film industry

Local Nonprofit Helps Cultivate Film Community

Ian McNulty — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:26:00 +0000

As film production work pours into Louisiana, a nonprofit media arts group is helping locals access jobs and cultivating a more robust local film community.

A Food Stylist Goes to Hollywood

Brian Friedman — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:01:00 +0000

Brian Friedman chats with Kendall Gensler, a New Orleanian who’s become the go-to woman in her field of food styling, on the third installment of Take Five, a look inside the growing local film industry through the eyes of those who are shaping it.

Gensler has some of the biggest names in Hollywood licking their lips in excitement… or at least, pretending to. To read more from Brian Friedman, visit Nolavie.com.

From Food to Film: The Brennans Take (Southern) Hollywood

Brian Friedman — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:00:00 +0000

On this week's edition of Take Five, a quick look inside the growing local film industry through those who are shaping it, we hear from a local restaurant extraordinaire who's just taken on a new endeavor with Hollywood South.

Hollywood South on the Rise

Brian Friedman — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:00:00 +0000

WWNO, in collaboration with Nolavie.com, brings you Take Five: an inside look into the growing local film industry with the people shaping it. On this week's edition, Brian Friedmann reports how the mayor's office of cultural economy continues to incentivize our city.

New La. Film Group President Selected

The Associated Press — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:00:00 +0000

Will French has been elected president of the Louisiana Film and Entertainment Association, a nonprofit trade group.

He is with Film Production Capital.

$15M film complex planned in St. Rose

The Associated Press — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:43:47 +0000

Quixote Studios, a Los Angeles-based production services company, is breaking ground on a $15 million sound stage and "film campus" project in St. Rose.

New Orleans CityBusiness reports the first two phases are scheduled for completion in early 2013 and include two stages with 30,000 square feet of space.

Spidey swings back to action with $140M launch

The Associated Press — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 18:47:31 +0000

Your new friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has spun himself a $65 million opening weekend and $140 million in his first six days at U.S. theaters.

Worldwide, "The Amazing Spider-Man" has climbed to $341.2 million.