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Category: FILM

Which horror franchise is most popular in Illinois?
  • FILM

Which horror franchise is most popular in Illinois?

By Colin Costello Oct 11, 2020 0 Comment
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It's fall - a time for the annual color change of leaves, picking pumpkins, watching football while eating slow-cooker chili and scaring the bejesus out of ourselves watching s...
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Saban Films releases trailer for ‘Echo Boomers’
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Saban Films releases trailer for ‘Echo Boomers’

By Laura Day Oct 6, 2020 0 Comment
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The trailer for Echo Boomers, the crime drama feature starring Oscar nominee Michael Shannon (Knives Out, Nocturnal Animals, The Shape of Water) and Patrick Schwarzenegger (Sco...
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CIFF selects four IL film projects for “The Pitch”
  • FILM

CIFF selects four IL film projects for “The Pitch”

By Reel Chicago Oct 2, 2020 0 Comment
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The 56th Chicago International Film Festival announced a slate of four narrative feature film projects in&...
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The Batman will film in Chicago next month
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The Batman will film in Chicago next month

By Reel Chicago Sep 30, 2020 0 Comment
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Our national publication Reel 360 has been covering the production news on The Batman since its inception. The Geek on Reel 360 reported today that The Batman will be filming e...
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Sarofsky debuts ‘A Mystery to Me’ original doc series
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Sarofsky debuts ‘A Mystery to Me’ original doc series

By Reel Chicago Sep 29, 2020 0 Comment
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Chicago's Sarofsky Pictures new documentary series, A Mystery to Me, aims to raise awareness of the rare neuromuscular disease Myasthenia Gravis (MG). The first episode is sche...
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LA Latino Film Fest, Netflix launch Latinx Fellowship
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LA Latino Film Fest, Netflix launch Latinx Fellowship

By Reel Chicago Sep 24, 2020 0 Comment
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The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) announced today the launch of LALIFF’s Inclusion Fellowship Series. This newly established program will focus on b...
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CIFF announces  Gardner as keynote speaker
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CIFF announces Gardner as keynote speaker

By Reel Chicago Sep 21, 2020 0 Comment
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The Chicago International Film Festival, presented by Cinema/Chicago, has announced this year’s Industry Keynote conversation with Academy Award-winning producer and presiden...
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‘Candyman’ pushed to 2021, Nia DaCosta explains why
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‘Candyman’ pushed to 2021, Nia DaCosta explains why

By Reel Chicago Sep 14, 2020 0 Comment
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With Tenet's muted box office and Warner Bros' decision to move Wonder Woman 1984 to December 25, other studios are beginning to take note. Universal has decided to push the Jo...
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‘Echo Boomers’ picked up by Saban Films
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‘Echo Boomers’ picked up by Saban Films

By Laura Day Sep 14, 2020 0 Comment
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The Chicago Feature Echo Boomers has found its home with Saban Films. The company has acquired the North American distribution rights to Seth Savoy’s directorial debut before...
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70% of AMC Theatres to be open by Friday, September 4
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70% of AMC Theatres to be open by Friday, September 4

By Reel Chicago Sep 4, 2020 0 Comment
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By Friday, September 4, moviegoers can enjoy Warner Bros.’ TENET and all of this summer’s newest releases at approximately 420 AMC Theatres nationwide, which is approximate...
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Chadwick Boseman’s final film, ‘Ma Rainey’ delayed
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Chadwick Boseman’s final film, ‘Ma Rainey’ delayed

By Reel Chicago Aug 29, 2020 0 Comment
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Netflix has halted the release of the new Chicago-set drama, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom starring Chadwick Boseman due to the shocking and devastating news of his death. The sta...
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‘The Batman’ to shoot in Chicago September 30?
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‘The Batman’ to shoot in Chicago September 30?

By Reel Chicago Aug 24, 2020 0 Comment
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To say DC FanDome was a hit with fans would be a mild assessment. As millions of DC fans tuned in from around the world to see the virtual event Saturday, they were treated to ...
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New images from Chicago-shot film, ‘Candyman’
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New images from Chicago-shot film, ‘Candyman’

By Reel Chicago Aug 18, 2020 0 Comment
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Yesterday, London-based magazine, Total Film, unveiled a couple of creepy Candyman covers yesterday, and the movie mag has now shared a trio of new promo st...
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Chicago Int’l Film Festival’s Industry Days goes virtual
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Chicago Int’l Film Festival’s Industry Days goes virtual

By Reel Chicago Aug 3, 2020 0 Comment
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The Chicago International Film Festival, presented by Cinema/Chicago, today announced this year’s Industry Days will be held virtually for a global audience, October 12-18...
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Filmmaker Chantel Chavon tackles racism, mental health
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Filmmaker Chantel Chavon tackles racism, mental health

By Reel Chicago Jul 20, 2020 0 Comment
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Up and coming Chicago-based filmmaker, Chantel Chavon, makes her directorial debut by tackling the connection between racism and mental illness head on in the short film, When ...
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Michael Shannon responds to Snyder’s ‘Justice League’
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Michael Shannon responds to Snyder’s ‘Justice League’

By Reel Chicago Jun 22, 2020 0 Comment
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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...
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Warner Bros. delays ‘Matrix’ sequel until 2022
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Warner Bros. delays ‘Matrix’ sequel until 2022

By Reel Chicago Jun 12, 2020 0 Comment
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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....
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Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss on returning to ‘Matrix’
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Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss on returning to ‘Matrix’

By Reel Chicago Jun 8, 2020 0 Comment
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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...
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Chicago’s Harry Lennix hints at Martian Manhunter role
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Chicago’s Harry Lennix hints at Martian Manhunter role

By The Geek May 24, 2020 0 Comment
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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...
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Chicago’s Gina Rodriguez talks up Velma and ‘Scoob!’
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Chicago’s Gina Rodriguez talks up Velma and ‘Scoob!’

By Reel Chicago May 14, 2020 0 Comment
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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 ...
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