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Michigna Production Update – June 11, 2009

The Kim Cattrall movie that shot in Metro Detroit this past winter has changed it’s name form Miss January to Meet Monica Velour.

After recently completing the movie Caught in the Crossfire in Grand Rapids this week, 50 Cent’s production company Cheetah Vision may bring their next project Jekyll and Hyde to Michigan. The movie is set to co-star Acadamey Award winning actor Forest Whittaker.

Mlive is also reporting that the Cinepro Pictures CGI action film Tribes of October; starring Ray Stevenson, Robert Duvall and James Caan; will likely film inside the Grand Rapids convention center DeVos Place in August.

The new Rob Reiner coming of age movie Flipped will be using Ann Arbor schools property for it’s production his summer. In total, the film company is paying the district more than $30,000 for use of several sites and custodial services.

Specs Howard School of Broadcasting is taking on film production with a new training program that pairs the school up with noted full-scale Metro Detroit production studio Grace & Wild.

Oakland University in Rochester Michigan will be adding this fall a major in Cinema Studies and a minor in Graphic Design.


Category: 50 Cent, Caught in the Crossfire, Film Training, Flipped, Forest Whittaker, Jekyll and Hyde, Michigan Production News, Tribes of October
Posted by Dr. Detroit on Jun 11, 2009 | 1 Comment | Permalink |

MPA Offering Film Training

On June 12th-14th, the Michigan Production Alliance (MPA) and NEHST Studios is hosting The Aspiring Filmmakers Bootcamp in Troy featuring CEO and studio head Larry Meistrich. (cost is $395, $150 for students).

Also, this coming Thursday (May 21) the Michigan Production Alliance (MPA) is having a session on how to record great on location sound for television and motion pictures at Madonna University in Livonia, MI. (Cost is $5 for non-members)


Category: Film Training
Posted by Dr. Detroit on May 16, 2009 | No Comments | Permalink |
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