The entertainment landscape in Fort Worth is set to experience a seismic shift, with Hillwood's partnership with SGS Studios and Paramount Television ramping up to transform AllianceTexas into a mammoth film and television production hub. This expansive 450,000-square-foot campus is not just about size—it's about enabling four large-scale productions to buzz concurrently, something that makes it the Goliath of studio facilities in Texas. This tempo of development is a clear nod to the city's enduring dalliance with Hollywood.
While this isn't Fort Worth's first cinematic rodeo, the moving picture legacy of the city includes a slate of films with a distinct Texan flavor. As reported by the Fort Worth Film Commission, gems like the sci-fi staple 'Logan's Run' (1976) and the grit-and-guitar narrative 'Pure Country' (1992) were filmed within the city's embrace. 'Logan's Run,' in particular, is noted for immortalizing the Fort Worth Water Gardens, maintaining its status as a pilgrimage site for film buffs even decades after its debut. In 'Pure Country', the bar-to-bathroom journey of George Strait's Dusty Chandler character, cementing Billy Bob’s Texas not just as a honky-tonk but a piece of pure Americana captured on film, as per the City of Fort Worth.
The city's silver screen story would be incomplete without tipping a cowboy hat to TV. From the roundup of crime-fighting goodness in 'Walker, Texas Ranger' (1993-2001) where the White Elephant Saloon masqueraded as CD’s Bar & Grill, to the high-stakes chicanery of 'Prison Break' (2005-2009), with Fort Worth's disused meatpacking plant standing in for a fictional Panamanian prison, television narratives have threaded through Fort Worth’s real-life locations with ease.
