[cloudmountain]

Super cheap labor is my guess.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Taxes and regs in California are atrocious.

[Joe 6-pack]

There are a few cutting edge digital studios here, but a lot of it has to do with some movie tax incentives that were pushed back in the Blanco administration.

Louisiana does have something of a historical relationship with film...a lot of the original, early B&W Tarzan pics were filmed here:

[54skylark]

I do work in the film industry. In Illinois they are giving tax credits never have been busier. Thank god the area we work in the crew leans conservative. The flakes from CA that come here is another story

[bjorn14]

That and tax breaks galore.