The LA Times talks about Michigan’s current Hollywood boom

Unused Howell High School will bring movie making to the school district’s students.

Here is the trailer for the live-action feature of the Japaneses animie classic Detroit Metal City, which made it’s premier at the Toronto Film festival last week. They’re are numerous Hollywood studios reportedly looking to make a U.S. version of Detroit Metal City.

Metro Detroit natives Bruce Campbell and Ted Raimi return to their hometown of Detroit on November 21 – 23rd to showcase their 2007 indie comedy My Name Is Bruce.

Last week Model D visited the “When Hollywood Comes to Town” symposium at the Guardian Building in downtown Detroit.

Wyane State University’s College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts has teams up with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to present a free workshop experience for budding actors.

The Detroit News talks about how the Smith Terminal at the Detroit Wayne County Airport is quickly becoming a magnet for TV and film productions such as The Prince of Motor City and Bat Out of Hell, which is planning on shooting several scenes at the recently vacated terminal.

Detroit native Jack White recently stared in a the guitar centered documentary It Might Get Loud, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last weekend.

Michigan filmmaker Michael Moore is set to release his latest movie Slacker Uprising online on September 23, 2008.

Metro Detroit native Sam Raimi has reportedly signed on to once again direct Tobey Maguire in Spiderman 4 and 5. Sony studios are planning on have Raimi shoot both the fourth and fifth installments of the franchise at the same time. Could Detroit land this double production? After all, Metro Detroit is Raimi’s home town where he once had a film office. Also, the name of Raimi’s production company is called Renaissance Pictures which is named after the late 1970’s completion of the tallest building in Detroit, The Renaissance building (now the GM Headquarters.)

If Michigan’s favorite son, Raimi was to bring the double production to Metro Detroit and utilize the state’s new tax incentives, it would be the biggest production ever in the history of this state (excess of 300 million for both pictures) and would be a boon to the local economy.