The White House is falling in Shreveport, not the nation's capital. Over the next few days, the movie set for "Olympus Has Fallen" is being torn down off Arthur Ray Teague Parkway.
Recent weather has put off outdoor filming for the new Gerard Butler flick "Olympus Has Fallen." Provided we don't see any rain today, here's the revised downtown Shreveport filming schedule.
If the rain lets up today, movie filming for "Olympus Has Fallen" will resume. If it does, you can expect traffic interruptions in the areas of Texas, Marshall, McNeill and Milam in downtown Shreveport until 5 o'clock.
From 2 to 9, Milam street between Marshall and McNeill will be closed for special effects -- which will include gunfire, explosions and smoke...
Crews will have to make some repairs to the White House set in South Bossier City. The set was slightly damaged in the Friday night storms, but the facade is still standing.
I got an update on local movie/TV projects today...from Shreveport-Bossier Film Office Director Arlena Acree. Some of the highlights of this interview...a potential name change for "White House Taken" and how construction is going on the White House exterior -- casting calls for a couple of reality shows -- and the results of last weekend's Locations Expo in Los Angeles...
Another big film comes to Shreveport-Bossier...and a big celebrity makes a repeat appearance for it. "White House Taken" is scheduled to begin filming next month. It stars Gerard Butler, whose first local movie-making experience was during shooting of "Playing the Field...