Colin, Author at Reel Chicago News

In memoriam

Arturo Cubacub, President of I-Cubed, passes

By Colin Costello Jan 1, 2019

The award-winning director and editor was a longtime member of the film, advertising and post-production communities As the Chicago film and advertising communiti...

In memoriam

President George H.W. Bush passes at 94

By Reel Chicago Dec 1, 2018

The country's 41st President passed away Friday night, just seven months after wife Barbara Bush. CAVU. According to CNN reporter Jamie Gangel, this was the co...

CREATIVE

Leo and Kraft are thankful for Mac & Cheese

By Colin Costello Nov 28, 2018

Kraft Mac & Cheese launched a preemptive strike against all the weird foods we eat on Thanksgiving How was your Thanksgiving? The Reel Chicago team is still recoveri...

BREAKING NEWS

Ten-Hut! DDB Chicago lands The Army as an account

By Colin Costello Nov 21, 2018

Contract rumored to be worth $4 billion over next ten years Look alive, maggots... err, Chicago. DDB Chicago has landed the lucrative United States Army as an account....

REEL THINGS

AFM 2018 kicks off today

By American Film Market Oct 31, 2018

With tighter security at the Loew's Hotel, representatives from 28 countries prepare to browse "films, scripts and dreams" Independent filmmaking is still largely a ...

CREATIVE

Jimmy John’s unveils new wheat sub in a wheat field

By Colin Costello Sep 6, 2018

Sandwich giant announces menu addition with a pop-up store in a North Dakota wheat field Talk about getting your sales force into the field. Jimmy John's, on...

REEL THINGS

ASPCA names Laughlin Constable as digital AOR

By Colin Costello Jul 17, 2018

With the addition of the ASPCA to its client roster, Laughlin Constable is going to the dogs ... and cats, if you will. Laughlin Constable announced it has...

Macy nabs Emmy nom for Chi-based “Shameless”

By Colin Costello Jul 17, 2018

Aside from Macy and "Roseanne's" Laurie Metcalf, Chicago connections went ignored: nothing for "The Chi," "Empire," and Dick Wolf's "Chicago" series Fra...

REEL THINGS

¡Filmmakers: Fox wants you to pitch an ‘Alien’ short!

By Colin Costello Jun 29, 2018

Fox wants a wholly original story with completely new characters (that) draw on all the things that made the original "Alien" so groundbreaking. How many times ha...

CREATIVE

Highdive weaves stories of concert goers for Jeep

By Colin Costello Jun 28, 2018

Jeep drivers and passengers are met with impromptu adventures revolving around the same live OneRepublic show Gaaaaah! Sorry, that was my inner fan...

CREATIVE

Allstate, Serena Williams fight domestic abuse

By Colin Costello Jun 26, 2018

"I am proud to use my voice and influence to bring more awareness to financial abuse" Serena Williams What if we could share murals of domestic and financia...

BREAKING NEWS

Ogilvy KO’s Cannes’ Industry Craft competition

By Colin Costello Jun 22, 2018

Wednesday’s Cannes Lions Awards Show turned out to be a great one for Ogilvy Chicago as the agency won the Grand Prix for their award-winning Kiwi Shoe Polish campaign for SC ...

Reel PR Wire

AgencyEA, Pandora team up for Chi Pride Parade

By Reel Chicago Jun 21, 2018

The companies will celebrate the main event in "the birthplace of pride parades" with a co-branded float during the 49th annual Windy City run AgencyEA, ...

Reel PR Wire

Cannes, Ketchum announce Young Lions winners

By Reel Chicago Jun 20, 2018

Budding in-house marketers from around the world developed a creative brief for a product or service that would benefit the Movember Foundation Portugal's Ana Rita...

Reel Ad of the Week

Escape Pod takes EGO string trimmer to new heights

By Colin Costello Jun 20, 2018

The "Skywinder" campaign shows how easy it is to load EGO’s new string trimmer while skydiving at 29,000 feet Note to Tom Cruise: Please understand that Vinny Wa...

BREAKING NEWS

FCB Health is Cannes’ “Healthcare Network of the Year”

By Reel Chicago Jun 19, 2018

The accolade caps the agency's stellar four-Lion day — three Silvers and one Bronze — on the Côte d'Azur FCB is off to a strong start at the 2018 Can...

BREAKING NEWS

TBWA\India wins big at Cannes with “Blink to Speak”

By Reel Chicago Jun 19, 2018

A campaign described as "a kind of cure of paralysis" has been awarded the Health Grand Prix for Good at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity TBWA\India's Blink ...

CREATIVE

Digital Kitchen brings ‘Westworld’ to Chicago AT&T stores

By Colin Costello Jun 15, 2018

Fans get close to the action in Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston “Everything in this world is magic, except for the magician.” Dr. Ford The line uttered by An...

‘Black-ish’ star joins Netflix South Side hip-hop movie

By Colin Costello Jun 15, 2018

Deadline is reporting that Black-ish star Anthony Anderson has come aboard to star in Netflix’s Beats, a coming-of-age drama set in Chicago’s South Side hip-hop scene. The p...

CREATIVE

Gatorade releases animated film about Lionel Messi

By Colin Costello Jun 13, 2018

So Chicago-based Gatorade, TBWA\Chiat\Day LA and Gizmo have gone all kinds of Pixar on their target. And that's not a bad thing. In fact, in the new emotionally packed animated ...