LANSING – The Michigan Film Office announced the feature film The End of the Tour has been approved for a film incentive. Based on the book Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself, the project is currently filming in Grand Rapids and surrounding communities.
?Grand Rapids has terrific locations and a talented workforce for the film industry to tap into,? said Margaret O?Riley, director of the Michigan Film Office. ?The End of the Tour will help highlight these assets and showcase all the West Michigan region has to offer.?
The End of the Tour was awarded an incentive of $495,380 on $2,105,652 of projected in-state expenditures. The project is expected to hire 66 Michigan workers with a full time equivalent of 12 jobs.
The film is based on the true events of a four-day long interview conducted by Rolling Stone Magazine writer, David Lipsky with acclaimed author David Foster Wallace. The interview took place in the final days of Wallace?s 1996 book tour promoting his landmark novel, ?Infinite Jest.? The road movie is an extended dramatic and comedic conversation between the two men exploring women, depression, writing, success and jealousy.
The project stars Jason Segel (The Five-Year Engagement, The Muppets) as David Foster Wallace and Jesse Eisenberg (30 Minutes or Less, The Social Network) as David Lipsky. It is being directed by James Ponsoldt.
In Fiscal Year 2014, five projects have been awarded $40,980,829 on $153,887,708 of approved production expenditures for the year. These projects are expected to create 780 hires with a full time equivalent of 763 jobs.
