Friday, March 2, 2012

FilmingLouisiana films for March 2012

TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE
THUNDER RUN
OBLIVION
SATCHIMO
SEX TAPE
OUR FATHER
RULE #1
KILLING ON CARNIVAL ROW
TRUE BLOOD
EMPIRE STATE, New Orleans
THE APOCALYPSE, New Orleans
HOURS, New Orleans
BAREFOOT, New Orleans
ENDERS GAME, New Orleans
LAMB OF GOD, New Orleans
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, New OrleansCUTTER, Baton Rouge lana@one-eyed-dog-films.com .
DJANGO UNCHAINED, New Orleans djangoprodoffice@gmail.com or supercoolresumes@gmail.com.
ENDER’S GAME, New Orleans egmovie@gmail.com .
RUGARU, Around New Orleans rugaruproductions@gmail.com .
THE LAST EXORCISM II, New Orleans tle2prodoffice@gmail.com .
THE TOMB, New Orleans thetombresumes@gmail.com .
THE UNTITLED TOM CRUISE PROJECT, Baton Rouge and New Orleans craterlakeprods@gmail.com .
THUNDER RUN, Baton Rouge info@freedomfilmsllc.com .
UNTITLED DIABLO CODY PROJECT, New Orleans LambProductionsResumes@gmail.com .
THE HOST, Baton Rouge host.resumes@gmail.com or fax resumes to 225.952.9030.
THE HOT FLASHES, New Orleans thehotflashes2012@gmail.com .
NOW YOU SEE ME, New Orleans nowyouseeme2011@gmail.com .
REIGNING MEN, Baton Rouge casting@digitalmediala.com .
SYNARCHY, New Orleans and Baton Rouge synarchy@digitalmediala.com .
TREME (SEASON 3) bowndeadlineprod@gmail.com . For casting positions ONLY, please direct resumes to tremeextras@gmail.com .

New Visual Effects Studios opens in Baton Rouge

New visual effects studio to open at Celtic Media Centrehttp://celticmediacentre.com/
German visual effects company Pixomondo will open a Baton Rouge studio at Celtic Media Centre in May, company officials and Gov. Bobby Jindal announced this afternoon. The studio is expected to create 75 new direct jobs in film, TV and commercial production work. It will be 12th international studio for Pixomondo, which won an Oscar Sunday night for its work in Hugo. Pixomondo will occupy more than 6,000 square feet at Celtic Media Centre and make an initial capital investment of $1.2 million. The jobs it creates will have average annual salaries of $65,000, plus benefits, and the studio expects to be fully employed by the end of its second year in operation. The state began working with Pixomondo six months ago to gauge the company's interest in establishing a studio that could partner with major movie and TV productions in Baton Rouge and greater Louisiana. The Baton Rouge studio will work with Pixomondo's international locations on major projects that require around-the-clock production across different time zones. Project work will include visual effects for corporate campaigns as well as film and TV productions. Pixomondo is expected to use Louisiana's digital media and film production tax credits, as well as Louisiana Economic Development's FastStart workforce development program.
SOURCE: Greater Baton Rouge Business Report Daily Report 2/29/2012: http://businessreport.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=daily-reportPM&date=20120229

Moonbot Studios of Shreveport Wins the Academy Award!

LOS ANGELES, CA (KSLA) -
Moonbot Studios' "The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore" has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
The animated movie tells the story of a man who loves books, how they bring adventure and color into his life, and how he then leaves his own great story behind.
"We're just these two like swamp rats from Louisiana, and this is incredibly grand," said writer-director and Shreveport native William Joyce upon winning the Oscar. "We love the movies, we love the movies more than anything, and it's been part of our lives since we were both kids."
"It's been a part of our DNA since we were children and it's made us storytellers," added Co-Director Brandon Oldenburg.
"Morris Lessmore" competed against fellow Oscar nominees "Dimanche," "La Luna," "A Morning Stroll" and "Wild Life."
This is the first Academy Award and nomination for the Shreveport-based film studio, and "Morris Lessmore" is their first animated release.
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