Stark County is ready for its close-up.

The Ohio Department of Development is providing more than $46 million in grants to support 27 film and television productions set to take place throughout the state, including several in the Canton area. The state agency announced the funding on Aug. 12.

The projects include 11 films, four television mini-series five full television series, four Broadway/theater productions, two documentaries and one digital media. Awards were issued through the Motion Picture Tax Credit Program.

"When productions choose Ohio, they put our communities on the global stage," Lydia Mihalik, director of the Ohio Department of Development, said in a prepared statement "Through the Motion Picture Tax Credit Program, we’re telling Ohio’s story to the world while creating

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