"Transformers 4" to film in Metro Detroit, create 339 jobs

After passing on Detroit for its third installment, the Transformers film series (and its generous budget) is back.

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"Transformers 4 was awarded an incentive of $20 million on $81,933,992 of projected in-state expenditures.   The project is expected to hire 368 Michigan workers with a full time equivalent of 339 jobs...

Transformers 4 is the third film in the series to use Detroit as a backdrop.   The first Transformers, released in 2007, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon, released in 2011, also filmed in metro Detroit."

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