Save The Michigan Film Incentives

Legislators are reviewing the Nancy Cassis’ ill advised destruction of the Michigan film industry. Please get on the phone to your representatives, the Governor’s office, your radio stations and television stations, websites, blogs and twitters and Facebooks! Stop the destruction of a burgeoning, clean, job creating, brain-drain reversing, tourism attracting Film Industry in Michigan:

Senator Nancy Cassis intros Bills to kill incentive Phone: (517) 373-1758 Fax: (517) 373-0938 senncassis@senate.michigan.gov

CONTACT THE CO-SPONSORS OF THE LEGISLATION AND TELL THEM TO KEEP THEIR HANDS OFF THE FILM INCENTIVE:

Sen. Tom George, R-Kalamazoo
P.O. BOX 30036
Lansing, MI 48909-7536
Phone: (517) 373-0793
Fax: (517) 373-5607
email

Judson Gilbert, R-Algonac
P.O. Box 30036
Lansing, MI 48909-7536
(517) 373-7708
1-877-GILBERT1-877-445-2378
(517) 373-1450
senjgilbert@senate.michigan.gov

Sen. Nancy Cassis, R-Novi,
Senator Nancy Cassis
P.O. Box 30036
Lansing, MI 48909-7536
By Phone: (517) 373-1758
By Fax: (517) 373-0938
By Email: senncassis@senate.michigan.gov

Michael Switalski, D-Roseville,
P.O. Box 30036
Lansing, MI 48909-7536
Phone: 517-373-7315
Fax: 517-373-3126
http://www.senate.michigan.gov/switalski/pr.php?id=454

CONTACT REP. EILLEN KOWALL and tell her not to support the Cassis legislation.
Phone: 248-858-0100 (County); 248-887-3089 (home); Fax: 248-858-1572 (County)
E-mail: kowalle@oakgov.com

Additional from the MPA:
Sen. Nancy Cassis (Chairman Senate Finance Committee)
senncassis@senate.michigan.gov
FAX – 517/373-0938
Office no. – 517/373-1758

Finance Committee Members

Sen. Jud Gilbert (vice chair, R – 25th Dist., Algonac)
senjgilbert@senate.michigan.gov
Office no. 517/373-7708
FAX – 517/373-1450
District no. 810/794-3631

Sen. John Pappageorge (R – 13th Dist., Troy)
senjpappageorge@senate.michigan.gov
Office no. – 517/373-2523
FAX – 517/373-5669
Dist. no. – N/A

Sen. Mark Jansen (R-28th Dist., Grand Rapids)
senMJansen@senate.michigan.gov
PH – 517/373-0797
FX – 517/373-5236
Dist. no. – N/A

Sen. Gilda Jacobs (Minority Vice Chair, D-14th Dist., Huntington Woods)
sengjacobs@senate.michigan.gov
PH – 517/373-7888
FX – 517/373-2983

Sen. Gretchen Whitmer (D – 23rd Dist., E. Lansing)
sengwhitmer@senate.michigan.gov
PH – 517/373-1734
FX – 517/373-5397
Dist. No. – 517/333-3250

Sen. Deborah Cherry (D – 26th Dist., Burton)
senDCherry@senate.michigan.gov
PH – 517/373-1636
FX – 517/373-1453

Additional enemies of film incentives:

Sen. Mickey Switalski, (D – 10th Dist, Roseville)
senmswitalski@senate.michigan.gov
PH – 517/373-7315
FX – 517/373-3126
Dist. No. 586/734-2430

Rep. Pete Lund (R – 36th Dist., Shelby Twp.)
petelund@house.mi.gov
PH – 517/373-0843
FX – 517/373-5892
Dist. No. – 586/677-2175

All Senate snail mail should go to:
P.O. Box 30036
Lansing, MI 48909-7536

House of Rep. mail should go to:
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514

Be Awesome!
Billy Whitehouse

Category: Film Tax Credits

Posted by Dr. Detroit on Sep 30, 2009 | No Comments | Permalink |

A Look At Actor Kyle Gallner

The star is rising for actor Kyle Gallner; who made a big impression when he took on the role of the young Bart Allen (a.k.a. The Flash) in Smallville a few years back. Last year he was on the west side of Michigan in Kalamazoo shooting the upcoming dram Cherry. The film will not be released until later this year or possibly early next year, so until then you can see his work in such high profile horror flicks as Jennifer’s Body and the upcoming remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Category: Cherry, Kyle Gallner

Posted by Dr. Detroit on Sep 29, 2009 | No Comments | Permalink |

Commercial Production Left Out In The Cold

Bill Shea of Crain’s Detroit blogs today about adding commercial production to the Michigan film Incentives.

Ludwig (vice chairman and chief creative officer at Warren-based advertising agency Campbell-Ewald ) said there’s a bloc of Republicans led by Nancy Cassis, R-Novi, that oppose adding commercials and have made no secret of their desire to cap the current legislation, likely at 35 percent (down from the max of 42 percent now). Anything under 35 percent would doom Michigan to returning to its status as an incentive backwater because other states in the film game are at 35 percent already. [read more]

Category: Film Tax Credits, Nancy Cassis

Posted by Dr. Detroit on Sep 28, 2009 | No Comments | Permalink |

What’s Wrong With Virginia Starts Production Today

What’s Wrong with Virginia; starring Jennifer Connelly and Ed Harris, is scheduled to start five weeks of shooting today in southwestern Michigan.

Shooting will take place at about 30 locations from Grand Haven to South Haven. Many scenes will be filmed at a house just north of Holland in Ottawa County’s Holland Township. Shooting also will take place at a Holland dry cleaning shop and Grand Haven City Hall [read more]

photo: Holland Sentinel

Category: Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, What’s Wrong with Virginia

Posted by Dr. Detroit on Sep 28, 2009 | No Comments | Permalink |

Jack Kevorkian Movie Coming To Metro Detroit

Word is that the upcoming Jack Kevorkian HBO biopic You Don’t Know Jack will be shooting in Troy, Michigan the week of October 14. The film stars Al Pacino, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman and Danny Huston as famed Detroit area lawyer Geoffrey Fieger. The movie is currently filming in the city of Rosebank, New York.

Al Pacino Jack Kevorkian-

Category: Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack

Posted by Dr. Detroit on Sep 28, 2009 | No Comments | Permalink |

Tom Cruise In Detroit

Mega Star Actor/Producer Tom Cruise is on hand at today’s Lions-Redskins game at Ford Field. Cruise is a business partner of Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, who became an investor in Cruise’s production company a few years ago [read more]. His son Connor is also in town staring in the remake of Red Dawn, which is currently filming around Metro Detroit. Could Cruise be in town scoping out a future movie project??

Photo from DetNews.com

Category: Red Dawn

Posted by Dr. Detroit on Sep 27, 2009 | No Comments | Permalink |

Red Dawn Is Made In Michigan

Kate Kogelman, 48, of Leonard Michigan, is on of hundreds of local Michigan residents working on Red Dawn.

“People have no idea the amount of lives it impacts. Everybody who owns a business, or runs a hotel are all impacted and they need to get a hold of their congressman or representative tell them about it,” Kogelman said. “There is more money coming into this state that people have no idea about.” [read more]

Category: Red Dawn

Posted by Dr. Detroit on Sep 26, 2009 | No Comments | Permalink |

Day In The Life Of A Red Dawn Extra

Local writer Cindy La Ferle blogs about the adventures and excitement she experienced as an extra on the remake of Red Dawn.

Category: Red Dawn

Posted by Dr. Detroit on Sep 25, 2009 | No Comments | Permalink |

Behind The Scenes Of Alleged

Courtesy of reporter Dan Armstrong at Mid-Michigan NBC 25, here are some more behind the scenes photos from the filming of Alleged at Crossroads Village in Flint.

alleged1 Behind The Scenes Of Alleged
alleged2 Behind The Scenes Of Alleged
alleged3 Behind The Scenes Of Alleged
alleged4 Behind The Scenes Of Alleged

Category: Alleged

Posted by Dr. Detroit on Sep 25, 2009 | No Comments | Permalink |

Screenwriter Fred Foote Talks Alleged

East Lansing native screenwriter/producer Fred Foote talks to MLive Flint about his upcoming movie Alleged, which is currenlty shooitng at Crossroads Village in Flint.

“Right now it’s a great, exciting, thrilling educational challenge — but how I’ll feel a year from now is yet to happen. If we don’t get distribution or into the festivals, then I’ll have a $4 million DVD on my shelf,” he said, laughing. “Maybe I’ll be pleased, maybe I’ll be bitter and trying to cover up it ever happened. [read more]

Category: Alleged

Posted by Dr. Detroit on Sep 25, 2009 | No Comments | Permalink |

Little Murder Wraps Production

Little Murder Boom The blistering 22 day production of the upcoming Josh Lucas and Terrence Howard movie Little Murder wrap yesterday with a party at Detroit favorites Slows BBQ, the Anchor Bar, and ended up in a suite at the new Book Cadillac. Though the production has wrapped, all post production will be done in Michigan, making this the first Hollywood feature to do so since the passage of the Michigan film Incentives.

Category: Little Murder

Posted by Dr. Detroit on Sep 25, 2009 | No Comments | Permalink |

Red Dawn Studio On Verge Of Bankruptcy?

MGM, the studio responsible for the remake of Red Dawn (which is currently shooting in Michigan); may have to sell it’s key assets like James Bond in order to stay afloat. This news sheds some insight into why the studio is remaking Red Dawn:

This raises a lot of questions, and if you’ve been wondering why MGM is so keen on remaking movies like Robocop and Red Dawn, also provides some answers. Those franchises are ready-made assets that the studio could theoretically get moving fast. Red Dawn wasn’t mobilized quickly to take advantage of any political zeitgeist; it was fast-tracked because United Artists films Lions For Lambs and Valkyrie weren’t earners. Fame opens this weekend, and it is likely going to under-perform, too. [read more]

This is not uncommon. Last year Village Roadshow; which made Grand Torino, also went bankrupt before the movie hit the silver screen.

Category: Red Dawn

Posted by Dr. Detroit on Sep 25, 2009 | No Comments | Permalink |

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