Saturday, October 09, 2004

Five Fingers set to shoot in Louisiana
LA Squared, who helped us quit waiting for "Waiting..." has a great announcement. Here's a blurb regarding the upcoming low budget feature starring Lawrence Fishborne and Ryan Phillipee.

"Five Fingers" will have another element that makes it unprecedented: an equity investment from the state of Louisiana through an obscure, taxpayer-backed venture capital program. The result is Louisiana taxpayers are about to be investors in a mainstream, low-budget movie.

"If the movie is a hit, the state could make $30 (million) to $40 million,"
-nola.com