By Mark | February 21, 2011
As we’ve discussed in previous threads, I have issues with Governor Snyder’s proposed budget. There are some things that I’m very much against, like the cuts to K-12 education and the elimination of funding mechanisms for brownfield remediation projects, and there are others that I’m not yet sure about. Among the items in that category, […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2012 Michigan budget, Catherine Keener, Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, Ernst & Young, Film, film studio, Larry Alexander, Michigan film incentives, Michigan Film Office, Rick Snyder |
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, Detroit 187, dumb things to do, Film, Gran Torino, Just Delicious, Michigan film incentives, Michigan Film Office, Rick Snyder, Robert Ficano, Small Plates, tax incentives, tax rebates, Virg Bernero |
By Mark | August 25, 2010
The Trailer for the film “Conviction” has been released. Quite a bit of the production, which had previously been referred to as “Betty Anne Waters,” was shot in Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor. Of particular interest in the trailer, at least for me, are the scenes shot at Ypsi’s legendary Sidetrack Bar and Grill – stills […]
Posted in Architecture, Art and Culture, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Betty Anne Waters, Conviction, Hilary Swank, Juliette Lewis, Michigan film incentives, Minnie Driver, pencil paparazzi, posts about Hilary Swank that don't reference her ass, Sam Rockwell, Sidetrack |
It’s springtime and that means, thanks to Michigan’s arguably overly-generous film industry incentives, celebrities are flocking back to Ypsi/Arbor. My friend Jean, if I’m interpreting her Facebook updates correctly, has rented her home in Ann Arbor to the producers of a film named Salvation Boulevard… It’s weird. She has to hide with her kid in […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Michigan, Ypsilanti | Also tagged born again christian, celebrity sighting, Ed Harris, fundamentalist religion, Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Marisa Tomei, Mega Church, Michigan film incentives, pencil paparazzi, Pierce Brosnon, Salvation Boulevard, Scream 4, Sidetrack, Ugly Mug |
