![]() ![]() It begins with an initial credit cap of $125 million for each of the first three years and includes modest increases in subsequent years. The MFIA said the bill is financially accountable. ![]() ![]() It also promotes steady and sustainable growth by providing a 10-year period to establish confidence in the program and allow ample time to build a infrastructure and a solid crew base for the industry. What has been proposed is a transferable tax credit that stays in the state to benefit Michigan companies. Senators Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) and Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) introduced SBs 438-439 in the state Senate. The bills were introduced in the House by Representatives John Roth (R-Interlochen) and Jason Hoskins (D-Southfield) as HBs 4907-4908. The new legislation is part of a two-bill package designed to build creative and tech-related industries to attract new jobs and talent to Michigan, according to the Michigan Film Industry Association. New legislationīringing film work to Michigan and the support of local talent are among the goals of the Multimedia Jobs Act (MJA). Production on the film was completed this week and is expected to be released some time in February.Īlso part of the cast are local actors Sydney Porada and Angela Duggins. “It’s more suspenseful that way,” Reinhold said, of “Tweed,” starring Wraith and Bianca Van Damme, who spent a great deal of her childhood watching the movies being made by her father, martial artist/actor Jean-Claude Van Damme. This one, featuring several shots filmed at the spooky asylum and popular Halloween attraction is a sci-fi thriller about an alien invasion, although you never really see the alien. “They ended up going with a place in Romeo that I didn’t get but appreciated my efforts,” said Reinhold, who was given a part in the film and hopes to work with Wraith Productions on several other films in the future. New legislation known as the Multimedia Jobs Act (MJA) has many advocates hoping to see a resurgence of Michigan’s film industry. A file photo from 2009 shows a movie set in in Ann Arbor, before the film incentives were cut. So, she put out a clarion call to small business owners who have worked with her in the past and before the cast and crew arrived she had several options for Wraith including the Emerald Theater in Mount Clemens. “They had a bunch of actors coming in from Los Angeles and no place for the filming,” Reinhold said. She works hard and she gets it done,” Wraith said, who reached out to Reinhold after learning that they had lost the venue they were planning for a weekend shoot. Wraith and Eastwood’s daughter, Francesca have a son together, so being part of Eastwood’s clan he also knew of the opportunities and support that filmmakers were getting in Detroit, which he himself experienced. “It’s a city with a big heart,” said Wraith, who is not the first person in Hollywood to discover that.ĭuring the heydays when a film incentive was in place a number of blockbuster movies were shot in Michigan including “Red Dawn” (1984), “Up in the Air” (2009), “Scream 4” (2011), “Oz the Great and Powerful” (2103), “Batman vs Superman” (2016) and “Transformers: The Last Knight,” which was among the last big productions to be done in the state.Īlso among the blockbusters made in Michigan was Clint Eastwood’s “Gran Torino” (2008), a gritty drama about a widower (played by Clint Eastwood) who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Detroit neighborhood until a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino setting them both on a path of redemption. But Wraith said he’s seen the soft spots and met a lot of good people.
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