The business of indie film production is revealed in the popular annual "From Concept to Distribution" series, conducted by savvy entertainment attorneys Bob Labate and Tim Kell...
Scott Smith's collection of 40 South Shore Railroad 1920s posters go on sale March 12 at August House Studio, 2113 W Roscoe. The colorful posters had decorated the walls of Smi...
Los Angeles-based Box Time Entertainment plans to hire 15-20 local crew and several child and adult actors this May for the production of the fifth episode in their childr...
Donnie Eichar interviewed former U.S. senator Paul Simon last December to mark the opening of the Jeanne and Paul Simon Braille Book Collection at the Skokie Public Librar...
With their debut feature in post-production with the Simmons Lathan Media Group, the filmmakers of "Player in Training" are gearing up for their next production, "Caged."N...
After 14 years renting a loft office in River West, Media Process Group will own its space when it moves into a loft condo at 1327 W. Washington Blvd. next October. Bob...
At a Salvation Army in Los Angeles' gritty Nickel District, local production designer Wesley Tabayoyong interviewed more than 30 homeless people about the contents of thei...
Richard T. Celenza Jr. grew up in a family of gamblers. As a young man he ran small-time card games and worked as a bookie "before the Internet took over the industry," h...
Armed with a shoestring budget, a 24P DV camera and a vision of the world's end, Nathyn Brendan Masters is out to make a Christian, low-budget answer to "The Matrix."The stone-f...
Catherine Crouch is set to follow up her debut feature, "Stray Dogs," with the lesbian military drama "Half Life."Set during the first Gulf War, "Half Life" is a love stor...
For more than 20 years, world-class tabletop shooter Peter Elliott operated out of a studio he owned that was cater-cornered from Harpo Studios on W. Washington Blvd. The singl...
Producer Ted Kay of Northfield-based TMK Productions has embarked on "the hugest project" of his 20-year career ? a documentary on a global perspective of Alzheimer's disease, o...
When the Tribune told Marc USA it wanted a review, Marc politely declined participating and the 8-year association was severed. The Trib account bills $8-$10 million. John...
Zacuto Rentals has added another $125,000 worth of Panasonic gear to its rental inventory, giving them 12 camera packages, including four HD Varicams, and the only D5 recorder i...
HUGOS HONOR MARIN. The 40th annual Hugo Awards national television competition will honor Carol Marin, broadcast ("60 Minutes," "48 Hours") and print journalist (Chicago Tribune...
Well into development on their second major game release, Studio Gigante ? the former "Mortal Kombat" development team ? moved to 13,000-sq. ft. space at 4621 N. Ravenswood, tri...
First, Orbis Productions and studio facility was sold a scant three months ago to Texan Mark Bunting, who announced the purchase with great fanfare. Now, it's gone, pouff! just ...
By Jonathan Abarbanel A spate of medical emergencies has affected at least three Off-Loop shows. I don't know what a spate is, either, but it never seems to be good. The S...
After a year's hiatus, Terra Nova's X Silver Images Film Festival returns as a streamlined Silver Images Film and Video Awards March 3 at the Chicago Cultural Center.For a decad...
Everyone knows the commercial production industry is big, but how big didn't hit home until the new AICP survey spotlighted its immense size. According to the survey, di...
