SHREVEPORT, La. ( KTAL/KMSS ) – Louisiana has served as the backdrop in many successful films in the nearly hundred or so years since Tarzan of the Apes was shot in Morgan City in 1932, and many of those locations have benefited from moviegoer curiosity through tourism and serves as an economic infusion.
The flat, marshy swamp lands of the south and the hills and rural countryside of the north serve as the perfect landscape for films, whether the story is a period piece or a post-apocalyptic action epic. New Orleans may be the most utilized location, having 257 films, documentaries, TV shows, and commercial projects in 2022, accounting for $313 million in payroll to local workers and businesses, according to Film Louisiana .
Explore Louisiana said more than 2,500 films have been shot in Louisiana, from blockbuster comedies like Girls Trip to independent juggernauts like Beasts of the Southern Wild .
Movie producers don’t stop in the Crescent City, though. Here’s a breakdown of the films you may or may not know were filmed in Louisiana by parish.