(AP) — A Baton Rouge high school has been turned into a movie set, and students and teachers were all abuzz Thursday as Academy Award-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. stood outside for a scene in the action-thriller “Ticking Clock.”The movie, about a reporter who finds a killer’s journal, is taping this week at Baton Rouge Magnet High School.In a few weeks, the school’s soccer field will be the site of a helicopter landing for a scene in another movie — the big-budget science fiction flick “Battle: Los Angeles.”School officials said the school is set to collect $1,000 for use during the current production and another $500 for “Battle: Los Angeles.”The school’s assistant principal said no taping was allowed inside the school until after students were gone for the day. Until then, filming was done outside.- – – – Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Baton Rouge Magnet High School attracts moviemakers
October 8, 2009