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St. Charles Parish
Almedia, Ama, Bayou Gauche, Boutte, Des Allemands, Destrehan, Frellsen, Hahnville (Parish Seat), Home Place Plantation, Killona, Luling, Mimosa Park, Montz, New Sarpy, Norco, Paradis, St. Rose, Taft

History
Named for St. Charles

 

1991

Convicts - Dir: Masterson; Cast: Duvall, Haas. Drama filmed at Home Place Plantation in Hahnville.

1994

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles - Dir: Jordan; Cast:  Cruise, Pitt. Drama fantasy partially filmed in Destrehan, New Orleans, New Sarpy, Laurel Valley Plantation, Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie and Shreveport.  

2000

Dracula 2000  (a/k/a) Dracula 2001 - Dir: Lussier; Cast: Butler, Waddell.  Action horror romance set in New Orleans, and partially filmed in Bayou Gauche and New Orleans.

2002

Fenceline: A Company Town Divided - Dir: Grunberg. Documentary about the increase in health problems caused by the Shell Oil Refinery filmed in Norco.

Race, The - Dir: Bensalah; Cast: Balasko, Courbey. Action comedy romance filmed in Bayou Gauche and New Orleans.

2005

Skeleton Key, The - Dir: Softley; Cast: Hudson, Rowlands. Drama horror mystery filmed partially in Bayou Gauche, New Orleans and the Felicity Plantation in Vacherie.

2010

Jonah Hex - Dir: Hayward; Cast: Brolin, Fox. Action drama thriller partially filmed in Bayou Gauche, Crown Pointe, Fort Pike, New Orleans, Raceland, Rosedown Plantation in St. Francisville, St. Bernard Parish and St. Francisville. 

2011

Dead Retribution a/k/a In Purgatory - Dir: Rivero, Schlueter; Cast: Bellow, Cox. Thriller filmed in Norco, Mandeville, Metairie, Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

Exile, the - Warner; Cast: Miller, Thomas. Action horror sci/fi filmed in New Orleans, Franklinton, Gretna, Houma, and Norco.

In Purgatory - Dir: Rivero, Schlueter; Cast: Anderson, Barras. Thriller filmed in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Metairie, Norco and Mandeville.

2012

12 Years a Slave - Dir: McQueen; Cast: Ejiofor, Williams. Historical drama filmed at Magnolia Lane Plantation in Bridge City, Felicity Plantation in Vacherie, Magnolia Plantation in Schriever, Bocage Plantation in Darrow, St. Joseph Plantation, Destrehan, and in New Orleans in the French Quarter, Audubon Park, Columns Hote, and Urbania.

2014

Barefoot - Dir: Fleming; Cast: Wood, Speedman. Comedy, drama romance filmed at New Orleans International Airport in Kenner and St. Rose.

2015

American Ultra - Dir: Nourizadeh; Cast: Stewart, Goggins. Action comedy filmed in New Orleans, Lutcher, Gramercy, Raceland, Houma, Norco, Kenner, Metairie, Hammond, Covington, Harahan and St. James Parish.

2016

10 Cloverfield Lane - Dir: Trachtenberg; Cast: Goodman, Winstead. Horror thriller shot in New Orleans. Drama horror filmed in New Orleans and at the Home Place Plantation in Hahnville.

Free State of Jones - Dir: Ross; Cast: McConaughey, Russell. Action, drama, biography filmed in New Orleans, Bush, St. Bernard, Paradis, Clinton, Greenwood and Braithwaite and at the Buckner Mansion, Evergreen Plantation, and Creedmoor Plantation. Interior scenes at the Round Table Club in New Orleans and interior church scenes at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington.

2018

Pyrolysis - Dir: Saez; Cast: Antoline, Davis; Short horror filmed in Saint Rose.

 

 


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