By Mark | November 5, 2010
I’ve never seen the show, but I’m curious as to what’ll happen with the ABC cop drama Detroit 187 when our newly elected Governor makes good on his campaign promise to end Michigan’s generous tax incentives for the film industry. Will they cancel the show? Or, will they just go to the state with the […]
By Mark | September 19, 2010
With the change of Governor may come a change in policy with regard to Michigan’s generous financial incentives for the film industry. Following, by way of background, is a clip from the Wall Street Journal: …The set of the gritty cop show “Detroit 1-8-7” is one of more than 100 film and television productions that […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics | Also tagged Clint Eastwood, dumb things to do, Film, film incentives, Gran Torino, Just Delicious, Michigan film incentives, Michigan Film Office, Rick Snyder, Robert Ficano, Small Plates, tax incentives, tax rebates, Virg Bernero |
When I heard that ABC was going to begin airing a police drama set in Detroit, I was hoping for the best. I was, perhaps naively, expecting something like The Wire. Judging from this ad, though, which was just sent to me by my friend Mike, that’s not what the producers had in mind. Maybe […]
