Shreveport, Louisiana Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Film industry=== Tax incentives offered by the state government have given Louisiana the third largest film industry in the country, behind California and New York. Louisiana is sometimes called "Hollywood South".<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/118/the-short-shady-history-of-hollywood-south.html |author=Kamenetz, Anya |title=The Short, Shady History of Hollywood South |issue=118 |date=September 2007 |journal=Fast Company |publisher=Mansueto Ventures LLC |access-date=2008-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210062044/http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/118/the-short-shady-history-of-hollywood-south.html |archive-date=December 10, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> A number of films have been made in Shreveport. Facilities include [[sound stage]]s, [[Theatrical property|prop]] rental facilities, the Fairgrounds Complex, and the Louisiana Wave Studio, a computer-controlled outdoor [[wave pool]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.shreveport.la.us/pictures/soundstages.htm |title=Sound Stages/Infrastructure |access-date=2008-10-09 |publisher=City of Shreveport, Louisiana |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617200919/http://www.ci.shreveport.la.us/pictures/soundstages.htm |archive-date=June 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> Selected films shot in Shreveport include: {{div col}} * ''[[The Initiation of Sarah (2006 film)|The Initiation of Sarah]]'' (2006): [[Summer Glau]] * ''[[The Guardian (2006 film)|The Guardian]]'' (2006): [[Ashton Kutcher]] and [[Kevin Costner]] * ''[[Factory Girl (2006 film)|Factory Girl]]'' (2006): [[Sienna Miller]] and [[Guy Pearce]] * ''[[The Great Debaters]]'' (2007): [[Denzel Washington]] * ''[[Mr. Brooks]]'' (2007): [[Kevin Costner]], [[William Hurt]], and [[Demi Moore]] * ''[[Premonition (2007 film)|Premonition]]'' (2007): [[Sandra Bullock]] and [[Julian McMahon]] * ''[[Cleaner (2007 film)|Cleaner]]'' (2007): [[Samuel L. Jackson]] * ''[[The Mist (film)|The Mist]]'' (2007): [[Thomas Jane]], [[Toby Jones]] and [[Marcia Gay Harden]] * ''[[Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins]]'' (2008): [[Martin Lawrence]] and [[Cedric The Entertainer]] * ''[[Soul Men]]'' (2008) [[Samuel L. Jackson]], [[Bernie Mac]] * ''[[Year One (film)|Year One]]'' (2008): [[Jack Black]] and [[Michael Cera]] * ''[[W. (film)|W.]]'' (2008): [[Josh Brolin]], [[Richard Dreyfuss]] and [[James Cromwell]] * ''[[Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay]]'' (2008): [[John Cho]] and [[Kal Penn]] * ''[[I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (film)|I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell]]'' (2009): [[Matt Czuchry]], [[Jesse Bradford]] and [[Geoff Stults]] * ''[[Super (2010 American film)|Super]]'' (2010): [[Elliot Page]], [[Rainn Wilson]] * ''[[Straw Dogs (2011 film)|Straw Dogs]]'' (2011): [[James Marsden]], [[Kate Bosworth]] * ''[[Drive Angry]]'' (2011): [[Nicolas Cage]] * ''[[Trespass (2011 film)|Trespass]]'' (2011): [[Nicolas Cage]] and [[Nicole Kidman]] * ''[[Battle: Los Angeles]]'' (2011): [[Michelle Rodriguez]], [[Bridget Moynahan]] * ''[[The Iceman (film)|The Iceman]]'' (2012): [[Michael Shannon]], [[Winona Ryder]] * ''[[Ain't Them Bodies Saints]]'' (2013): [[Casey Affleck]], [[Rooney Mara]] * ''[[Olympus Has Fallen]]'' (2013): [[Gerard Butler]], [[Aaron Eckhart]], [[Morgan Freeman]] * ''[[Texas Chainsaw 3D]]'' (2013) * ''[[The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014 film)|The Town that Dreaded Sundown]]'' (2014) * ''[[Dark Places (2014 film)|Dark Places]]'' (2015): [[Chloë Grace Moretz]], [[Charlize Theron]] * ''[[I Saw the Light (film)|I Saw the Light]]'' (2015): [[Tom Hiddleston]], [[Elizabeth Olsen]] {{div col end}} Several television series have been shot in Shreveport and the surrounding area, including ''[[The Gates (TV series)|The Gates]]'' (2010), and ''[[Salem (TV series)|Salem]]'' (2014). The [[Louisiana Film Prize]] has spurred the creation of over 200 short films shot in Shreveport and Northwest Louisiana by filmmakers from around the world since its inception in 2012. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page