Movie incentives or not, Michigan is going to have a hand in working on some top-budget films thanks to tax breaks that helped an effects studio make its permanent home in Traverse City.
Excerpt: Could "Apollo 18"or "Spy Kids 4" be among the projects of I.E. Effects' new Traverse City studio?
The Los Angeles-area based group -- known for work on films including "Spiderman II" and Michael Jackson's "This Is It" -- recently moved into new digs at the corner of Division and Randolph. Even as the boxes were being unpacked, artists were working on 3-D and special effects for "some major motion picture studios," said Director of Regional Operations Clover Roy.
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Source: Chicago Tribune
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