… digital engagement manager, in an article on the potential end of the Michigan film producer subsidies. The film incentives program, in its current form, costs taxpayers $50 million per …
"The Genesis Code," a film shot in Michigan, received about … stories during the two years of filming and its theatrical release. The film received a lot of media attention because it was filmed in west Michigan. The audience … listed in the 2009 Michigan Film Office annual report found …
… interest. Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” Senate Bill 1103, Extend film producer subsidies: Passed 73 to 37 in the House To extend the law authorizing state subsidy payments to some film productions until 2022 (under current law it ends in 2017), and make some …
… Movie companies that made films in Michigan last year are expected … the state. That’s under a new film incentive program intended … activity. But while news of film jobs and movie-related spending … used in part to pay for the film incentive’s refundable tax … “High School.” The movie was filmed almost entirely in the Howell …
… terminate the state's subsidies to film producers. ForTheRecord highlights … “They are about to kill the film industry in this state, a move … million state taxpayer dollars to film producers. Michigan had 1,663 … two pictures since Michigan’s film subsidy program began in 2008, … “I’m Still Here.” Neither was filmed in Michigan, according to …
… a bill allowing the state’s film subsidy program to continue, … much as $100 million for the film subsidy program. The bill … limits how much the Michigan Film Office can authorize, and once … bill converts the previous film incentive program into a direct … required assessments of the film subsidy program to include …
… eal Rubin laments the elimination of Michigan’s film incentive at The Detroit News. But he paints a … can find different effects, but the studies of film incentives are clear. As Dr. Michael Thom, a professor … nonpartisan Tax Foundation — have argued that [film incentives] don’t succeed at creating jobs or growing …
… Powerful," opens today. The film cost the studio about $200 … through the state’s generous film subsidy program. In fact, … residents should be seeing the film for free. Michigan has 4.5 … taxpayers, and the state gave the film studio $39.7 million to shoot … percent of Michigan expenses to film makers — essentially a check …
… for Michigan’s controversial film tax subsidy, taxpayers are … games. In August, the Michigan Film Office awarded Scientifically … George Clooney this month at a film festival what he thought about filming in Ann Arbor. Clooney’s response: … releases an annual report on film subsidies, described in one …
… credits the Mackinac Center for helping to stop a diversion of $10 million of taxpayer funds for a movie studio in Grand Rapids as part of Michigan’s film subsidy program.
