The Writers Guild of America strike continues, but executives in Hollywood South are keeping their fingers crossed for the guild to reach an agreement with producers soon.
Once that agreement comes, film officials expect production to resume in Louisiana almost immediately.
"We're hopeful that they will come to an agreement sometime in the next couple of weeks," Trey Burvant, president of the Louisiana Film and Entertainment Association, told WWL's Tommy Tucker.
According to Burvant, the strike has caused the number of productions happening in Hollywood South has dropped dramatically.
"This time last year, we had about 16 shows in production, and right now, we have about four," Burvant said.
According to Burvant, members of the Louisiana film industry are sticking together because the studios will eventually need to fill this gap in production.
"The studios need to fill this gap in production," Burvant said. "We are very hopeful that once this strike ends, we'll probably see another boom in production just like we did (after) COVID.
A good sign of things to come: Burvant says his office is still fielding calls about starting productions once the strike ends.
"Most of the calls that we're getting and other studio are getting are like, hey, we want to start getting back in August 1 (or) September 1," Burvant said. "While it is dormant right now, we know once we get through the strike we know we'll be rolling and going again."
