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WEBVTT THE COMPANY’S SHARE EARNING EXPECTATIONS HAVE DROPPED. CEO TOM HAYES SAYS THE TRADE UNCERTAINTY CONTRIBUTED TO LOWER PRICES AND AN OVERSUPPLY OF PRODUCTS. CRAIG: FILM CREWS HAVE BEEN HERE IN OUR AREA FILMING SEASON 3 OF HBO’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED TV SHOW, TRUE DETECTIVE. TODAY, THE CAST AND CREW TOLD 40/29’S TAYLOR PANNELL WHAT IT’S BEEN LIKE WORKING IN ARKANSA TAYLOR THEY SAY THEY’VE BEEN : EMBRACED BY LOCALS HERE IN HUNTSVILLE AND ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. WE’VE SEEN THEM ALL OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS GIVING US A LITTLE GLIMPSES OF WHAT THIS SEASON MIGHT HAVE IN STORE. TODAY WE HEARD FROM THE SHOW’S ACADEMY AWARD WINNING LEAD MAHERSHALA ALI, PRODUCER SCOTT STEPHENS AND THE SHOW’S CREATOR, WRITER AND DIRECTOR, NIC PIZZOLATTO. SO SEASON 1 TOOK PLACE IN THE EERIE BAYOUS OF LOUISIANA. SEASON 2 THE GRITTY STREETS OF L.A. AND NOW SEASON 3 HERE IN RUGGED ROLLING HILLS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS IT HAS A LOT OF FANS ASKING WHY. BUT WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE IS THAT PIZZOLATTO TAKING HIS FIRST STAB AT DIRECTING THIS SEASON ACTUALLY AN ARKANSAS GRAD. TODAY HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HIS TIME IN THE CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM AT THE U OF A SHAPED HIS VISION FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON >> DEVIL’S DEN WAS A CENTERPIECE FOR US, BUT ALSO HAVING A SENSE OF THE REGION. IT WAS A LITTLE LIKE LOUISIANA IN THAT I KNEW WHAT WE WOULD FIND. REPORTER: LEAD ACTOR MAHERSHALA ALI SAYS BEFORE HE STARTED FILMING IN ARKANSAS HE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO THINK, BUT THAT ANYTIME HE BEGINS PREPARING FOR A NEW ROLE HE LIKES TO WALK AROUND THE NEW CITY TO TAKE IT ALL IN. >> DEVIL’S DEN, JUST HOW BEAUTIFUL THE AREA IS AND I WILL SAY THE CONSCIOUSNESS AND APPRECIATION OF ART. PIZZOLATTO SAYS HE HAS BEEN WANTING TO FILM SOMETHING IN THE OZARKS FOR A WHILE. HE SAYS HE WAS HOPING THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO FILM HERE TO SHOW TO THE WORLD SINCE THEY HAVEN’T SEEN THIS AREA LIKE HE WILL SHO >> EVERY PLACE WE LOOK TELLS A STORY ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE AND ARE THERE NOW OR NO LONGER AND I THINK THAT KIND OF TEXTURE ENHANCES THE CHARACTE TAYLOR HE SAYS IT’S IMPORTANT : THAT ARKANSAS BE A CHARA