The New York Times: In Downturn, Americans Flock to the Movies
By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNESPublished: February 28, 2009 Cited from The New York Times LOS ANGELES — Hollywood could get used to this recession thing. While much of the economy is teetering between bust and bailout, the movie industry ha

Shreveport Times: Upping the Crew: Movie Pros Train Students for Jobs

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New York Times: Son of a Gun, Hollywood Has Big Fun on the Bayou
Son of a Gun, Hollywood Has Big Fun on the Bayou Rex Curry for The New York TimesNicole Parker of “Disaster Movie,” filming in Shreveport, La. By DAVID CARRPublished: May 20, 2008SHREVEPORT, La. — There is a backlot feel to Shrevep

Austin American-Statesman: In Less than 3 years, Shreveport has passed Austin as a film hotbed
In less than 3 years, Shreveport has passed Austin as a film hotbedSteep statewide incentives have catapulted the Louisiana city ahead.By Chris GarciaAMERICAN-STATESMAN FILM WRITER Sunday, May 18, 2008 SHREVEPORT, La. — "This was Sandra Bu

Movie Maker Magazine: Shreveport/Bossier #3

Shreveport Times: Leaders - 10 who make our community better
This community is blessed with an abundance of inspiring leaders. These are the people who go the extra mile. They pull their own weight, and they push a little when necessary.Many of them have their names in The Times on a weekly basis. Some of them

Shreveport Times: Region's movie industry attracts 24 projects in 2007
A business on West 70th Street specializes in things with funny names.It has shelves of baby-risers, duck lips and tripleheaders. It has rows of tweenies, midgets, redheads and blondes. In the back, there are q-taps, bead boards, dulling spray and Fu

Shreveport Times: Lampton Enochs, Alissa Kantrow: Partners invest in community
Lampton Enochs and Alissa Kantrow are part of an industry that is leading a kind of reverse exodus in the Shreveport-Bossier City area. Educated, creative and talented people in the film industry are moving to the area, or coming back after having mo

Netflix Scoops Olivier Assayas’s ‘Wasp Network’ With Penelope Cruz, Edgar Ramirez (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix has acquired U.S. rights and several other territories for Olivier Assayas’ “Wasp Network,” the Cuban spy thriller headlined by Penelope Cruz and Edgar Ramirez which...

Octavia Spencer Faced a Hard Fight to Gain Traction in Hollywood
Octavia Spencer never believed she would be in front of the camera. Instead, she always saw herself as a producer. Her award-winning performances in movies such...