Netflix drama set to film in Shreveport this week

Netflix's Bonnie-and-Clyde crime drama "Highwaymen" films this week in Shreveport.

The production will close one lane on Leonard Road between Ellerbe Road and Highway 1 in south Shreveport, according to the city of Shreveport. The lane will be closed 6 a.m. today through 9 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. to midnight on Thursday, March 29.

The city advises avoiding these areas and taking alternate routes.

Earlier this month, the film was seeking paid extras for upcoming scenes to be filmed in northwest Louisiana, according to a Millennium Studios Facebook post.

The film starring Woody Harrelson and Kevin Costner was looking for white men and women 18 or older, black men in their 50s and 60s and under and children ages 6 to 12.

"Highwaymen" has been described as being based on true events and follows the story of Texas Ranger Frank Hamer and his ex-partner Maney Gault. The duo comes out of retirement and embarks on a mission to track down and capture the infamous outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.









Criteria for selecting locations in the Shreveport area included the need for open fields that resemble Oklahoma and Texas, Shreveport Film Liaison Arlena Acree said. Also, the director was highly interested in filming at the real-life site where Bonnie and Clyde were caught and killed in 1934.

"They're going to be filming north of town at the ambush site out in Gibsland and a couple of locations in Shreveport in downtown," Acree said.

Parts of "Highwaymen" is said to be filmed at StageWorks of Louisiana studio in downtown Shreveport. A majority of the production will be filmed in the New Orleans area and across south Louisiana.

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