A location for Big Sean's Detroit movie multiplex is nearly at hand.

The rapper and his partners at the cinema chain Emagine Entertainment have narrowed their search to two sites in the city, Emagine CEO Anthony LaVerde told the Free Press.

LaVerde wouldn't name the sites in play, but said he hopes to announce the final choice by year's end.

"We're waiting to see which site makes the most sense economically," he said.

Crain's Detroit reported in June that the Michigan Central Station was among the sites in contention. The train station, purchased by Ford in the spring, is undergoing an extensive, years-long renovation.

The $20 million movie complex will include 10 to 12 auditoriums, including one with a 120-foot-wide, 65-foot-tall screen, LaVerde said. That theater would seat up to 1,000.

Big Sean and the Troy-based Emagine first linked up in 2017, quietly plotting out plans for the Detroit cinema. The project was announced in February, when Big Sean and Emagine said they were scouting locations in downtown and Midtown Detroit.

They also announced the complex's name: The Sean Anderson Theatre Powered by Emagine.

"We want to do something revolutionary with it," Big Sean said at the time. "We don't want to just make it a movie theater, traditionally. We also want it to be a hub for entertainment for the whole community. We want people to have an incentive to go the extra miles, to travel into Detroit."

Contact Detroit Free Press music writer Brian McCollum: 313-223-4450 or bmccollum@freepress.com.