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PRODUCTIONS
PLUS
PURCHASES
THE
TALENT
SHOP
Strategic
Acquisition
Strengthens
National
Presence
BINGHAM
FARMS,
Mich. -
Productions
Plus
Talent
Management
Agency,
an
international
company
with
offices
in
Detroit,
Chicago
and Los
Angeles,
has
acquired
Bingham
Farms,
Michigan-based
The
Talent
Shop.
The
company
will now
operate
as
Productions
Plus –
The
Talent
Shop.
Margery
Krevsky,
owner
and CEO
of
Productions
Plus,
made the
announcement
today.
Krevsky
will
continue
in her
management
role as
full
owner of
the
combined
company.
With
this
acquisition,
Production
Plus –
with
current
revenues
of $20
million
– will
become
the
largest,
premier
full-service
talent
management
agency
in
Michigan
and one
of the
largest
in the
nation.
The
expanded
entity
projects
a 30
percent
growth
with the
addition
of The
Talent
Shop’s
holdings
and
seasoned
performers.
“Positioning
Productions
Plus for
future
growth
and
maximizing
our
national
potential
is what
this
acquisition
is all
about,”
explained
Krevsky,
who
co-founded
Productions
Plus in
1981.
“Having
the
strength
of three
regional
offices
means
our
talent
now has
an
agency
with a
broader
scope of
contacts
and
wider
professional
opportunities.
“
Productions
Plus is
SAG
(Screen
Actors
Guild)
certified
and is
the
largest
SAG-franchised
talent
agency
in
Michigan.
The
company
now will
have
more
than
10,000
individuals
in its
nationwide
and
Canadian
talent
database,
with
plans to
aggressively
market
its
exclusive
talent
on the
East and
West
coasts.
“Combining
the two
companies
we now
have
more
than 55
years of
experience,”
noted
Kresvky.
“Our
talent
experts
know the
business,
have
industry
credibility,
and are
regarded
by our
clients.”
Said
Jacqueline
Kagan,
founder
of The
Talent
Shop,
“Productions
Plus is
the only
agency I
would
consider
selling
my
company
to. I
have
long
respected
its
reputation
and
professionalism.”
Productions
Plus
provides
talent
for auto
shows,
trade
shows,
conventions,
automotive
marketing,
ride and
drives,
dealer
meetings,
promotions
and
product
demonstrations.
The
company
specializes
in
finding
talent
for
voice-overs,
runway,
print,
film,
television
and
commercial
projects.
Its’
database
identifies
highly
trained
actors,
product
specialists,
narrators,
models,
costume
characters,
hostesses,
crowd
gatherers,
greeters,
celebrity
impersonators
for
auditions,
casting
calls
and
assignments.
Krevsky
added,
“For
more
than
twenty
eight
years
Productions
Plus
focused
on doing
business
on a
national
and
international
level,
and The
Talent
Shop
focused
on
Detroit
and
Michigan.
Now, as
Productions
Plus –
The
Talent
Shop, we
are one
of the
strongest
contenders
in the
Midwest
for
film,
print,
TV,
commercials,
voice-over,
auto
shows,
events,
staffing
and
fashion.
We
wanted
to do
more to
help
Detroit
talent,
and this
is the
result.
Our base
of
professionals
here
rivals
Hollywood,
and we
plan to
showcase
them.”
Prior to
the
acquisition,
Productions
Plus was
already
a major
source
of
talent
to the
burgeoning
film
industry
in
Michigan.
Productions
Plus has
secured
roles
for its
exclusive,
SAG-member
talent
in the
following
major
studio
films
shot in
Michigan:
Alleged,
America,
Betty
Anne
Waters,
Flipped,
Gifted
Hands,
Intent,
The
Irishman,
Stone,
Up in
the Air,
Crave,
Game of
Death,
Highland
Park,
Vanishing
on 7th
St,
Oogieloves,
Mooz-lum,
Domino
Effect,
Trust,
Little
Murders,
What If
and
several
episodes
of The
Wannabees.
Productions
Plus –
The
Talent
Shop
plans to
expand
its film
division,
and is
positioned
to be
the
leading
source
for high
caliber
talent,
including
leading
actors,
for
Hollywood
producers
and
casting
directors.
The
expanded
company
will
continue
to be
based in
Bingham
Farms,
Michigan.
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