Cleveland isn’t Tinseltown yet, but it could be well on its way as the state announced today another major motion picture would be filmed in the city thanks to a $4.7 million tax credit.

The still-unnamed film from Paramount Pictures is set to begin shooting this spring, and is the third to be filmed in Ohio since the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit went into effect last year. The film is expected to employ about 545 Ohioans as part of the crew, according to a news release from the Ohio Department of Development.

The Avengers a superhero film starring Robert Downey Jr. also is slated to be filmed in the Cleveland area this summer, and portions of the movie Unstoppable, starring Denzel Washington, were filmed in the region thanks to the tax credit.These are all important indicators the tax credit is doing what it is designed to do: grow Ohio’s film industry,” said James A. Leftwich, director of the Ohio Department of Development, in a news release.Production companies must show reviewable progress to the Ohio Film Office within 90 days of receiving the notification letter in order to be eligible for the tax credit, according to the news release. A total of $2.8 million in tax credits are available for the 2011 fiscal year.The plot of the unnamed film centers on a sarcastic teenage girl who is forced to take her little brother trick-or-treating on Halloween, then loses him and must find him before their mother finds out, according to the release. The film will star Victoria Justice, who has made appearances in several series on the Nickelodeon cable channel, and will be directed by Josh Schwartz, creator of the teen-TV drama The O.C.

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