Manistee's 10 West film studio is part of this Detroit News story on the impact canceling Michigan's film industry tax incentive is having on Michigan film companies. The studio doesn't plan to close, but has lost business, according to the article.
Excerpt: Michigan's fledgling film studio infrastructure is crumbling as the number of productions declines in the wake of a $25 million limit on state cash incentives for movies, television shows and digital media.
Livonia-based Maxsar Digital Studios, which opened a week before Gov. Rick Snyder announced in mid-February that he wanted to cut and cap the nation's most generous film and television industry tax incentives, has laid off its 50 employees and idled all productions.
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Source: The Detroit News
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