82 Projects Filmed In Michigan Since April ‘08
Film crews have been busy in Michigan over the past year and a half.
The Michigan Film Office says 82 projects have been filmed in the state since April 2008, when it introduced tax incentives that are among the nation’s most generous.
Spokesman Ken Droz from the film office says that 47 of those projects are from 2009. The TV pilots, documentaries, reality projects and feature films and represent a total expenditure of $216 million so far this year.
That amount includes all the money spent in the state on the productions such as crew, talent, extras, production offices, meals and the like.
The state hosted 35 projects and total expenditures of $125 million last year.
