Gran Torino hit the theaters with a bang and a splash and Michigan was all over that thing. In the next few months nearly a dozen of other films will be released that were filmed here. And next year, well, that number could be doubled. Especially if the studios come in and put up a few stages. Dearborn and Allen Park are in talks right now to possibly be a few of the takers of those studio stages.
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Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly on Thursday said he recently took the deputy director of the Mich-igan Film Commission on a guided tour of Dearborn as a way for the deputy director to gauge the possibility of housing a movie studio in Dearborn.
"(The Michigan Film Commission) has strong interest in southeast Michigan," O'Reilly said. "They want to have studios in a number of areas in the state, including the Grand Rapids area and Traverse City.
"The city of Dearborn has been proactive in the area of attracting filmmakers. We were the first community in the state to change an ordinance allowing filmmakers to shoot on public property without getting permission from the city. They just have to go to the police department."
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