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Sexy old-timey vampire violence moves from NOLA to Prague for ‘Interview with the Vampire’ Season Two
AMC’s “Immortal Universe” opened in the fall of 2022 with the first season of Interview with the Vampire. As Season Two now films in locations from New Orleans to Prague, here are a few tidbits about whether Interview with the Vampire will maintain its status as a “Louisiana-centric story.”
Screenwriters Down South Meetup will host Producer Micah Haley to discuss ‘The Old Way’ at Juban’s in Baton Rouge
Screenwriters Down South is a public Meetup group in Baton Rouge organized to provide camaraderie for writers and filmmakers in the Louisiana film community. The group will gather for its summer discussion series on July 6th at the event hosted by Nick Savides and Joe Vuci, and guest speaking at the July Meetup will be Micah Haley, Producer of The Old Way.
An ode to the summer blockbuster: From Jaws to The Hangover and the tropes that delight our memory
We connect the blockbuster with an exuberance of youth – with getting a parent to take us to see Space Jam, with riding along in a van full of neighbor kids, with taking our own children to experience something simple that brought us joy. Today, we examine the blockbuster tropes that have brought bombastic entertainment to the masses and the films that define a genre.
Can the ‘Twisted Metal’ Peacock show stand up to millennial sixth-grade nostalgia demands?
Peacock’s Twisted Metal has all the components of a late-summer streaming success. It might even have what it takes to bring its own signature to the Twisted Metal name, and here’s why.
The ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ movie wrapped shooting in New Orleans and fan buzz has grown to “hornets on cocaine” level
The Five Nights at Freddy’s film crew has just wrapped filming in and around New Orleans, and here’s the official, calm goings-ons – and the unofficial, irrational hornets-on-cocaine level buzz – happening around the movie.
Louisiana filmmakers, assemble! NOVAC to host two evening workshops next week
Louisiana filmmakers, read more to learn how you can grow your network and expand your filmmaking knowledge through NOVAC’s Indie filmmaker classes.
A 2023 Cannes Festival preview: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, Depp’s film return, and Film USA reps Louisiana & film commissioners at the Marché du Film
The annual Festival de Cannes represents the opening crescendo of the year’s major film festivals. The movies that premiere, the people that show up – it’s an event saturated with Hollywood decadence and movement that takes place an ocean away from Hollywood. Film USA will represent Louisiana and the U.S. film industry.
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