Michigan movie studio owners

Motown Motion Picture Studios (was known as Michigan Motion Picture Studios and formerly Raleigh Michigan Studios) was located in the Detroit suburb of Pontiac and owned by Motown Motion Pictures LLC .

Motown Motion Pictures was owned by Linden Nelson, A. Alfred Taubman and John Rakolta Jr.,^[1] William Morris Endeavor Entertainment and Raleigh Entertainment (10%).^[2]

Background

The studios were first developed in 2009 when the state had a generous film tax credit promoted by the governor at the time, Jennifer Granholm.

Linden Nelson's son passed on how Michigan's film credits were a big topic of discussion at Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

History

Nelson discussed with Ari Emanuel the idea of a Michigan production studio to take advantage of the tax break.

Nelson and Emanuel formed Motown Motion Pictures LLC in May 2008. Soon two more investors were brought in to the company: John Rakolta Jr., a head of a commerc