Samuel L. Jackson will be staring in the new movie Rape: A Love Story; which has an estimated $25-million budget, is in preproduction, in Michigan (possibly Grand Rapids) this coming July. Samuel L. Jackson also starred in the 2008 thriller Jumper, which was shot in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  (read more)

Also, HBO recently shot their new, original dark comedy Hung in Oakland County, Michigan.