If you notice mysterious signs around town and more trucks and trailers than normal, it’s because three movies are under production in Baton Rouge.
Production started Wednesday on Ticking Clock, a psychological thriller starring Cuba Gooding Jr. The movie was shooting around MidCity, and the Westmoreland Shopping Center was filled with trucks and trailers. Ticking Clock will shoot around MidCity and downtown until the end of the month. This is the second movie Gooding has shot in Baton Rouge. The Academy Award winner shot The Way of War here at the end of 2007.
Video Girl will also shoot around MidCity through this month. The movie is about an aspiring ballerina, who ends up working in the music video industry in Baton Rouge after she sustains an injury. Her success in videos leads her to move to Hollywood, where she tries to build a new life while maintaining connections with her family back in Louisiana. The movie, which is also being shot at the Celtic Media Centre, stars Megan Good, who appeared in Saw V, Brick and The Love Guru.
Production of Battle: Los Angeles will begin Monday and continue through December. The big-budget science fiction thriller will be released by Columbia Pictures on Feb. 18, 2011. City-parish officials say there will be numerous action scenes that will require street closures. The public will be notified in advance so drivers can plan accordingly. A section of Interstate 49 in Shreveport was shut down for a month to shoot scenes for Battle: Los Angeles.
