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To hear it from two Straw Dogs crew people, two major features -- Warner Bros.' Jonah Hex and Disney's Secretariat -- didn't shoot in Shreveport due to lobbying from their respective (and married-to-each-other) stars, Josh Brolin and Diane Lane. Their motive, of course, was Brolin's ridiculous bust in Shreveport in the summer of '08 after finishing work on Oliver Stone's W. (i.e., the infamous Stray Cat altercation), and all the subsequent legal obstinacy from the Shreveport judicial system.
I subsequently told this story to some Straw Dogs honchos, and they didn't tell me I was wrong. If there are other wrinkles, please inform.
Due to open next June, Jonah Hex stars Brolin as the title character (a wild west bounty hunter) with Megan Fox, Michael Fassbender, Michael Shannon, Will Arnett and John Malkovich. The director is Jimmy Hayward with a screenplay by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. It shot all over Louisiana -- just not in Shreveport. It shot studio interiors in Sylmar, California.
Due for release in October 2010, Randall Wallace's Secretariat -- a biopic of Penny Chenery, owner of the 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat -- stars Lane as Chenery with costars John Malkovich (double duty!), Dylan Walsh and Scott Glenn. It used locations in Kentucky and Louisiana with Shreveport cut out of the pie.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 3, 2009 at 3:46 PM
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JaySmack
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I personally would like to thank Mayor Blubber --er, Glover and Chief Dumbass -er, I mean Chief Whitehorn.
I'm sure Shreveport didn't need the money the jobs or the word of mouth that comes with having people/crews satisfied about shooting in your town.
After Katrina Kevin Costner relocated to Shreveport to make The Guardian and he said he'd had such a positive experience he decided to make Mr Brooks there too.
Sure hope the rednecks on the SPD who think the sun shines out of George Bush's ass are satisfied with unnecessarily costing the city more money...AGAIN!
Posted by JaySmack
at October 3, 2009 5:40 PM
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actionman
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all of the names associate with Jonah Hex are cool
this is gonna be a fun one me thinks
Posted by actionman
at October 3, 2009 6:18 PM
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actionman
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Posted by actionman
at October 3, 2009 6:18 PM
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BurmaShave
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Dylan Walsh is living prove that if you stick around long enough you will eventually trick people into giving you solid work. The opposite of a survivor. He's like the poor man's Aidan Quinn, which is in my estimation the meanest thing I've ever said.
Posted by BurmaShave
at October 3, 2009 7:37 PM
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TulseLuper
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All of the names associated with Jonah Hex [besides Megan Fox] are cool.
Posted by TulseLuper
at October 3, 2009 10:21 PM
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Terry McCarty
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BurmaShave wrote:
Dylan Walsh is living prove that if you stick around long enough you will eventually trick people into giving you solid work.
Sounds like you're still punishing him for the performance he gave in CONGO.
Posted by Terry McCarty
at October 4, 2009 12:40 AM
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BurmaShave
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I'm not going to lie, that performance is burned into my brain, and what's worse is he stole time from Bruce Campbell in a movie about killer apes.
Posted by BurmaShave
at October 4, 2009 1:58 AM
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Posted by praet123
at October 4, 2009 8:03 AM
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George Prager
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Dylan Walsh is having the career Lance Guest was supposed to have.
But you got to hand it to the guy, he really knew how to eat that donut in BLOOD WORK. It was like James Dean with the piece of rope in GIANT.
Posted by George Prager
at October 4, 2009 9:48 AM
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