Then, Oscar Winner Forest Whitaker and 50 Cent will co-star in a modern day remake of Jekyll and Hyde in January with director Abel Ferrara at the helm. Also on the docket, action star Jean-Claude Van Damme is also expect to shoot an new movie in Grand Rapids in 2010 along with the CG leaning movie Tribes of October (staring Robert Duvall, James Caan and Ray Stevenson). Such locations as a former Lear Corp; which is as big as a Warner Brothers Studio backlot, could likely be used as a soundstage for these potential films.

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.