According to the Louisiana Film Office, they’ve added a few more movies to the roster of films already shooting around the state.
On the top of that list is Medallion, in which Nicolas Cage will return to New Orleans to play a father who has only a few hours to find his daughter after she is kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a New York medallion taxi cab. Principal photography on Medallion is expected to begin January 28th.
Producer Neal Moritz also recently confirmed that the big-screen version of the 80’s hit TV show 21 Jump Street will begin filming in New Orleans this April. Jonah Hill, who has had a hand in writing and producing the film, and Channing Tatum will star. Its also been rumored that the star of the TV show, Johnny Depp, may make an appearance in the movie too!
We’ve already reported that Bruce Willis will be in New Orleans later this month for Looper co-starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who is already in NOLA), but he will also be filming Playing the Field aka Kane & Lynch with Jamie Fox in Baton Rouge. The movie is scheduled to begin shooting at the end of February.
Here’s the full list of productions currently filming in Louisiana:
Pre-Production
Signature Pictures feature film Dungeons and Dragons 3 will shoot January 17th for 4 weeks in Baton Rouge. Please send resumes to mailto:dnd3movie@gmail.com
Sony Pictures feature film 21 Jump Street starring Channing Tatum and Johan Hill will shoot early April in New Orleans. More information will become available as this production develops.
Millennium Films feature film Playing the Field aka Kane & Lynch starring Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx will shoot late February in Shreveport. Please direct resumes to ecallais@millenniumstudios.net
Fox feature film Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter will shoot February 28 for 75 days in New Orleans. Please send resumes to alvh2011@gmail.com
The independent feature film Cogan’s Trade starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck will shoot February 21st in New Orleans. Please send crew resumes to coganstrade@gmail.com
Sony’s television movie of the week Justice for Natalee will shoot January 31st for 15 days in New Orleans.
Oxygen Network’s reality television series Bad Girls Club Season 7 will shoot January 17th through May 5th in New Orleans. Please fax resumes to 818.647.0172.
The independent feature film Looper starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will shoot January 24th to April 1st in New Orleans. Please send resumes to looperllc@gmail.com or fax to 504.525.1857.
Ascension Films television movie of the week Hound Dogs will shoot February 17th for 12 days in New Orleans. More information will become available as this production develops.
Nu Image/Millennium Films feature film Medallion starring Nicholas Cage will begin preproduction January 28th with filming scheduled for March 28th in New Orleans. Please send resumes to medallionresumes@gmail.com
The independent feature Mean Cuisine will shoot March 28th for 2 weeks in New Orleans and then Stage West in Shreveport. FYI: I don’t know if this was pre-production work or something but this movie was actually spotted filming a couple weeks ago.
Filming
HBO’s television series Treme Season 2 is filming in New Orleans until May 2011. Please send resumes to blowndeadlineprod@gmail.com. FYI: Treme has also been filming on the weekends in NYC.
The independent feature So Undercover starring Miley Cyrus and Kelly Osbourne will shoot until January 24th in New Orleans. Please send resumes to soundercovermovie@gmail.com.
The independent feature Tarantula starring Danny Trejo and Billy Zane will shoot until February 18th in New Orleans. FYI: This is the first we’ve heard of this movie, but it sounds like it has a great cast, keep an eye out for it!
New Palace Films in association with Slow Children at Play’s, television series Ghostbreakers starring Joey Greco is filming in Shreveport until March 29th. Please send resumes to production@slowchildrenonline.net.
Motion Picture Corporation of America’s feature film Meeting Evil starring Jullian Batherson will shoot January 8th for 18 days in New Orleans. Please send resumes to meetingevilcrew@gmail.com.
Working Title Pictures feature film Contraband starring Mark Walberg and Kate Beckinsale will shoot January 17th for 8 weeks in New Orleans. Please send resumes to contrabandresumes@gmail.com.
Of course, Breaking Dawn continues filming in Baton Rouge as well.
If you spot any of these films shooting, let us know about it at olv@onlocationvacations.com!
[Source: Louisiana Film, NOLA.com]
