Welcome to (225) 342-FILM, the official hotline of the Louisiana
Office of Entertainment Industry Development.

Here?s what?s happening for the first week of July 2008:

The Seven Arts feature film Night of the Demons is in pre-production
in New Orleans with shooting scheduled from August through October.
Resumes and inquiries can be emailed to Liz@... or
faxed to (504) 582-5152.

The Louisiana Media Productions feature film Nine Dead starring
Melissa Joan Hart and Daniel Baldwin is in pre-production in Baton
Rouge with shooting scheduled from July 7-July 25. Inquiries are
being accepted by fax at (225) 610-1664.

The Louisiana Media Productions feature film Overdose is in pre-
production in Baton Rouge with shooting to begin July 7. Inquiries
are being accepted by fax at (225) 610-1664.

The Films in Motion/Sci-Fi Channel television movie Lightning Strikes
is in preproduction in Baton Rouge and Hammond with shooting
scheduled from July 7 through the end of the month. Resumes and
inquiries are currently being accepted by e-mail at
info@....

The Films in Motion feature film Entity is in pre-production in Baton
Rouge with shooting scheduled from August 7 through the end of the
month. Resumes and inquiries are currently being accepted by e-mail
at info@...

The feature film based on the book I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell is
in pre-production in Shreveport with shooting scheduled from July 21
through September 2. Resumes and inquiries are being accepted by e-
mail at beerinhellmovie@....

The Nu Image/Millennium feature film Bad Lieutenant starring Nicolas
Cage and Val Kilmer is in pre-production in New Orleans with shooting
scheduled from July 8 through August 26. Resumes and inquiries are
currently be accepted by e-mail at badlieutenant2008@....

The Screen Gems feature film Mardi Gras starring Carmen Electra is
shooting in LaPlace and New Orleans through July 11. Resumes and
inquiries are currently being accepted by fax at (504) 566-8384. For
casting information, please call (318) 673-4567.

The Bullet Films feature film Leader of Wolves is shooting in
Lafayette through July 18. Resumes and inquiries are currently being
accepted by e-mail at Katie@....

The Bullet Films feature film Jaws of the Mississippi is in pre-
production in Lafayette with shooting to begin in late August for
four weeks. Resumes and inquiries are currently being accepted by e-
mail at alexis@....

The Disney television series Imagination Movers is shooting in
Harahan through July 18. Inquiries are being accepted by fax at (504)
818-3840.

The Prescott Productions feature film W starring Josh Brolin and
directed by Oliver Stone is shooting in Shreveport through July 12.
Inquiries are being accepted by fax at (318) 603-9556.

The A&E Network reality television series Billy the Exterminator is
shooting additional episodes in Shreveport through late July.
Inquiries can be sent to lindam@....

And for more information about the film and television industry in
Louisiana please visit us online at www.louisianaentertainment.gov.

See you in the movies,

Wayne Douglas Morgan
WDMorgan@...