That was one helluva game last night. 74 minutes and 57 seconds of playing time and 4 hours and change for snacking and drinking. As the dust settles from Super Bowl LVIII, th...
The creative struggle -- that ongoing battle to keep great advertising great from inception to production -- is real.
Crafting advertising that not only captures attention,...
Halloween is synonymous with horror, and no other franchise has embodied the essence of this spooky holiday quite like the Halloween movie series. Launched by director John Car...
Burrell Communications Group has joined forces with Toyota and award-winning writer, producer, and director Kenya Barris, to introduce an innovative advertising campaign for ...
Chicago-produced feature film You’re OUT!, directed by former Reel Chicago writer Katharin Mraz, has hit a home run with both a sales agent and distribution. Adler &...
Colin Costello is our West Coast Editor of Reel 360.
Would you believe it if I told you our biggest story of 2022 was about something that couldn’t be found? In late Novem...
The Chicago advertising community was dealt a heartbreaking blow this morning upon learning beloved advertising staple, Steve Brodwolf, had died. He was 68.
The multi-talent...
It was a day that started ordinarily enough for July 4. The weather was set to be in the 90s. Partly cloudy. And just like on any other Independence Day, families, and friends,...
According to the NHL, the first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs proved historic for ESPN and Turner Sports, with ratings for TNT and TBS the highest since the advent o...
This morning, Director of the Chicago Film Office, Kwame Amoaku, announced that he would be resigning from his position on Friday, June 3. He made the announcement on his Face...
Since Jeep has been with AOR Highdive, we have gone to the edge metaphorically and creatively. However this time, the agency, teaming with director Stewart Hendler and Cutters'...
Katharin Mraz, a Chicago-based film director, commercial producer, actress and model, has announced the launch of a new venture: Ladie K, LLC.
The new entertainment compa...
Chicago is not a McDonald's town anymore. It hasn't been for a while since the golden arches moved their main account to Wieden + Kennedy, New York. But all of that has changed...
The founders of coworking space WeWork, Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey, believed they were on the brink of making history. The company was valued at $47 billion dollars, rea...
So, here we are at the end of another year. In 2021, we experienced more freedom from the pandemic during the spring and summer as cases lowered, but here we are, back in a kin...
Yesterday, Reel Chicago broke the story that award-winning Chief Creative Officer, Lewis Williams, had resigned from Burrell Communications. He will join Weber Shandwick as EVP...
We are now less than 100 days away from Super Bowl LVI. Seventy-five to be exact. While the first quarter of the Big Game has yet to be played, ad agencies, across the country,...
Last night, the 73rd Emmy Awards were held with Cedric the Entertainer hosting on CBS. While most of the big Emmy news for Chicago will be pointed (deservedly so) toward Ted L...
If you're a fan of Showtime's The Chi , then you are very aware of track-suit wearing, bluetooth earpiece toting, baby daddy of Emmett, Darnell. Since joining in Season 2,...
Local Chicago actress and producer Arianna Lexus, has announced that her first produced independent feature, Hyde Out, has wrapped production.
"I'm extremely excited to ann...