Hollywood Is Coming to Tennessee. Howie Klausner Knows What Comes With It.
Hollywood may be looking toward Tennessee, but veteran filmmaker and screenwriter Howie Klausner understands the industry from the inside. His credits include the 2000 Clint Eastwood directed Space Cowboys, the Bethany Hamilton story of faith and resilience, Soul Surfer and the 2024 biopic starring Dennis Quaid, REAGAN, giving him the kind of firsthand perspective that comes from decades of actually making films, not merely commenting on Hollywood from the outside.
In a new TruthWire News interview, Klausner talks candidly about how the industry really works, why production is moving away from California, why he believes Hollywood’s ideological gatekeepers are fewer than many assume, and why Nashville’s growing faith-based film community may be positioned to shape the industry as much as the industry shapes Tennessee. We also talk about Ronald Reagan, Christian revival, the collapse of old Hollywood’s business model, and whether Tennessee should fear Hollywood’s arrival, or recognize an opportunity to influence what comes next.
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