Super cheap labor is my guess.
The blood suckers go where ever the local government pays them the most.
Talk about Hollywood hypocrits. They vote in all this nonsence and then go to the Conservative states to film.
I don’t see many movies but I’m glad to see movies set somewhere else then the usual CA or NY. I however cannot recall any movie set even partly in LA since ‘Easy Rider’ or perhaps some strange Mickey Rourke movie.
Different LA, same crap.
Met a guy from California about a month ago and told me exactly this. It was hard to believe.
“Olympus Has Fallen” (Gerard Butler) was shot in Shreveport, Louisiana.
I am a former resident of New Orleans. Born and raised there. I now live in the suburbs. When movies are made in New Orleans, it’s always Mardi Gras and everyone lives in these beautiful apartments in the French Quarter. Sometimes they will venture out to the bayous. It’s like the rest of the city doesn’t exist. The residents are also portrayed with thick Southern accents. People in New Orleans don’t have Southern accents. Our accents have been compared to New Yorkers.
Years ago, John Sayles (THE HOWLING) said he preferred to make movies in Canada because of NO UNIONS!
I find it interesting he also wrote MATEWAN which was a pro union film.
I bet Louisiana has very few union problems.
So we can expect a lot of snakes and reptiles in upcoming movies???