Executive Producers, Directors And Shreveport Residents All Gathered In Ledbetter Heights To Break Ground On The Millennium-Ledbetter Film Studio. The 10 Million Dollar 20 Acre Studio Will House Three Sound Stages, Production Offices And A Prop House. Mayor Glover Says The New Studio Which Could Provide Up To 500 Jobs To Residents, Represents The Rebirth Of A Historical Area.

Mayor Glover
When You Begin To Put These Types Of Facilities In Place You Begin To Build And Establish Long Term Opportunity. You Begin To Add A Dimension A Layer To Your Economy, And That Is What We Are Doing Here Today...And We Hope That This Simply Represents The Start.

Monty Walford, City Councilman
The Movies Are Magic We Know. They Can Do Magic, Transition Things, But What They Are Going To Do Here Is Take What I Really Have To Call No Man's Land And Make It Into Movie Land. It Is Going To Be A Fantastic Addition To The Area.

Millennium Has Shot 6 Movies In Shreveport Since 2006 And Is Gearing Up To Shoot Their Latest Movie Microwave Park, Starring Val Kilmer And 50 Cent. The Executive Producer Of Nu Image Millennium Films Says The Louisiana Tax Credit Is Not The Only Reason The Company Is Building A Studio In The City.

Michael Flannigan, Exec Producer Millennium Films
The City Has Bent Over Backwards For Us. They Are The Reason That We Are Staying. The Partnership That We Have Built Here, I Think Is Fantastic, It Really Is Going To Anchor Us Here.

Construction Will Start At The End Of This Month And Officials Say That Studio Will Be Open By The End Of The Year.