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April 5, 2011
Production
Update
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MATTHEW
MCCONAUGHEY
SCENE WEEKLY | April 5, 2011 | www.scenelouisiana.com
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McConaughey
by Micah Haley
S cene’s extended interview with Matthew McConaughey included
more in-depth conversation regarding Killer Joe, the dark comedy
he was filming in New Orleans at the time with director William
Friedkin. Though much of that conversation concerns comedy that
is too dark to print, we wanted to share some of Matthew’s extended
comments with you while The Lincoln Lawyer, his excellent throwback
to the popular legal thrillers from the 1990s, is still in theaters.
Going into its third week of release, the film continues to hold steady
at the box office, thanks to good word of mouth and “Certified
83% Fresh” on film review aggregator site RottenTomatoes.com.
Q: You’re here in New Orleans now filming Killer Joe. But you
used to come down regularly when you were younger, correct?
A: We used to come down here…when is “Blessing of the Fleet”?
Is that Memorial Day or Labor Day? Whenever it is, we used to come
every year for that. My dad’s mom, her sisters, they lived down in
Morgan City. They’ve all passed away since, but we used to come every
year. And then, I haven’t been down here since I was down here for
Failure to Launch seven years ago.
Q: What have you enjoyed about New Orleans versus living at
home in Malibu? Matthew McConaughey in The Lincoln Lawyer
A: One of the differences, and what’s neat is, there’s poverty here.
This place has “a bite!” It’s got teeth! It’s not a merry wonderland of a relationship with it.” The other is, stop doing my job and go fight
utopia. It’s got its way of working and the gears are greased in New the law for the next three years. Try to change the law. I don’t feel like
Orleans. But it’s just great to see that the place has an identity and the doing that either. There are so many things I’d rather do.
people have an identity.
I had a great afternoon one time…let’s see I wrote it down here…at Q: Tell me more about Mishka, who’s on your music label.
St. Michael’s School. All of the kids with physical and mental disabilities. Was he a friend of yours?
I’m coming back from [working out]. I’m walking back from there, some A: No, I heard him in Jamaica in 1999, at the turn of the millennium.
of them had Down Syndrome and I hit them up, and they started hitting I liked it so much I said, “I’ve got to go find this guy.” It took four years
me up, and they’ve got a Christmas play coming up. I love riding my bike to find him. Called record companies, went online..no one knew where
down Annunciation Street. Get some color down there. When I was here he was.
for Failure to Launch down here, I was on my own. When I work it’s usually
work, eat, sleep, work eat sleep. And I didn’t go out that much. But now, in Q: Was he with another record label?
this area with the family, it’s been great. A: Yeah, he was with a smaller record label, but he wasn’t with the
label that produced his album. And he was off sailing the Caribbean
Q: It’s unique how you handled the one paparazzo that or something, y’know? It’s a cool story: four years later, I’m in Ireland
was outside the house you’re staying in. I’m sure you’ve and my whole production company knows I’m looking for him, right?
encountered incidents like that before. You probably know the APB out on Mischka! So I get a call from Mark Gustawes, the president
best way to handle it. of my production company, and he says, “A guy named Mischka is
A: I know what works for me! And I’ve been doing it for a little while. opening up for Sly and Robbie down at the House of Blues in L.A.
I’ve got a few options [in dealing with the paparazzi]. One is, go back I’m going to go see if its him.” It was! So I get his number. I called
to L.A. We’ll that’s going to cost a lot of money. The second is, don’t go him…I knew his music up and down, he didn’t know me from Jack.
out. I’m not going to do that. And the other is move to a place where Started talking to him over the phone for a couple of weeks. We kind
you can just be a hermit. I’m not going to do that. So, I said, “Alright, of became buddies over that and he invited me down to his place with
I’ve got to have a relationship with it. I don’t like it, but I’ve got to have him and his family. Ten days, worked on some of his music,
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became buddies through music and then one day, he said he was feeling
restless with his record label, and I said, “Let me call you back in five
minutes.”
Q: He was the inspiration to start your label?
A: We started it up because I wanted to work with him legitimately,
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I’d always loved the music business and I felt like I had a good ear for it. search
I found out quickly I didn’t want anything to do with the management
business, but I do like being in the studio, back there on the producing
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side. That’s been fun. So, the last three albums I produced, which was nice. confet bubble
It’s been fun. It’s been hard but good.
Q: He’s got a great sound.
A: He’s got a great, great voice, man. A good heart and good lyrics. He’s
really pumping…you talk about, what is j.k. livin? That’s it. Just keep livin’.
Everything it is, is “Grow, go forward with life.” Nothing ugly about it at all.
It’s hard, tough. J.k. livin doesn’t mean the world’s all rosy, but I tell you what: Michael J. Francioni, C.O.O.
we’re not cynical. That’s the thing we’re not. You can’t get one by us: we’re not
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naïve. But cynical? No. That’s one of the toughest things I think a lot of people
stave off, as they get older. Especially a lot of successful people. Baton Rouge: 225•810•8152
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BATON ROUGE NEW ORLEANS
DARK CIRCLES 21 JUMP STREET
Feature Film – Independent (After Dark Pictures) Feature Film – Columbia Pictures
Starring Johnathan Schaech Starring Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube
Director: Paul Soter Director: Phil Lord & Chris Miller
Phone: 225.456.5964 Fax: 225.757.6258 Phone: 504.524.8820 Fax: 504.524.8821
Location: Baton Rouge Resumes: 21jumpstreetresumes@gmail.com
UPM: Doug Bruce Status: Starts shooting April 18
Location: New Orleans
UPM: Todd Lewis
THE PHILLY KID Based on the 1980s television series of the same name.
Feature Film – Independent (After Dark Pictures)
Status: Starts shooting April 25
Location: Baton Rouge ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER
Feature Film – 20th Century Fox
Starring Benjamin Walker
STASH HOUSE Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Feature Film – Independent (After Dark Pictures)
Phone: 504.355.1787 Fax: 504.304.8517
Director: Eduardo Rodriguez
Resumes: alvh2011@gmail.com, abrahamfilm@gmail.com
Phone: 225.456.5964 Fax: 225.757.6258
Casting: Batherson Casting (www.bathersoncasting.com)
Resumes: stashhousemovie@gmail.com
Status: Starts shooting March 14 for 75 days
Casting: Caballero Casting
Location: New Orleans
Status: Starts shooting circa April 27
PM: John Kelly POC: Kathy Chambless Oliver
Location: Baton Rouge
UPM: Charles Rapp
COGAN’S TRADE
UNIVERSAL SOLDIER 4 Feature Film
Feature Film – Independent (Unlimited Production Services) Starring Brad Pitt, Sam Rockwell, Bella Heathcote
Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme & Dolph Lundgren Director: Andrew Dominik
Director: John Hyams Phone: 504.224.2272 Fax: 504.224.2272
Status: Starts shooting May 9 Resumes: coganstrade@gmail.com
Location: Baton Rouge Casting: Batherson Casting (www.bathersoncasting.com)
UPM: Yoram Barzilai Status: Now shooting
Location: New Orleans
UPM: Anthony Katagas Prod. Supervisor: John Fedynich
FREELANCERS
Feature Film – Independent
Starring 50 Cent, Robert De Niro & Morgan Freeman
Director: Jessy Terrero
Phone: 504.335.2601 Fax: 504.525.8380
Resumes: freelancers.themovie@gmail.com
Status: Shoots April 18 to May 16
Location: New Orleans
Line Producer: Bill Steakly UPM: Tracy London
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NEW ORLEANS
LAY THE FAVORITE MEMPHIS BEAT - Season 2
Feature Film – Focus Features TV Series - TNT
Starring Bruce Willis, Rebecca Hall, Justin Timberlake, Catherine Starring Jason Lee
Zeta Jones Phone: 504.454.6889 Fax: 504.455.2145
Director: Stephen Frears Resumes: memphisbeatresumes@gmail.com
Phone: 504.648.0655 Fax: 504.525.8585 Status: Now shooting
Resumes: LTFproduction@gmail.com Location: New Orleans & LaPlace
Status: Starts shooting May 8 for three weeks UPM: Chris Morgan
Location: New Orleans
Production Supervisor: Haley Sweet TREME - SEASON 2
TV Series – HBO
THE LOFT Starring Wendell Pierce, Melissa Leo, Khandi Alexander, Steve Zahn
Feature Film – Independent Resumes: blowndeadlineprod@gmail.com
Resumes: loftmovie@gmail.com Casting: tremeextras@gmail.com
Location: New Orleans Status: Now shooting until May 2011.
Status: Shoots in May/June for 6 weeks Location: New Orleans
LP: Patty Long Line Producer/UPM: Joe Incaprera
MEDALLION
Feature Film – Nu Image/Millenium Films
Starring Nicholas Cage, Malin Akerman, Danny Huston
Director: Simon West
Phone: 504.309.3763 Fax: 504.309.3765
Resumes: medallionresumes@gmail.com
Status: April 11 to June 10
Location: New Orleans
UPM: Rob Ortiz Asst UPM: Matt Hirsch
MEAN CUISINE
Feature Film – Independent
Starring Billy Crystal, Dana Carvey, Alec Mapa, Martin Short
Status: Starts shooting March 28 for 2 weeks in NOLA, then moves
to Shreveport
Location: New Orleans & Shreveport
UPM: Danelle Hand
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SHREVEPORT LAFAYETTE
CHANGING OF THE GUARD ALIEN TORNADO
Feature Film – Independent Feature Film – Independent (Bullet Films)
Casting: Glorioso Casting (www.gloriosocasting.com) Phone: 337.706.8957 Fax: 337.706.8971
Status: Starts shooting April 1 Resumes: jobs@bulletfilms.net
Location: Shreveport Status: Starts shooting March 28
Location: Lafayette
JUST WEST OF HELL
Feature Film – Independent
DIRT ROAD TO LAFAYETTE
Feature Film – Independent (Bullet Films)
Status: Shoots April 18 for 4 weeks
Phone: 337.706.8957 Fax: 337.706.8971
Location: Shreveport
Resumes: jobs@bulletfilms.net
Status: Shoots mid-May for six weeks
KANE & LYNCH Location: Lafayette
Feature Film – Nu Image/Millenium Films
Starring Bruce Willis & Jamie Foxx
Phone: 318.841.3599
Resumes: ecallais@millenniumstudios.net
Status: Slated for late February
ALEXANDRIA
Location: Shreveport THE THIRD ACT
UPM: Ed Cathell Feature Film - Independent
Based on the popular video game of the same name. Director: Rob Ryner
Status: Shoots in July
Location: Alexandria
MEAN CUISINE
UPM: Patrick Newall
Feature Film – Independent
Starring Billy Crystal, Dana Carvey, Alec Mapa, Martin Short
Status: Starts shooting March 28 for 2 weeks in NOLA, then moves
to Shreveport
Location: New Orleans & Shreveport
SLIDELL
UPM: Danelle Hand
BAYTOWN DISCO
Feature Film – Independent
PLAYING THE FIELD Starring Billy Bob Thorton
Feature Film – Nu Image/Millenium Films Status: Starts shooting May 1
Starring Gerard Butler Location: Slidell
Director: Gabriele Muccino Line Producer: Rob Cowan
Phone: 318.841.3599 Fax: 318.841.3591
Resumes: ptfproduction@gmail.com
Status: Starts shooting April 4 to May 27
Location: Shreveport
Line Producer: Ed Cathell PM: Sarah Donohue
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LOUISIANA RUMORED
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES
DOWNERS GROVE
Feature Film – Independent A SOUTHERN MELODY
Starring Hayden Panettiere, Nikki Reed & Rebecca De Mornay NOTHING TO FEAR
Status: May or June 2011 ARABIAN NIGHTS
Location: Louisiana I-59 SOUTH
BAD LUCK (2011 DAVID R. ELLIS PROJECT)
HEADSHOT UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT (DUKE LACROSS
Feature Film – Independent
Starring Sylvester Stallone RAPE INCIDENT PROJECT)
Director: Wayne Kramer
Status: May
Location: New Orleans
Stallone plays a New Orleans hitman who teams up with a young New
York City cop in a high stakes investigation.
NAGASAKI DEADLINE
Feature Film – Independent
Director: Spike Lee
Status: Slated to start shooting in April
Location: Louisiana
A PURE LIFE
Feature Film – Independent
Starring Elle Fanning and Omari Hardwick
Director: Van Fischer
Status: April 30
Location: Louisiana
TOMORROW
Feature Film – Independent
Director: Paul McGuigan
Status: July
Location: Louisiana
G.I. JOE 2
Feature Film – Paramount Pictures
Starring Channing Tatum
Director: Jon Chu
Status: Fall 2011
Location: Louisiana
Line Producer: Herb Gaines
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