Hollywood productions are not the only movies benefiting from Michigan’s tax incentives. Independent films like Art House, which is being shot in Ann Arbor and will feature a cameo from Detroit rocks legend Iggy Pop, is enjoying the new found offerings of the state.
Also, two local film vetrans are hosting a “Boot Camp for the New Actor” workshop at the Detroit Ensemble Theatre in Warren on Sept. 12-14, while S3 Entertainment Group is expanding their Detroit based operations.
There will be even more movies then we posted awhile back coming to Michigan this fall. the titles include:
Virgin on Bourbon Street: starring Rob Schneider
Mulligans: starring Dabney Coleman
Also, Mlive.com has the inside track of the recent shooting of the movie Street Boss in Saginaw, MI.
According to Mlive.com the movie that was supposed to star Jack Black titled Ye Olde Times, will still be shooting next month at the Michigan Renaissance Festival grounds in Holly, Michigan. The project as also changed titles to All’s Faire in Love. no word yet in Lindsay Lohan is still attached to the project.
Michigan’s new tax incentives is done a great job of bring new and diversified work to the state, but unfortunately Michigan’s gain has come at the expense of other states well known for their big studio prowess. Several sources have reported that film productions have come to an almost “screeching halt” in the LA area since the recent Michigan legislation passed, while Miami Florida has lost yet another major more production (Intent) to Michigan.
All this is good news for Michigan’s long term movie production, as Grand Rapids is about to land one of the biggest production the city has every seen with Samuel L. Jackson’s new suspense thriller Unthinkable (budget is reported at 80 million.)
Marriot hotels have launched a new web site, www.4filmmi.com, with the primary purpose of helping out-of-town film productions coming to the state find their strategically located hotels throughout Michigan.
L.A. based V-One Entertainment Group has teamed up with Michigan based Safe Harbor Productions to build three new “cutting edge” studios in three of Michigan’s biggest cities; Kalamazoo, An Arbor and Grand Rapids. The three combined “Great Lakes Studios” could occupy 30,000 square feet of space with soundstage, offices, editing suites and conference rooms.
Just got word on two more movies that will be shot in Michigan this coming fall.
This September Grand Rapids will see the production of The Steam Experiment staring Val Kilmer, Eric Roberts and Armand Assante.
Also, everything is set for the new David Cross and Michael Vartan comedy Demoted to start shooting next month in Detroit. Demoted was written by Dan Callahan who wrote the soon to be released comedy College.
This week, Kid Rock shot his latest music video “Roll On” in Downtown Detroit. Even though music videos and commercials under $50,000 in budget do not qualify for the recent Michigan film tax incentives, Detroit has along history of music videos being shot in and around the city?
Nelle Furtado – “Do It”
The White Stripes- “Hotel Yorba”
Kid Rock – “All Summer Long”
Electric Six – “I Buy the Drugs”
The Detroit Cobras – “Cha Cha Twist”
Several large Hollywood studies are looking to take advantage of Michigan’s recent rebate incentive program by building large sound stages and studio complex in the state. Warner Bros. Pictures has recently looked at the abandoned Ford Wixom Plant as on possible Metro Detroit site. A studio in the Detroit Metro area could mean $125,000 a day in new spending.
Maybe Detroit could land the newly announced Superman reboot?
