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“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” trailer shows 1920s Chicago

By Reel Chicago Oct 20, 2020 0 Comment

Netflix released the first trailer for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” showing the lush period setting of 1920s Chicago “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” is Chad Boseman�...

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Which horror franchise is most popular in Illinois?

By Colin Costello Oct 11, 2020 0 Comment

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’

By Laura Day Oct 6, 2020 0 Comment

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”

By Reel Chicago Oct 2, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Sep 30, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Sep 29, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Sep 24, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Sep 21, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Sep 14, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Laura Day Sep 14, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Sep 4, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Aug 29, 2020 0 Comment

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...