September and it certainly has a lot to offer. Ultimately, however, I'm not convinced that the tax cuts will necessarily be successful, as Hollywood has been trying to cut costs and offer incentives to stem the filming migration to Canada, with negligible results.
Currently/soon filming are:
The Dukes of Hazzard, starring Johnny Knoxville and Jessica Simpson
Jaysit From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (8 years 4 months 3 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 1421 times:
And Toronto is Hollywood North.
Whatever.
I seriously do not believe that the film studios will pack up and leave California any time soon. The best thing in New Orleans is the food, but those skinny flat ab'd carbo-light Hollywood people wouldn't touch a roux or a gumbo with a ten foot pole.
MAH4546 From Sweden, joined Jan 2001, 31122 posts, RR: 74 Reply 9, posted (8 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 1403 times:
Great news for New Orlenas, though the largest film centre in the Southern US will always be the Wilmington, North Carolina region, which has always offered incredible incentives and deals to make it attractive to movie companies, especially television production, followed by the Miami area, which can thank the Latin film and TV industry for it's multi-billion dollar economic TV/film industry.
Tom in NO From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 7194 posts, RR: 40 Reply 10, posted (8 years 4 months 3 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 1393 times:
Nobody, but nobody, can replace Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke.....not even no-talent-Ashlee's no-talent sister.
MSYtristar From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 6242 posts, RR: 51 Reply 12, posted (8 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1373 times:
The movie business is indeed booming down here. At any given time there are five or so movies (mainstream and independent) being filmed in the metro area. Here's a nice "Hollywood South" article that ran in our local paper a while back:
Tom in NO From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 7194 posts, RR: 40 Reply 15, posted (8 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1335 times:
Any of the locals catch the blurb about the ambulance-chasing attorney Morris Bart being an investor?!.........."I'm attorney Morris Bart, and I'm on YOUR side!".
Good article, though!
Tom at MSY
"The criminal ineptitude makes you furious"-Bruce Springsteen, after seeing firsthand the damage from Hurricane Katrina
Tom in NO From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 7194 posts, RR: 40 Reply 17, posted (8 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 1289 times:
I agree it's win-win. (a) I'm just not a big Morris Bart fan. And (b) I guess Michael Hingle and Matt Greenbaum can't be too far away, either !
Tom at MSY
"The criminal ineptitude makes you furious"-Bruce Springsteen, after seeing firsthand the damage from Hurricane Katrina
Jcs17 From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 8065 posts, RR: 43 Reply 18, posted (8 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 1284 times:
CBoy, you wouldn't even know what to do with Catherine Bach if she was naked and had a sign pointing down below that read "Insert Penis Here."
Anyway, congratulations New Orleans, I guess being the site of production for some B-rate movies might be something to be proud of. God knows the entire dirty town needs something other than a bunch of fat drunks and college skanks next in the middle of a noxious swamp.
MSYtristar From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 6242 posts, RR: 51 Reply 20, posted (8 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 1262 times:
What has the world come to when people think that college skanks and noxious swamps are BAD things????
Aa61hvy From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 13975 posts, RR: 59 Reply 22, posted (8 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1249 times:
Hollywood South, that will happen right after CX starts service to MSY with an A346
Tom in NO From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 7194 posts, RR: 40 Reply 24, posted (8 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 1240 times:
You know people must be having slow days when one of three things happen to an a.net thread:
1) it turns into an NW DC-9 retirement thread
2) it turns into Democrat "we got screwed" thread
3) it turns into an MSY international service thread
Took 22 replies this time, though. People are losing their touch.
Tom at MSY
"The criminal ineptitude makes you furious"-Bruce Springsteen, after seeing firsthand the damage from Hurricane Katrina
25 Aa61hvy: Taping movies in a city doesn't mean shit, no matter how cool you may think NO is, its way behind other 'in' cities. Dallas gets many movies taped her
26 Tom in NO: There's only so much ya'll in Dallas can do with Chuck Norris, though. Tom at MSY
27 MSYtristar: Way behind other "in" cities? What defines an "in" city? Bland, boring, no character, over abundance of the same old chain stores and restaurants, no
28 ConcordeBoy: Taping movies in a city doesn't mean shit ...which proves that you're not only a dumbass, but illiterate to boot. Not only is the taping here (which f
29 MSYtristar: This is hot off the presses. Perhaps the Dallas folk can play Manhattan socialites. Or is that too much of a stretch? Casting Call: Major motion pictu
30 Aa61hvy: Aren't you a little old to be calling people names Cboy? How is living at home at age 28 anyways?
31 ConcordeBoy: Aren't you a little old to be calling people names Cboy? ...only if they're inaccurate How is living at home at age 28 anyways? Hell if I know... why
32 N1120a: Hey Tom, you left out E Eric. Oh, and only Hollywood is Hollywood.
33 ConcordeBoy: you left out E Eric ...he's more BTR-- but for this sorta stuff, he'd prolly make the drive
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