In a significant win for the state’s film and television community, the Illinois General Assembly passed a sweeping expansion of the Illinois Film Production Services Tax Inc...
BREAKING NEWS: The Illinois Film Tax Incentives bill has passed legislation. The long wait ends with a much-needed win for the industry.
Illinois lawmakers have passed a sig...
Stoic, an international sales and distribution company, has officially come aboard to handle worldwide sales for Moses the Black, the Chicago-set crime drama starring Omar Epps...
John Hughes III, eldest son of legendary Chicago filmmaker John Hughes, is set to produce a documentary about his father’s life and career. The project is said to draw from a...
Filming gets underway on The Elkhorn Special, an independent feature from Chicago’s Redleg Films, set against the suburban backdrop of Berwyn and Riverside. Principal photogr...
Chicago filmmaker Duane Edwards (Wrong Numbers) has locked in the cast for his upcoming thriller Laura Louise, which begins production near Dixon, Illinois later this month. Th...
President Trump used social media to repeat his threat to impose a 100% tariff on films produced outside the United States and imported into the U.S. market.
The proposal, ...
Mark Wahlberg was in Chicago this week filming Weekend Warriors in the West Loop, September 21–23. The Apple Studios feature, written and directed by Stephen Chbosky, has bee...
The feature film Moses the Black, originally slated to film in Chicago, has shifted its filming location to the Champaign / Urbana area with a startup September 8–30, 2025.
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SMASH Virtual Studios has become the go-to virtual production partner for NBC’s hit One Chicago franchise, changing how these shows shoot car process sequences. For the past...
The central Illinois town of Monticello received a burst of Hollywood this summer as the cast and crew of Chili Finger settled in to capture the quaint charm of this quiet litt...
Wisconsin wants back in the game. More than a decade after ending its film tax incentives, the state has passed a new incentive program aimed at bringing productions north and ...
The Illinois Production Alliance (IPA), the state’s leading voice for the film, commercial, and television production industry, announced the election of IATSE Local 476 Busi...
Despite fierce competition from rising power players like New Jersey and New Mexico, Illinois remains one of the top five production hubs in the country, boasting $725 million ...
Forge Virtual Studios is set to launch a full-scale virtual production facility just outside Chicago. Built from the ground up for commercial filmmakers, branded storytellers, ...
The son of legendary Chicago filmmaker John Hughes (The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), John Hughes III has long forged a creative path of his own—one that blend...
In a bold move to expand Illinois' film production footprint beyond the Chicago metro area, a Pittsburgh-based development group has submitted a $62 million proposal to transfo...
In a bold new move at the intersection of entertainment and brand storytelling, Lucky Kraken, the disruptive content studio founded by television and advertising veterans&...
With his next feature film, Laura Louise, set to shoot in Chicago this fall, Producer / Director, Duane Edwards sat down with Reel Chicago to talk about his directing style, cr...
Illinois State Senator Cristina Castro (D-Elgin) is spearheading legislation that proposes updates to the state’s highly successful film tax incentive program. Senate Bill 17...
