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DreamWorks Coming To Grand Rapids?

DreamWorks Studios is scouting West Michigan as a shooting location for an upcoming "substantial" movie project. According to Rick Hert, director of the West Michigan Film Office, “a scout spent some time in Barry County this week where he was looking at several different locations such as courthouses, fairgrounds, hotels, diners ...

Clooney Movie To Feature Detroit Unemployed

The highly anticipated George Clooney movie Up In The Air will feature several of the Detroit Area's unemployed. "We were shooting in St. Louis and Detroit, two cities that just got pummeled and I put an ad out in the paper asking if there were people who lost their jobs and ...

Red Dawn Remake To Film At Former Kmart Headquarters in Troy Michigan

The former Kmart Headquarters off of Big Beaver Road in Troy, Michigan once housed over 5,000 employees of the world's largest retail company. Upon it's opening in 1972, the sprawling 40-acre site put the sleepy farm town of Troy, Michigan on the map before the company merged with Sears and left ...

Red Dawn Production Returns To Harper Woods

So this past September the production of the Red Dawn remake; currently shooting throughout Michigan, shot several opening scenes for the move in Harper Woods. The scenes take place during a nighttime, high school football game (this is pre-invasion) and sets up many of the story's main characters. Flash forward two and half months, and the production has transformed the ...

Production Update – November 21, 2009

Wesley Snipes is filming the action movie Game of Death in downtown Detroit this week. Filming for the action-thriller film Red Dawn began in Grand Ledge on Monday and was wrapping up on Thursday. Kinetic Post in Southfield has been hard at work on post production of the locally made thriller ...

Movies Invade Michigan Towns

Here is more from the set of the upcoming Chris Eyre drama A Year in Mooring. The film is currently shooting in the Traverse City Area. You can find some behind-the-scenes photos and video here. The film is about a successful businessman who escapes tragedy by moving aboard a ...

The Gun Begins Production In December

50 Cent's movie company Cheeta Vision Films has inked a deal with Action Jackson Films to produce and finance 3-5 major films a year. The first planned movie is titled The Gun which was written by 50 himself. The movie will star 50 Cent and Val Kilmer (who have ...

Red Dawn Shooting In Grand Ledge, MI

So it appears as though the production of the Red Dawn remake has moved form Metro Detroit to Fitzgerald Park, in Grand Ledge outside of Lansing Michigan. The area is known for it's rocky cliffs and picturesque setting.

A Year in Mooring Shoots In Traverse city

The upcoming Josh Lucas drama A Year in Mooring is currently being shot in various locations in Northern Michigan. The film is about a successful businessman who experiences tragedy in his life and lives on a mooring boat. This is the second moving actor Josh Lucus has shot in Michigan this ...

Game Of Death Gets New Director

Currently lensing in Detroit, Abel Ferrara has left Game of Death. Death is an action Bruce Lee remake that was set to reunite the acclaimed filmmaker with Wesley Snipes. It has not been released exactly why why Ferrara has left, only that the film will now be directed by Giorgio Serafini. What ...

Up In The Air Early Review

Here's an early review of the upcoming George Clooney movie Up In The Air, some of which was shot in Metro Detroit. The movie hits theaters on Christmas day.