Sunday, April 19, 2009

Chatting with Mike Binder

BY JULIE HINDS • FREE PRESS POP CULTURE WRITER • April 19, 2009

Michigan has always been a muse for Mike Binder.

In films like "Crossing the Bridge" and "The Upside of Anger," the former Detroiter has woven his hometown into the fiber of his projects. He's doing it again, this time with a Fox sitcom pilot that could be picked up later this year.

"Two Dollar Beer," written, directed and executive-produced by Binder, is about a group of young, blue-collar friends in metro Detroit who are dealing with a changing world. Sounds about right, right about now.

Binder spoke about the sitcom from Los Angeles recently, where his hectic schedule fits the old axiom that dying is easy, comedy is hard. He also talked about Michigan's film incentives, for which he was a leading proponent.

http://www.freep.com/article/20090419/ENT03/904190418

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