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Green Lantern scheduled to be released in theaters in June 2011Warner Brothers' highly anticipated "Green Lantern" movie — starring Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan — is set to begin filming later this month. However, a news story out of New Orleans indicates that the film's production may be starting sooner than anticipated.
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Spike Lee is back in New Orleans today, beginning work on a sequel to his Emmy-winning documentary series When the Levees Broke for HBO. While the sequel doesn't yet have a name, it's intention is to shine a light on the region five years after the devastation
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In anticipation of the release of the soundtrack for Disney's Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman spoke with Variety about his love of the Big Easy (the backdrop for The Princess and the Frog) and why he didn't have to think twice about taking the job of composing original songs for the animated feature.
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Warner Bros. and The Prytania Theatre will roll out the red carpet for New Orleans' newest A-list resident, Sandra Bullock, as the actress hosts a benefit premiere next week of her latest movie, the sports drama "The Blind Side."
Jae Head, left, Quinton Aaron and Sandra Bullock, in a scene from 'The Blind Side.'
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Warner Brothers recently confirmed that production on "Green Lantern" would not take place in Australia for economic reasons. Martin Campbell confirms the rumor that he will film in New Orleans.
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At the not-even-completed Second Line Stages in New Orleans, studio manager Kevin Murphy confirmed that although there are still some nails to be put in the walls, Green Lantern is set to jump in the second construction is completed, which could be as early as next week. Though details are still being ironed out, Second Line has been given a non-refundable deposit for the space, so it looks like all we're waiting on is a few more signatures and a press release from Warner Bros.
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Check out the trailer for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans starring Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes and Val Kilmer. The film, directed by Werner Herzog, is about a rogue detective (Cage), who's devoted to both his job and his drugs. He plays "loose and fast" with the law and of course, he finds himself in a bit of trouble. Check out the trailer and let us know if you think it's as bat-sh*t crazy as we do!
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New Orleans has never had a reputation as an art-film town, which is one of the reasons the New Orleans Film Festival was started: to give local audiences in pre-Netflix days a chance to see films that otherwise might not play here... The seven-day festival starts Oct. 9, with the opening-night film "Me and Orson Welles," starring Zac Efron and Claire Danes in a drama about a teen who is cast in Orson Welles' 1937 Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar." Director Richard Linklater ("The School of Rock," "Dazed and Confused") will attend and participate in a discussion...
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The New Orleans Film Society today (Sept. 16) will announce the lineup for October's 20th-anniversary New Orleans Film Festival, a varied program that will boast films featuring such bold-face names as director Francis Ford Coppola, actors Zac Efron and Emily Blunt, U2 guitarist The Edge and -- Orson Welles?
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With New Orleans-born filmmaker Tyler Perry's latest film -- "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," starring Taraji P. Henson -- opening next weekend, film studio Lionsgate is hoping to get locals into the spirit with a free local lunchtime concert on Wednesday, Sept. 9 at Noon (Washington Artillery Park in the French Market, 750 Decatur Street, New Orleans, Louisiana).
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