Hollywood South still strong!
Many members of the Louisiana film industry are crying foul after Governor Bobby Jindal signed a bill Friday that capped tax incentives on film productions at $180 million.
Will French of the Louisiana Film & Entertainment Association called the tax credits “a catastrophic mess,” and warned that the state’s emerging film industry could all go up in smoke.
The Louisiana Film & Entertainment Association has promised to challenge parts of the law in court.
The developing story continues soon on Hollywood South News.
“Jurassic World” hits the $1 billion mark
The Hollywood South-shot film is making big news!
The Universal mega-hit crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide to become the fastest film to do so in history, according to the studio. And it took only 13 days! The dino flick took the fastest to a billion title from another Universal film, Furious 7, which broke $1 billion in 17 days earlier in the year.
Jurassic World also kept the top spot at the box office for the second weekend in a row beating Pixar’s latest animation flick Inside Out.This marks the first time Disney has lost the number 1 spot on an opening weekend since 1995.
At the Prytania
The Prytania Theatre took in $40 thousand over the past 10 days thanks to Jurassic World.
The dinosaur blockbuster will have to share that screen with some classic family films in the coming weekends.
CLICK HERE to see the list of films playing at the Prytania including The Seven Year Itch and The Muppet Movie.