Movie filming will disrupt parts of downtown Shreveport

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Movie filming will disrupt parts of downtown Shreveport

Folks who normally use the streets of downtown Shreveport will face detours starting Monday morning as the filming of "Olympus Has Fallen" continues.

Interruptions on Monday:

--From 6 a.m. until noon, Marshall Street will be closed between Texas and Travis Streets.
--From 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., drivers will be detoured off of Edwards Street between Texas and Travis Streets.
--Between 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Monday night, crews will film scenes on Texas Street between Marshall and McNeill Streets.

Interruptions on Tuesday:

--Marshall Street between Texas and Travis Streets from 5:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.
--Edwards Street between Texas and Travis Streets from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
--Texas Street between McNeill Street and Louisiana Avenue from 6 a.m. - noon.
--McNeill Street between Texas and Travis Streets from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
--Marshall Street between Texas and Milam Streets from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
--McNeill Street between Texas and Travis Streets from 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
--Texas Street between Marshall and McNeill Streets from 5:30 - 9 p.m.

Interruptions on Wednesday:
--Milam Street between Marshall and McNeill Streets from 5:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.
--Travis Street between Edwards and Marshall Streets from 5:30 - 11 a.m.
--Cotton Street between Common Street and Louisiana Avenue from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
--McNeill Street between Texas and Travis Streets from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

For those who work in downtown Shreveport, expect to hear gunfire and explosions and see special effects smoke while during filming. Throughout Thursday, there will be actors portraying snipers on top of several rooftops of downtown buildings around the Caddo Parish Courthouse.

Shooting will happen depending on the weather.

"Olympus Has Fallen" stars Gerard Butler as a Secret Service agent trying to stop terrorists who have taken over the White House. He was recently here filming "Playing the Field".
The movie also stars Angela Bassett, Ashley Judd as the First Lady, and Aaron Eckhart as the President. Eckhart has been to Shreveport before. He starred in "Battle: Los Angeles", which was shot in 2010.

Now we know there will be snipers on rooftops. I didn't know Shreveport buildings look like DC buildings.