Press Room for the Louisiana Wave Studio

Contact Our Publicist Rebecca O'Meara

For information, interviews, news, or feature articles about the Louisiana Wave Studio please contact our publicist, Rebecca O'Meara, at publicity@thelouisianawavestudio.com.

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Recent Project Press Releases

• May 5, 2008 "I Love You Phillip Morris"

Feature film "I LOVE YOU, PHILIP MORRIS," starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor recently signed with The Louisiana Wave Studio to shoot a key water-action scene. Read the press release.

• May 6, 2008 "Microwave Park"

"MICROWAVE PARK," aka "STREETS OF BLOOD," a feature film starring Val Kilmer, Sharon Stone and 50 Cent, has contracted to work with the Louisiana Wave Studio. Read the press release.

News Features

We invite you to read press releases, articles, and interesting information written about the Louisiana Wave Studio and filming in the Shreveport, Louisiana area.

• LA. WAVE STUDIO ATTRACTS VAL KILMER, 50 CENT MOVIE

June 5, 2008 Shreveport Times
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008806040343

• SON OF A GUN, HOLLYWOOD HAS BIG FUN ON THE BAYOU

May 20, 2008 The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/movies/20shre.html?_r=2&ref=movies&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

• AUSTING FILM VS. SHREVEPORT FILM: A NUMERIC BREAKDOWN

May 18, 2008 Austin360.com
A comparison of film productions in Shreveport and Austin.
http://www.austin360.com/movies/content/movies/stories/2008/05/0518shreveportside.html

• THE LOUISIANA WAVE STUDIO PRESS RELEASE

May 6, 2008
http://www.thelouisianawavestudio.com/pdfs/Microwave-Park-Release.pdf

• IN LESS THAN 3 YEARS, SHREVEPORT PASSED AUSTIN AS A FILM HOTBED

May 18, 2008 Austin360.com
In less than 3 years, Shreveport has passed Austin as a film hotbed steep statewide incentives have catapulted the Louisiana city ahead.
http://www.austin360.com/movies/content/movies/stories/2008/05/0518shreveport.html

• MSNBC VIDEO LINK

http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=9201fee7-d86e-42b8-8a34-d46556a5448a&f=00&fg=email

• LOUISIANA TOWN MAKES IT BIG IN THE MOVIES

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15939486/

• MAKING WAVES, NEW STUDIO SEEKS TO MAKE AREA A FILM DESTINATION

December 5, 2006 The Forum Newsweekly Vol. XIX, issue XI
http://www.thelouisianawavestudio.com/pdfs/Filming-Shreveport.pdf

• ICOM MAGAZINE

FILM & VIDEO PRODUCTION & POST PRODUCTION NEWS
December 2006
http://www.icommag.com/production-news.html

• WAVE STUDIO WORKING TO LURE FEATURES

SHEVEPORT TIMES ARTICLE

November, 2006
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061111/NEWS01/611110331

• FILM AND TV INDUSTRY ROLLS FORWARD SHREVEPORT CREW, INFRASTRUCTURE GROWING TO MEET DEMAND

October, 2006
http://www.changelouisiana.com/filmsport.html

Cover and Feature Article Louisiana Film & Video Magazine

• LOUISIANA STILL MAKING WAVES FOR HOLLYWOOD

October 2006
http://www.lafilm.org/media/index.cfm?id=965

• LOUISIANA FILM & VIDEO MAGAZINE

March 2007 The Future of the Louisiana Wave Studio

http://www.thelouisianawavestudio.com/pdfs/Magazine-Article.pdf

• THE LOUISIANA WAVE STUDIO PRESS RELEASE

October 2006

http://www.thelouisianawavestudio.com/pdfs/press-release.pdf

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• SHREVEPORT WAVE TANK GETS NEW OWNER, - KSLA TV

http://www.changelouisiana.com/wave.html

• CITY SHOOTS FOR MOVIE BOOM SEQUEL

August 2006
http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=16521

• LOUISIANA FILM & VIDEO MAGAZINE

THE FUTURE OF THE LOUISIANA WAVE STUDIO
August 2006
http://www.thelouisianawavestudio.com/pdfs/wave-tank-article.pdf

• WAVE TANK USED IN MOVIE SAVED FROM DEMOLITION

June 20, 2006
http://www.lafilm.org/media/index.cfm?id=815

• KENNETH ATCHITY MAKING FILM WAVES

http://www.elitestv.com/pub/2006/Jun/EEN449ac0d2721a0.html

• THE WAVE-MAKER: 7 QUESTIONS

LOUISIANA MOVIES BLOG
http://louisianamovies.blogspot.com/2006/10/wave-maker-7-questions-with-maher.html

• THE GUARDIAN: DESIGNING INNOVATIVE WAVE TANK

EMANUEL LEVY BLOG
http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=3385

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A Brief History of the Louisiana Wave Studio

June 2006, Dr. Ken Atchity and Fred Griffin Purchase the Wave Tank and Create the Louisiana Wave Studio

The wave tank in Shreveport was created by the Aquatic Development Group of Cohoes, New York using their exclusive WaveTek technology, under the supervision of COL. Victor Lent for Walt Disney Pictures' A School Productions to film the motion picture "The Guardian" directed by Andy Davis, produced by Peter MacGregor-Scott, and starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher.

After completion of the film, the 750,000-gallon tank was slated for demolition unless a buyer was found. In June 2006 the wave tank's ownership was transferred to the Louisiana Wave Studio, LLC, co-managed by Louisiana-born Dr. Ken Atchity, chairman of Los Angeles-based Atchity Entertainment International, Inc., with co-manager Fred Griffin of Houston's Griffin Partners, Inc. Find out more about why you should consider filming your next production in the Shreveport-Bossier City area at the Louisiana Wave Studio.

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