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Jeff Daniels just went to the top of my hero list. In this CNN video with Carol Costello, he has a question for those skeptical of our growing movie industry...
Costello: You hear things like, Michigan... Hollywood of the North, Hollywood of the Midwest, and people go... oh come on...
Daniels: And your idea is what? What are you doing to make Michigan a better place? You know, to create jobs? Oh, nothing? Then shut up.
Love it. You have to see it. It's all in the delivery.
We recently got some numbers from the Michigan Film Office on the rebates for the 32 movies made here so far...
Since that time, the program has generated: 221 script proposals and 136 applications, of which 73 have been approved for film production incentive agreements. Credit certificates have been issued for 32 productions for their expenditures of $126.4 million in Michigan with a related incentive value of $48.0 million. If all of the approved film projects go into production, Michigan will see more than $435.7 million added to the state's economy. Related film incentives would total $164.4 million.
Millions that we wouldn't have gotten in the coffers, not to mention all the great publicity like the story above.
Someone introduce Cassis to Clooney and maybe she will back off on the "cut the credits!" chatter. |
