FILM Archives · | Reel Chicago - At the intersection of Chicago Advertising, Entertainment, Media and Production

FILM

Michael Shannon responds to Snyder’s ‘Justice League’

By Reel Chicago Jun 22, 2020 0 Comment

Back in 2013, Chicago fave actor, Michael Shannon, played General Zod in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel. While the Chicago-shot film was divisive, it still grossed in the neighborh...

FILM

Warner Bros. delays ‘Matrix’ sequel until 2022

By Reel Chicago Jun 12, 2020 0 Comment

Even with cities and their movie theaters cautiously reopening after being shut down for three months, studios are not risking box office failure with their big tentpole films....

FILM

Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss on returning to ‘Matrix’

By Reel Chicago Jun 8, 2020 0 Comment

While the three original films - The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions - seemed to conclude the series - Neo and Trinity do die - there has been speculatio...

FILM

Chicago’s Harry Lennix hints at Martian Manhunter role

By The Geek May 24, 2020 0 Comment

Last week, Warner Bros made big headlines by announcing the release of Zack Snyder's version of Justice League. In 2016, Snyder stepped away from the production and was replac...

FILM

Chicago’s Gina Rodriguez talks up Velma and ‘Scoob!’

By Reel Chicago May 14, 2020 0 Comment

SCOOB!, a fully animated, full-length Scooby-Doo action adventure for the whole family, reveals how lifelong friends Scooby and Shaggy first met and how they joined with young ...

FILM

‘John Wick’ directors help out with ‘Matrix 4’ stunts

By Reel Chicago May 3, 2020 0 Comment

When the Wachowskis' The Matrix premiered in 1999, it gave film audiences some of the most ground-breaking, jaw-dropping action sequences of the time. Who can forget in the op...

FILM

Peele on why he chose Nia DaCosta for ‘Candyman’

By Reel Chicago Apr 14, 2020 0 Comment

When Universal and MGM announced the remake of Candyman, the 80s classic horror icon, many assumed (including our resident Geek at sister outlet Reel 360) that Jordan Peele (Ge...

FILM

‘Dress to impress’ advised for Chicago’s Oscar Party

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 11, 2016 0 Comment

“THE HOTTEST OSCAR PARTY of the season” is how Stage 18 and Creative Cypher are hyping their total blow-out of an event, Chicago’s Oscar Party, Sunday, Feb. 28 ...