Area hotels fill up with movie crews

Dozens of movie projects are coming to the state, if not already filming here, and local area hotels are filing up with movie crews.

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Michigan's four-month-old film-incentive law has generated at least 21,800 room-nights worth $2.4 million booked at local hotels with most of the Tinseltown treasure landing in Detroit, Dearborn and Oakland County.

Another $850,000 may be collected through dining, room service and other expenses payable to the hotels, before the conventional filming season ends in early November.

It's a total $3.25 million economic windfall, according to 10 local hotels identified as receiving referrals from the Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau or the Michigan Film Office.

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