Film production company moves base to Celtic

Active Entertainment, which has a deal to distribute made-for-TV movies to the SyFy Channel, has moved its base of operations to Celtic Studios and is taking up 5,000 square feet at the facility. Active Entertainment specializes in movies such as Swampshark and Haunted High School, which get good ratings for SyFy. Patrick Mulhearn, director of studio operations for Celtic, says it made sense for Active to move to Baton Rouge: The company shoots its movies around Lafayette and New Orleans, so the Capital Region is a good midway point. “Plus, there’s the proximity to stage space,” he says. Active is still keeping a presence in Acadiana; the company relocated its post-production facilities to the LITE Center in Lafayette, as part of an arrangement with Lafayette Economic Development Authority, and has added a music division to provide scores for feature films. Active has completed 12 feature films and has contracts to produce three more this year. —Timothy Boone