Here is a look at the independent movie Intent, which is currently filming in Livonia, Michigan. the production came to Michigan over Florida because of the attractive tax incentives the state recently passed.
The new tax incentives not only attract “big name” actors, directors and production but a plethora of smaller indy movies that use thousands of local employees and services. Here is just a sampling of the many independent movies being made in Michigan in the current or near future.
Blood Siblings (Detroit)
The Rain Chronicles
Approaching Midnight (Detroit)
Born of Earth (Detroit) staring Daniel Baldwin
Buddy BeBop Vs The Living Dead (Kalamazoo)
Cadene (Detroit)
Art House (Ann Arbor)
Wild Michigan (Lansing)
InZer0: Fragile Wings (Detroit)
Deadheads (Royal Oak)
The Disappearing Act
Cherry (Kalamazoo)
Diary of a Champion (Detroit)
Holly, Jingles and Clyde
Horse Crazy 2: The Legend of Grizzly Mountain (Howell)
Dog (Jackson)
Fraternity House (Grand Rapids)
Illuminarium (Grand Rapids)
Inbetween (Flint)
Be Funny
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Illinois recently passed a new film incentive tax that directly competes with Michigan’s. Illinois’ new measure does not expire, leaving the door open for TV series to schedule long productions in their state (such as Prison Break). This is something that Michigan has yet to address and could add more long term consistent employers to Michigan’s struggling economy.
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First it was Clint Eastwood with his latest movie Gran Torino, now several Academy Award winning and nominated actors are coming to Michigan to shoot their latest movie projects:
High School staring Academy Award Winner Adrien Brody
Betty Anne Waters staring Academy Award Winner Hilary Swank (more)
Fish in a Barrel staring Academy Award Nominee Burt Reynolds
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story staring Academy Award Winner Cuba Gooding Jr.
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Fish in a Barrel,
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story,
High School,
Hilary Swank
The 1998 movie Out Of Sight was recently named by Entertianment Weekly as the sexiest movie ever made. Out Of Sight staring Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney was shot in and around Metro Detroit and is based on Detroit native Elmore (Dutch) Leonard’s book by the same name.
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Out Of Sight
Local Troy, Michigan mom lands extensive extras role in the new Sean Astin comedy Demoted. Demoted was shot this past fall around Metro Detroit at a empty Bennigan’s restaurant, an unused office building in Dearborn, the Orchard Lake Country Club and a cemetery in Milford.
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The Detroit Free press explains how Rosie O’Donial spotted Cass Tech senior Philip Johnson in a Detroit restaurant for her new Lifetime Network movie America. This past fall, the cast and crew of America have been filming in Highland Park, Pleasant Ridge and Detroit
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Rosie O'Donial
The silver screen adaption of the Elmore Leonard novel Killshot is set to be released on January 23, 2009. Like most Elmore Leonard novels, Killshot is set in Detroit and the production for the movie was here for several days this past summer (this was also true for 1998’s Out Of Sight)
This very well may be the first movie to hit the theaters that used the new Michigan Film Incentives.
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Howell, Michigan Public Schools’ Parker Campus is the curent setting for the new $9.5 million independent movie High School.
High School; which is set to release in 2010, stars Academy Award winner Adrien Brody, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Michael Chiklis, and Sean Marquette and Cody Longo.
Synopsis:
A random drug test coincides with a high school valedictorian’s first hit of pot. With his college scholarship at stake, he enlists the school’s biggest stoner to help nullify the results of the screening – by getting the entire student body high [source IMDB]
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