ALEXANDRIA, La. – An Alabama movie maker says filming will begin in January on “The Story of Bonnie and Clyde.”
The Town Talk called Tanya Holly of Cypress Moon Production Inc. after Alexandria Mayor Jacques Roy said he wanted the company either to make the movie or return $50,000 the city put up for the project in 2009.
Cypress Moon also got $25,000 from the Alexandria Pineville Convention and Visitors Bureau and $25,000 from the Greater Alexandria Economic Development Authority for the movie.
Holly said she’s not the only independent filmmaker who has struggled over the last few years. In January, she said, Lindsay Pulsipher will be free to play Bonnie Parker. “We’re shooting as soon as she’s able to shoot,” Holly said.
Holly’s state tax credits will expire in February if she doesn’t begin filming before then, Roy said. He said he’s not optimistic that will happen but would love to be proved wrong.