Jimmy John’s is cranking up the heat this summer—and not just with peppers. The sandwich chain has launched its latest tongue-in-cheek campaign: S.M.U.T.—aka the Summer M...
Marvel’s Ironheart is ready for launch — and Chicago is front and center. Dominique Thorne returns as Riri Williams, the teen tech genius we first met in Black Panther: Wak...
Filmscape Chicago 2025 wrapped a highly successful weekend at CineCity Studios, with exhibitors and attendees alike calling it the most impactful year yet. Held June 21–22, t...
This week, Turtle Wax, the legendary Lombard-based car care brand, rolled out You Are How You Car, a surreal and stylized global campaign that repositions car pride as a reflec...
The inspiring award-winning documentary I’m Only Blind is set to make its Chicago premiere on July 12 at CineCity Studios. Filmed entirely in Chicago, the film follows the re...
Bob Monachino, better known to many as “Radio Bob,” was more than a beloved figure in the world of music and sound design — he was a one-man resort of good vibes, joy, an...
Energy BBDO’s searingly powerful campaign The Final Exam has turned heads and won hearts—and now it’s taking home gold. The agency earned a Gold Lion in Media at the 20...
The son of legendary Chicago filmmaker John Hughes (The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), John Hughes III has long forged a creative path of his own—one that blend...
In a bold move to expand Illinois' film production footprint beyond the Chicago metro area, a Pittsburgh-based development group has submitted a $62 million proposal to transfo...
Choose Chicago launched the new Never Done. Never Outdone. marketing campaign to position Chicago as a premier global destination for leisure travel, meetings, and events.
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The Blues Brothers hit the theaters on June 20, 1980, and Chicago was never the same. Forty-five years later, the cult classic still stands as one of the most iconic love lette...
The official trailer for Deliver Me from Nowhere has arrived, offering the first full look at Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming biopic about the making of...
Filmmaker Friday Chicago marked its first anniversary last week with a vibrant mixer and panel discussion at the Lincoln Park Room—capping a full 12 months of monthly gatheri...
FCB Chicago scored a major victory at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, winning two Grand Prix awards—Design and Digital Craft—for its groundbreaking n...
Our friends at Camera Ambassador have lot of exciting news. Chicago's premier camera rental house and production resource hub, announces an exciting two-day event featuring the...
FACETS announces another partnership with Full Spectrum Features on Friday, July 25. A multi-media, multi-sensory plunge into the virtual mucilage as they take over FACETS for ...
Chicago film and television production is buzzing with energy this summer, as soundstages across the city fill up with everything from studio blockbusters to indie gems.
Cin...
In a move that marks a vibrant new chapter for Chicago’s film industry, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) has appointed Natasha P. Olguin as the n...
Filmscape Chicago, the Midwest’s leading film and television production expo, is back for its 2025 edition, promising two days of innovation, education, and networking for th...
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center announces a special screening of First to Stand, the international-award-winning documentary that shines a light on the lif...
