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      The 2009 flick, “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” made the news a while back for Nick Cage’s wild performance in the movie. His character Lieutenant Terrence McDonagh is a drug and gambling addicted, corrupt cop in a post-Katrina New Orleans. Cage’s extravagant performance in this role earned the film an 87% Rotten Tomatoes’ rating, and added a whole new level to his portfolio.

But not all the press about this picture is positive. It appears that the producers are receiving some harsh accusations from the movie’s investors. According to sources, the producers of this film have been “siphoning” off the proceeds, and failing to pay back those who put up money to help make this film. The investors have gone as far as to file a lawsuit against Nu Image and First Look Studios, trying to recover what they consider to be their fair share or profits. The Hollywood Reporter writes, “investors in the 2009 Nicolas Cage film Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call—New Orleans… say that the defendants failed to properly set up the collection account [and have been] improperly deducting expenses, failing to disburse proceeds, and not accurately and truthfully accounting for all of the money.”

   At this time there is no comment from Nu Image or First Look Studios, but this case will move to trial if a settlement can not be reached.

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NATCHEZ — Eleven tiny ducks perched prominently on the front edge of Patrick Mulhearn’s desk speak volumes about the man and his background.

For the visitors — including many Hollywood heavyweights — to Baton Rouge’s Celtic Media Centre, the ducks represent a little light-hearted humor.

“I’ve got my ducks in a row,” Mulhearn says, laughing.

Indeed he does. The Natchez native is director of operations at the largest film studio in Louisiana.

In his daily role, he wears a number of hats from being a “glorified landlord” for the various film production tenants to problem solver and even a middleman to help broker production deals.

Recent productions at the Celtic Media Centre include the HBO series “True Blood,” Sony’s “Battle: Los Angeles,” NBC’s “Battleship” and Summit’s “Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Parts 1 and 2.”

Although Celtic directly employs only approximately a dozen employees, the companies that rent space there can make the campus swell.

“When you’re in production, there are days when it’s 150 people, and there are days when we would have almost 1,000 people,” he said. “(On those days) it was really like a small town.”

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