The Michigan Film Office says
How to Catch a Monster, a feature film that marks actor Ryan Gosling’s writing and directing debut, was awarded an incentive of $1,750,909 on $6,238,922 of projected in-state expenditures. The project is expected to hire 104 Michigan workers with a full time equivalent of 30 jobs.
The film will shoot in Detroit and other metro locations and features Christina Hendricks (
Mad Men), Saoirse Ronan (
Atonement), Eva Mendes (
The Place Beyond the Pines) and Matt Smith (
Doctor Who).
Also approved for a state film encentive is
Landlord, which shoots in Hamtramck, and follows the tale of Elvis Martini, a widowed landlord dealing with spiritual conflict and the abduction of his daughter.
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