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CLINTON, LA (WAFB) - Parts of Louisiana are looking more like Hollywood lately. A new tax credit law to bring more motion pictures to the Bayou State is enticing many productions.
9 News spent the day on the set of "True Blood." It's a new HBO show about vampires living in Louisiana. 
It takes place in a fictional town in North Louisiana, but HBO decided to shoot a lot of its second season near Baton Rouge.
"The whole atmosphere is suited for what we do and a sound stage isn't," said actor Nelsan Ellis who plays Lafayette Reynolds on the show.
The show's creators spent weeks scouting locations for the fictional town of Bon Temps. They tell 9 News they found what they were looking for in Clinton, the town in East Feliciana Parish. The production will also film in Baton Rouge at several locations.
"It's really important for them (the actors) to get a chance to be in Louisiana and feel the heat and see the town," said executive producer Gregg Fienberg.
Governor Bobby Jindal on Thursday enacted a law that would give projects like "True Blood" a 30 percent tax credit on whatever is spent in the state.
"We see a strong message going out to the rest of the world that Louisiana is building a stable industry that's providing Louisianans with work," said Christopher Stelly, the director of film and television for the state.
"Nothing really looks like the South except the South, so our show is set in Louisiana and that's a big part of what works and what it is and it's important to come down here and capture it," said actress Anna Paquin, who plays the show's lead character, Sookie Stackhouse.
The state has several upcoming projects, including a few in Baton Rouge. Those behind the projects are keeping their lips sealed.
"True Blood" will finish its second season of filming in the area over the weekend.
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Friday, July 10, 2009
HBO show "True Blood" comes to Baton Rouge area
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I just saw it on the news. I sent in my resume to be an extra but did not hear back. I'm a little sad I missed it. I'm just an hour away from where they filmed. Maybe next time!
And hopefully, they will get the pronuciation of some of those cajun French words right this time, i.e. when Sam says "cher" he pronounces it "share" but it's really pronounced "Sha" with the short a sound "ah."
Alex, 'Sam' (as in the actor) is actually from around where the show is set. Even in the same state accents vary greatly. (Anyway, the correct French pronunciation is more like 'share'!!)
Charlaine Harris has said that the accents are right - and that even if you are from nearby you won't speak the same way as the characters.
I'm personally more interested in Alan Ball getting the story right! Season two is so far removed from Charlaine Harris' vision it's enormously upsetting.
Anon, I"m further south than Bon Temps which may be why I've always heard it pronounced Sha with the short a (ah) sound! I've given up on Season 2 following the series after watching the first 2 episodes, however, I am enjoying the second season despite the deviation. I especially like that they are keeping Lafayette hanging around. His character for the show is well developed and quite colorful.
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