Sep-01-2010
Transformers 3 begins filming in Michigan now that its Chicago segment is completed. The movie commenced principal photography in Los Angeles in June and stars Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Hugo Weaving (“Lords of The Rings”, “The Matrix”). Director Michael Bay and Producer Steven Spielberg bring their big film budget trilogy to the streets of Detroit revisiting the locations of their successful previous shooting in this town on the original Transformers. Film also stars John Turturro, Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson and will be released in 3-D. Clearly an acknowledgement of the growing film industry in Michigan thanks to the Michigan Film Incentives of 40-42% offered by the state. - Michigan Film Production
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Aug-31-2010
Michigan Film Production – The Michigan Film Source
Producers of major Hollywood studio and independent film and television provide producers, production liason and film production services to Hollywood and worldwide productions coming to shoot in Michigan and utilize the 40-42% Michigan film tax incentive and is the film and television source for Michigan.
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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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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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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.
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May-25-2010
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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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