The new Disney animated movie "Princess and the Frog" recreates the famous tale by incorporating Black characters set in the background of New Orleans. The creation of the film is attributed from the fresh idea of John Lasseter after a visit to the city. Read More..

The upcoming California-set teen flick "American Summer" has chosen the city of New Orleans as one of its shooting locations. Scenes have been shot on the famous St. Charles Avenue, Old Metairie, Uptown, and on bamboo Road. In an interior scene they even used a Bywater location. Read More..

The recent film that hit cinemas, "Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant" chose New Orleans as their background. The city was perfect for their mysterious and freaky themed film. The offbeat fantasy film was shot for four months bypassing the carnival season of Mardi Gras as well even the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival as well as the French Quarter Festival. The bizarre charms, creative inspiration and native craziness of the city were ideal for the film. Read More..

The top-grossing hit "Catch Me If You Can" had landed in the City of New Orleans for filming. The choice of shooting in Big Easy was attributed to the screenplay. Read More..

Adam Sandler's comedy "The Waterboy" focuses on the teeming sport of the city: football. In the film he is Bobby Boucher, a Louisiana native living in the swamps with his alligator-eating mother. Meanwhile he works as a water boy for the local college football team but unexpectedly gets fired from the job. Read More..

The cross between a horror movie and a detective film noir "Angel Heart" has included in its trail alongside Harlem and Coney Island the City of New Orleans. Starring Mickey Rourke, the film set in 1955 follows detective Harry Angel who is hired by a stranger to find a missing singer since the beginning of the war. As he traces the trail including New Orleans, he meets grisly murders, confusing clues, beatings, and black magic. All of which are authentic atmosphere of the city. Read More..

The film back in the days "Big Easy" clearly depicts in its title that it focuses on the colorful culture of New Orleans. The crime thriller tells the romantic tale of a classy detective and the city's new female district attorney. During lieutenant Remy McSwain's investigation on a gangland murder, he crosses path with the beautiful lawyer from the D.A.'s police corruption task force. Though they differ in many ways, they managed to work together and eventually fall in love. Read More..

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett had won several awards since its release. New Orleans locals are proud of the film's success which was mainly shot in the city between late 2006 to early 2007. It is clearly one of the biggest-budgeted films shot in New Orleans. Read More..

The fourth installment for Final Destination was filmed at the city of New Orleans. Shot in 3-D, Final Destination 4 would differ from the three previous which were shot in Vancouver, Canada. It was David R. Ellis who convinced producers to film in New Orleans to boost the business of the city. Filming began in March 2008 and ended May of the same year. Read More..

Anything's possible in this storm! This was the opening line of the lead cop in Werner Herzog's film "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans". Derived from Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant, Nicolas Cage takes on the role of the abusive cop with the setting now transferred to New Orleans from the original New York City. Read More..