Movie Metal
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Brookhaven is going Hollywood. Well, sort of.
Reed's Metals, Inc. has built, sold and installed a 72- by 80-foot metal building for a movie company that is shooting a film in Baton Rouge and New Orleans in 2012.
The film will star Tom Cruise in a science fiction feature and will either be called "Horizons" or "Oblivion." The title is still undecided.
Reed's Metals, Inc. installed the building in Mansfield, La., for the film. According to Reed's Metals owner Bernie Reed, the company was chosen to construct the building due to its ability to finish it quickly.
"We didn't even know we were building this building for a movie when they first contacted us," said Reed. "They wanted it built within two weeks and we did that for them."
Sales Manager David Forehand said other companies said they could build the structure in four to six weeks, but movie producers needed it faster."We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver fast service," said Forehand.
The building will be covered in asphalt to make it look like an ice-covered hideaway in Iceland.Reed's Metals has been in business since 1998 and has worked on plenty of projects, but this was not the biggest. That title would go to a 120- by 300-foot riding arena built a few years ago.
The movie will be shot starting on March 12 and should wrap up in August.Co-starring with Cruise will be Jessica Chastain. Also starring in the film will be Olga Kurylenko and Andrea Riseborough.
Joseph Kosinski will be the director.Universal Studios will be putting out the film, which is set 3,000 years in the future and will star Cruise as a lone soldier trapped on Earth after being sent there to remove the alien race that has taken over the planet.
Movie fans can expect a release sometime in 2013.
