With Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut “How to Catch a Monster” filming in Detroit this summer and the upcoming “Need for Speed” slated to shoot here later this year, here are our picks for the Top Ten movies filmed in the city.
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“Transformers”: Director Michael Bay’s 2007 mega-hit launched a franchise, with new lead Mark Wahlberg set to star in fourth film shooting here later this year.
140 = It was reported that the actors were not given the 140-page script past page 75 in order to protect the identity of the Ghostface killer.
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“Gran Torino”: Clint Eastwood’s critical and commercial success about a recently widowed war veteran looking to reclaim his neighborhood filmed on location in Highland Park.
41 = $41 million was the budget for "8 Mile" starring Eminem.
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“The Evil Dead”
Premiere Of Paramount Pictures' "Up In The Air" - Arrivals
“Up in the Air”: The critically-acclaimed drama may have starred George Clooney as a corporate “downsizer,” but Anna Kendrick’s turn as his ambitious new hire helped launch her career and earned her an Oscar nomination.
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“True Romance”: Twenty years before “Django Unchained,” parts of Quentin Tarantino’s “True Romance” were filmed in the city.
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“Whip It!”: This sweet coming-of-age film features Ellen Page (“Juno,” “Inception”) as a teenage girl who discovers that roller derby might be help her leave her small-town life behind.
2013 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter - Arrivals
“Grosse Pointe Blank”: Though much of the “killer” comedy, starring John Cusack and Minnie Driver, was filmed in California, eagle-eyed viewers might recognize parts filmed downtown and in Michigan suburbs.
Premiere of DreamWorks Pictures' "Real Steel" - Red Carpet
“Real Steel”: Don’t laugh! The Hugh Jackman-starring Robot boxing drama garnered critical and commercial success after filming in Michigan in 2010.
