“Lights, camera, action!” What an interesting experience I had on December 1st watching a scene from a “movie” being filmed! About 50 actors and crew had descended on Port O’Connor to film the first installment of a Pure Flix series.

Star of the film is Randal Reeder, a native of LaPorte, Texas, who began his TV experience at the age of 20 as a pro wrestler on ESPN’s Global Wrestling Federation TV Worldwide. Randall has appeared on numerous TV shows including Walker, Texas Ranger, King of the Hill and 21 Jump Street. His movie credits include Deadpool and Deadpool 2. He has been directed by the likes of Oliver Stone.

His director on this current project is Sam Medina. Sam made his directing debut in the upcoming action/thriller Code Name The Dragon. Sam is also an actor. He played the lead antagonist opposite Mark Wahlberg in director Peter Berg’s action/thriller Mile 22.

Filmed around Port O’Connor, on the bay and at Froggie’s Bait, the show is called Sons of Thunder. Randall says this faith-based action film is sort of a cross between Highway to Heaven and The Equalizer.

When I asked how Port O’Connor was chosen as the filming site, Randall said he was looking for a place with boats, and his friend, Andy Lack, told him Port O’Connor had lots of boats.

The scene I watched being filmed was at Froggie’s Bait where the lead actor, Randall, was aboard Robbie Sander’s boat the Beverly Sue Kelly. It was only a two or three minute scene, but had taken over an hour to set up. I was informed by the film writer Amos Elseth that it takes a full week to film a 45-minute episode.

Later as I watched the Boat Parade off Froggie’s dock, I was informed by Port O’Connor local, Suzie Jaycox that she was given a speaking part in a scene that afternoon inside Froggie’s. I certainly want to watch to see if that scene made it into the final cut.

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