Movie post-production firm relocating to B.R. from Lafayette

Digital Post Services of Hollywood, a movie post-production company that previously had a small office in Lafayette, is relocating to the Celtic Media Centre in Baton Rouge this month. DPS of Louisiana, as the company is known in the state, will occupy nearly 2,700 square feet in the studio’s Cypress Building, and will hire a still undetermined number of local employees to do the post-production work that goes into making a movie: editing, mixing and special effects. The move is significant because one of the shortcomings of the local film industry is its lack of post-production companies and facilities. “This is one of the missing pieces of the puzzle,” says Patrick Mulhearn, director of studio operations at Raleigh Studios in the Celtic Media Centre. “It’s a really impressive operation, and to have a company like this offering a soup-to-nuts approach to production is a very positive development for us.” DPS will be occupying the space previously used in the production of Breakout Kings, an A&E network drama about the hunt for escaped fugitives that was canceled earlier this year. —Stephanie Riegel