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.
Post Production Business in Michigan Booming
Aug-20-2010Michigan Film a “Double” for Paris, Russia, Switzerland, Baltimore, Washington D.C. in Detroit
Jun-30-2010Detroit, Michigan doubles for Paris, Russia, Switzerland, Baltimore and Washington D.C. in Richard Gere, Topher Grace movie “The Double”, currently shooting in Detroit through August
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Ben Stiller to Produce “30 Seconds or Less” in Michigan
May-25-2010[From WKZO News]
Ben Stiller will film in Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS — Director, writer, and actor Ben Stiller will produce “30 Minutes or Less” which is set to start in July and is expected to last through October. The West Michigan Film Office says this will be the biggest movie project shot in the area not just since Michigan’s tax incentives to attract movie production went into place, but the biggest ever. Production is expected to last until October.
Producers won’t say exactly how much they will spend, only that will be at least ten-million dollars. Producers have also booked five-thousand hotel rooms. The movie is rumored to feature actors Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride, Michael Pena, and Nick Swardson.
Article:
http://www.wkzo.com/news/articles/2010/may/25/big-budget-movie-film-grand-rapids/
Film Budgets : Cannes film budgets key for investors – financiers – incentives
Apr-30-2010Cannes 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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Film credits help hotels, survey says
Nov-22-2009Film credits help hotels, survey says
Bookings meant $5M in “08,’09
By Daniel Duggan
The hospitality industry is stressing the importance of film business to its bottom line as talks in Lansing weigh a cut in the state’s film tax credit.
Figures released to Crain’s indicate almost 50,000 hotel rooms booked in metro Detroit by the film industry in 2008 and 2009. It resulted in nearly $5 million in revenue and roughly another $5 million in food and beverage spending.
“I think the numbers we saw would have been even better without the negative conversations about film credits,” Baum said, referring to talks in the Legislature of cutting the tax incentive.
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20091122/FREE/311229995/1069
New York Times features Michigan Film – Dream Factories Aim to Replace Auto Sites
Sep-08-2009By DONNA PAUL
Published: September 8, 2009
DETROIT — In the midst of a recession that has been particularly brutal in Michigan, a number of construction projects are on the verge of getting under way in a most unlikely business: the film industry.
The recent surge of interest was set in motion in April 2008, when Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm signed a 14-bill package into law, which among other things provided a 40 percent tax credit or cash rebate for studios on their business tax returns in Michigan. An additional 2 percent rebate is available for films produced in 103 communities.
There is also a 25 percent infrastructure credit, which is applied against expenditures on construction of a studio and its contents, said Janet Lockwood, director of the Michigan film office.
Unity Studios – City of Allen Park Announces Film & Television Studio
Apr-13-2009City of Allen Park officials announced a major movie studio deal Tuesday that will create a $146-million, full-service movie, television and new media production studio. Project is named Unity Studios. Unity Studios on Facebook
The factory will be built on 104 acres in Allen Park and include 750,000 square feet of production, post-production and production support services facilities with eight sound stages.
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