Baton Rouge’s film industry takes a double hit from strikes and a production drought

By most metrics, the Baton Rouge film industry had an incredible 2022. According to the Baton Rouge Film Commission, spending on local film productions tripled to nearly $82 million in 2022 from $28.3 million the prior year, and surpassed the industry’s previous high of $54.3 million in 2019. The Capital Region hosted multiple high-profile productions,