(WXYZ) - It's going to be huge!
Michigan has lured some impressive projects since passing the film incentives initiative last year, like
Gran Torino,
Whip It, and
Betty Anne Waters. But it appears the state's biggest catch to date is the re-make of
Red Dawn.WATCH ALICIA SMITH'S REPORT IN THE VIDEO PLAYER ON THE RIGHT
The memorable battle cry will soon be echoing across Michigan's landscape. Producers are also looking for some home grown talent to fill out some roles. You can find out more by emailing
reddawnextras@gmail.com.
Red Dawn tells the gripping story of how some midwestern teenagers fight to save their hometown from a foreign invasion. MGM's 1984 hit starred Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, and Jennifer Gray.
The cast for the re-make includes Chris Hemsworth, who played George Kirk in the latest
Star Trek movie. He'll take on Swayze's role of Jed Eckert, the group's unofficial leader. Eckert's hotheaded younger brother Matt, originally played by Sheen, will be brought back by Josh Peck, best know for the voice of Eddie in the
Ice Age movies.
And Adrianne Palicki from the
Friday Night Lights TV series, will portray Toni, the scrappy character Jennifer Gray first played. Dan Bradley will direct. He was the second unit director on the
Bourne Ultimatum and the
Bourne Supremacy films.
Ken Droz from the Michigan Film Office says the state's film incentives lured MGM here, and so did the setting.
Area production companies and filmmakers are already feeling the ripple effect of
Red Dawn's pre-production here.
MGM will start filming the action film's re-make September 8th.
