The list below is complied from the SAG list of POSSIBLE SAG signatory productions. POSSIBLE means that these productions have made contact with SAG but have not necessarily completed the signatory process. Offered for informational purposes. Use wisely. YMMV.

The following is a list of POTENTIAL SAG signatory film productions that may shoot in Texas and Louisiana. This list is published in the interest of tracking the level of film production coming to Texas under the current 5% film incentive program. Note that Texas has 11 potential signatory projects listed and Louisiana has 14. [...]

Here’s the latest SAG production update that members receive via email. I’m just including Texas and Louisiana here. Note the number of “TH”, that is ‘Theatrical’ contracts in Louisiana vs the number of low budget contracted productions in Texas. This is a reminder of what is at stake unless the Texas legislature improves the tax [...]

We’re not allowed to consider shooting in any state without a competitive incentive program. Texas just isn’t in the mix. That statement by an unknown Hollywood film exec, may not be an exact quote but it’s darn close to what a few hundred members of the TXMPA were told last week in Austin. The TXMPA, [...]

SAG recently sent a signatory film production list for Texas and Louisiana to the membership. Texas has 13 productions on the list: 7 ultra low budget contracts, 3 low budget contracts, 1 TV series and 2 projects working under the standard theatrical agreement. Louisiana has 7 projects on the list: 3 low budget contracts, 0 [...]

Abandoning the Nest is a must read article in the Austin Chronicle by Joe O’Connell. Consider the facts: Between 1998 and 2006, Hollywood studio films had combined production in Texas of more than $530 million, averaging eight or nine films a year, according to Texas Film Commission figures. The entire year of 2007 eked out [...]

Nothing like taking a few days of R&R in New Orleans and staying in a hotel with no internet access to put your blog behind schedule. A friend called to tell me I should read Chris Garcia’s article In less than 3 years, Shreveport has passed Austin as a film hotbed, and a great article [...]