Aug-26-2010
Governor Granholm today touted Pontiac, the studio and sound stages of Raleigh Michigan Studios as a “Promise Spotlight” success story during the 2010 Emerging Cities Summit in Lansing. CEO Linden Nelson has stated that an official grand opening will be held toward the end of the year with soundstages open for business in February or March 2011.
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Aug-20-2010
Michigan Film Production is benefitting from the Michigan Film Tax Incentives with the increase of post production houses in the state. Editorial, VFX, CGI are lucrative and creative areas for the rapidly expanding film industry in Michigan. “Alice in Wonderland” and “Piranha 3D” are just two films enabling Michigan filmmakers with their inbound business, thanks to Grace and Wild Studios and With A Twist.
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Aug-10-2010
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Jul-27-2010
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A film and “teaching studio” complex in a former General Motors truck and bus manufacturing facility in Pontiac should be up and running early next year, said Linden Nelson, chairman and CEO of Michigan Motion Picture Studios LLC. At 5 p.m. today, Gov. Jennifer Granholm and others will participate in a ceremonial groundbreaking at Centerpoint Parkway, but work already has begun on the site to convert the defunct plant into Raleigh Michigan Studios. From The Detroit News
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Jun-17-2010
ABC television networks new series “Detroit 1-8-7″ starring Michael Imperioli (“The Sopranos”) is a major victory for the Michigan Film Incentives bringing Detroit its first network primetime tv series.
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May-27-2010
Movie studio is a go for Pontiac
Louis Aguilar/Detroit News
Michigan Motion Picture Studios L.L.C. film studio got final approval for $28 million in bond financing, the last hurdle to build a major film complex at General Motors Co. Centerpoint BusinessCampus in Pontiac.
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The board of the Oakland County Economic Development Corp. gave final approval this morning of the bond.
“It’s a green light, it’s a go,” said Mary Langhauser, Oakland Co. supervisor for financial services, who attended the meeting.
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Apr-30-2010
Cannes Film Festival and Film Budgets
Cannes Film Festival approaches and the current update is that more than ever sales agents are asking for lower film budgets to match the expectations of the market. Europe remains wrestling with financial troubles and the film business is certainly affected. Expectations are for lower foreign sales and therefore your business plan and movie budget must be adjusted to reflect that reality.
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Apr-12-2010
Richard Gere, Annette Benning’s “State of the Union” remake for Garry Marshall is looking at a Michigan shoot. Harold and Kumar 3 has set up office space in Michigan. Details forthcoming at http://facebook.com/michiganfilmproduction
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Mar-20-2010
N.Y. film tax credit is economic driver
Lawmakers eye extending program through 2015
By Georg Szalai
March 16, 2010, 11:40 AM ET
Updated: March 16, 2010, 10:47 PM ET
NEW YORK — The Empire State’s $420 million production tax credits program, part of the state budget bill lawmakers are considering, has received a shot in the arm.
New York comptroller Thomas DiNapoli issued a report Tuesday that credits previous incentive programs with driving $7 billion into the state’s economy from their 2004 launch through 2008. He also credits the program with contributing to the employment of as many as 63,000 people in 2008, double-digit-percentage job creation since the start of the incentives, as much as $5 billion in wages in 2008 and boosting state and local tax coffers Read the rest of this entry »
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Mar-14-2010
DETROIT (AP) — A little-known state tax break for music producers could help put Motown back on the music map, but theDetroit Free Press says so far no one has taken advantage of it.
The state is offering tax credits of up to 42 percent for the production of music CDs and music videos. The break was designed to attract big-name artists to record in Michigan, which already is home to Eminem, Kid Rock and Bob Segar.
The tax credit has been available since April 2008, but no one has taken advantage of it apparently because it is so little-known.
Industry insiders like Brian Pastoria of Harmonie Park Studios say the incentive has potential to help grow the state’s music business.
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