Cap the Film Incentives and Kill the Film Industry in Michigan? Not Yet
Film Industry Supporters Crying Wolf Over Governor's Plans for Film Subsidies
In a
Film industry supporters insisted in numerous media outlets that mere ‘talk’ of capping the film incentives “sends a chilling effect to Hollywood.”
Flash forward to
A March 8 Detroit News headline read, “Filmmakers May Move on if
Variety opined, “Hollywood Wary of Michigan”.
These gloom and doom predictions of the demise of film production in
Since the announcement of a $25 million film incentive cap, the Michigan Film Office has approved nearly $10 million in film credits.
According to the Film Office website, the first movie approved for film incentives after the governor’s proposed budget was released was “The Five Year Engagement”. The news release stated that the film “was approved for an incentive of $5,263,464 on $12,532,056 of direct
This comes as no surprise to
Hohman added that with the state facing a budget deficit of $1.5 billion,
Hohman said: “Obviously the film industry is not going away. If other states want to attract even more by offering more money, they can waste money if they want to.”
At least four film productions remained ‘unchilled’ by
A new test, however, is emerging in the
Committee chair, Rep. Earl
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