"Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston will star in a new TV legal thriller set in New Orleans.
Showtime says Cranston will play the lead role in "Your Honor," a limited series it describes as "a high-stakes game of lies, deceit and impossible choices."
IMDB's description says, "A Chicago judge tries to protect his son after he becomes involved with a crime connected to the mafia."
Production on the 10-episode series will begin later this year in New Orleans.
This is one of dozens of TV and Film productions under way or planned for Louisiana and "Hollywood South." Here is the list from Louisiana Entertainment...
PREPRODUCTIONQUEEN AND SLIMFeature film Queen and Slim, will shoot January 28th through March 22nd in New Orleans.
TALL GIRLFeature film Tall Girl is filming January 14th through March 1st in New Orleans.
JAY AND SILENT BOB GET A REBOOTFeature film Jay and Silent Bob Get a Reboot will film February 25th through March 28th in New Orleans.
THE LOVEBIRDSFeature film The Lovebirds will film January 21st for 30 days in New Orleans.
LOOKING FOR ALASKATelevision series Looking for Alaska will shoot March 25th for 78 days in New Orleans.
THE HUNTFeature film The Hunt will shoot February 20th through April 5th in New Orleans.
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH SEASON 4Television series Queen Of The South Season 4 will shoot February 13th through June 25th in New Orleans.
PURGE SEASON 2Television series Purge Season 2 will shoot April 23rd through August 25th in New Orleans.
FILMINGCLAWSTelevision series Claws Season 3 is filming November 28th through May 1st in New Orleans.
SHADOWS SEASON 2Television series Shadows Season 2 is filming to February 7th in New Orleans.
ON BECOMING A GOD IN CENTRAL FLORIDATelevision series On Becoming a God in Central Florida is filming October 1st through February 8 th in New Orleans.
NCIS NEW ORLEANS SEASON 5Television series NCIS New Orleans will film until April 2019 in New Orleans.
BLACK AND BLUEFeature film Black And Blue is filming through March 7th in New Orleans.
Other recently shot or wrapped projects...
A VIOLENT SEPARATION1983. In a quiet Midwestern town, a young deputy covers up a murder at the hands of his brother triggering a series of events that sends them and the victim's family towards a shattering climax.
CLAWS SEASON 2A look at the life and crimes of five women who work at a Florida nail salon.
CUT THROAT CITYA heist movie starring Eiza González, Wesley Snipes, and Terrence Howard set in the lower ninth ward in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
ELIA boy receiving treatment for his auto-immune disorder discovers that the house he's living isn't as safe as he thought.
HIGHWAYMENNetflix is preparing to shoot the Bonnie-and-Clyde crime drama "Highwaymen" in New Orleans, with Woody Harrelson and Kevin Costner reportedly lined up to star in roles originally written for Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
MANUSCRIPTMorgan Freeman stars in a cat-and-mouse thriller about a jailed genius who, through clues in his memoir, leads a junior book editor on a hunt for $20 million in stolen diamonds. John Moore (“A Good Day to Die Hard,” “Max Payne”) is directing.
NCIS NEW ORLEANS SEASON 4CBS in March announced a Season 4 renewal for the locally shot police procedural, which stars Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, CCH Pounder, Rob Kerkovich and Daryl “Chill” Mitchell.
OUT OF THE BLUEBased on the 1997 Martin Amis neo-noir detective story “Night Train,” it’s a feature-length thriller about a homicide detective who is called upon to investigate the death of an astrophysicist and expert on black holes. Carol Morely will reportedly direct.
PREACHER SEASON 3After a supernatural event at his church, a preacher enlists the help of a vampire to find God.
QUEEN SUGAR: SEASON 1The series follows the life of two sisters, Nova Bordelon and Charley Bordelon, who, with her teenage son Micah moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
SHADOWS SEASON 1Based on the Marvel Comics property “Cloak and Dagger,” about two teens -- named Ty Johnson and Tandy Bowen -- who meet as runaways in New York City. In the comics series, they are kidnapped and delivered to a chemist who injects them with a synthetic drug he is developing. After they escape, the two realize they've gained superpowers and become masked vigilantes.
THE FIRSTSet in the near future, "The First" will be centered on the first human mission to Mars. According to a Hulu synopsis released in May, when the streaming service announced the show's straight-to-series order, it will "explore the challenges of taking the first steps toward interplanetary colonization."
THE GREEN BOOKA working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. The feature film stars Linda Cardellini, Viggo Mortensen, and Mahershala Ali.