The enactment of the Michigan legislation to offer rebates and agressive tax incentives to movie
production companies in Michigan has prompted Tictock Studios, based in Holland, Michigan, to
announce plans to operate a financing and production company with the ability to invest up to
$20 million per project with most films coming in under $10 million. Their first film will be "Tug,"
which qualifies for the incentive programs and is set for production in early summer.
Tictock, which bills itself as the first Michigan-based studio, has acquired the ReddiWhip factory in
Holland and plans to renovate the 76,000-square-foot facility with private money and some state
credits.
Holland based TicTock Studios, has hired Jeffrey Stott, a well known Hollywood producer to help
implement the job training that will turn the unemployed in Michigan into behind the scenes technical
jobs in the movie and film industry. The Michigan legislators have passed and Governor Granholm
has signed into law a bill with the most aggressive incentives to date to bring film crews to Michigan
to make their movies in the future. This strategy has worked for other states, like Louisiana and
New Mexico. TicTock Studios will take online resumes if you would like to be in the movies behind the
scenes. They are looking for people with trades backgrounds, such as electricians, painters, & set
technicians. There is also a job training program is in conjunction with Grand Rapids Community College
in Grand Rapids, MI that started its initial class on April 7th.
You might be seeing a lot of Michigan backgrounds in the movies of the future!
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