Hello Mopo...
over memorial day my son and I went looking at Irish Hills Michigan as
we used to go there to visit
the prehistoric forest dino park and Stagecoach stop a old west town,
and Mystery Hill...
Well. they are all closed and for sale... so we just looked and thought
hmmmmm cooll.....
Well when i came home I had this idea to email a director friend and
tell him that I thought the abandoned places would make a great film set.
So he came up and looked. See,, Michigan is offering a 42% tax incentive
to film there and so he was perked up
to consider it,
So I am helping to get interested parties to make Low budget Horror
films in the 150-300 K area.
The Director was part of the Sam Raimi original Crew that did Evil dead
and Army of Darkness and
he has been selling projects direct to DVD and also Scifi Channel. He
recently did " Boogymn3" for
Ghosthouse pictures(Raimis co) and has several movies in Post. He is
associated with KNB studios Kurtzman and they built a studio
in Ohio called Precinct 13 productions. The Director Is Gary Jones you
can see filmography on IMDB
A local friend here introduced me who has been in several Pictures with
Gary . I thought I would see if any Mopo friends would like to get
involved in High Risk movie Making.
I told them that I would help only if people understood that Movies are
high risk However I thought perhaps to some it maky be a interesting
way to be part of the process and sometimes these things actually make
money.
I see potential areas in the product placement area and merchandise and
other related areas.
The Michigan and Ohio areas have all kinds of inexpensive areas to shoot
at and lots of locations that are visual and special.
We have sand dunes , water, trees, caves, lots of old cars props and
more. old homes .. much more
The movie Grand torino was shot in detroit. I also know of a sound
stage that has lights and powere and was a former studio used to make
car commercials. We also have crews ready to work...
And because of Michigans bleak job situation all is negociaable
lets make movies in Michigan and Ohio.!! ... Jeff Daniels Lives there
and is a advocate of local films !
this makes perfect sense to make movie in Michigan they will roll out
the red carpet for filmmakers!
Tom
419-474-3065
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