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Independent Movies Being Shot in Michigan

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

Cherry Wraps In K-Zoo

The independent movie Cherry wrapped up shooting last week in Kalamazoo.

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Illinois Ups the Bar On Michigan's Film Incentives

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.

Academy Award Winners Coming To Michigan

Academy Award Winning MichiganFirst 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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Detroit Means Sexy

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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Premoted On the Set Of "Demoted"

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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Lifetime Movie Makes Detroiter A Star

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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Yum!

While shooting Gran Torino in Detroit this past summer, Clint Eastwood fell in love with the scones at a local Grosse Point bakery (Just Delicious) and now has them flown to his house in California regularly.

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Killshot To Be Released January 23, 2009?

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)

Killshot Movie Poster
This very well may be the first movie to hit the theaters that used the new Michigan Film Incentives.

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High School Movie Update

The Livingston Daily goes behind the scenes of the new star studded independent movie High School, which is currently shooting in Metro Detroit.

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Howell, Michigan Movie Brings Academy Award Winner Adrien Brody To Town

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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On the Set of The Film America Virgin

Model D looks at the new Rob Schneider movie American Virgin, how the film business it helping the local Detroit economy, as well as a behind the scenes look at the Detroit based production.

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Rosie O'Donnell Shooting New Movie In Detroit

Last week, Rosie O’Donnell was in Detroit on a scouting mission for her new film, America. In this upcoming Lifetime Original Movie, O'Donnell plays a therapist who helps a teenager caught up in the foster care system.

The director of America is also looking to use the music of local Detroit rock bands and rap acts to catch the urban feel of the city [source: Motorcityrocks.com]

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New Film Incentives Help Michigan Create Jobs In Slow Economy

Michigan's Film incentives could lure video game designers and development to the state which will held create long-term jobs.

Also, the film incentives help stop a layoff at Troy's Somerset Inn.

American Virgin

The Detroit News goes in-depth on the set of the new Rob Schneider movie shooting in Greektown, Detroit.

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Gran Torino Trailer

The trailer for Clint Eastwood's last on-screen preformance Gran Torino, is now online. This past summer, Gran Torino was the first major motion picture to be shot in metro Detroit after the recent passage of the recent Michigan film incentives.

Look for much Academy Award hype this year as Gran Tarino hit's theaters in time for the this year's holiday movie session.


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