Star-gazing in Ypsilanti

No, it's not Hollywood. It's not Los Angeles. It's Ypsi. If you've seen someone who looks like Hillary Swank or Minnie Driver or Sam Rockwell hanging around Ypsi and the Ann Arbor area lately, you're not seeing stars (literally). They are shooting a new movie in and around town.

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Starring Hilary Swank, Minnie Driver and Sam Rockwell, "Betty Anne Waters" has already been filmed in Ann Arbor, Chelsea and Ypsilanti. It was announced in February that filming would begin Monday in the Freeman Bunting Insurance building on Michigan Avenue in Downtown Ypsilanti.

The movie is based on the true story of a working mother in Massachusetts who puts herself through law school to represent her brother after his murder conviction.

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