After playing for 43 weeks in Grand Rapids, "Uncle Nino," the heartwarming Robert Shallcross-David James independent family feature, has signed a deal with a Chicago-based...
A Utah professor developing a robotic brain and the sponsor of an annual artificial intelligence contest are two of Ken Gumbs' first interviews for his feature documentary "It's...
Writer/director Catherine Crouch reunites with "Stray Dogs" star Guinevere Turner ("Go Fish") for Crouch's sophomore feature "Metamora," a horror pic she described as "a l...
If you've always wanted a peek inside the homes of morning radio DJ's Mancow Muller of Q101 or Mike North of The Score, your chance is here, via the celebrity house tour s...
Writer/Producer L. Pat Williams' SerpentWise Films is halfway to financing its $5 million horror movie "10,000 Doors" to shoot here next year."We've got $2.5 million in escr...
Filip K. Rymsza is repping Warsaw, Poland 35mm blowup facility Digital Lab, which offers HD to 35mm Arri-LASER transfers starting at $250/minute, along with a variety of d...
Two Home and Garden reality shows will shoot their entire 26-episode seasons here beginning in January, pending budgetary approval between HGTV and production company Pie ...
Carpentersville filmmaker Michael Lansu is taking a more personal approach to "Resurrection Mary," the followup to his 2002 debut feature "Boo! The Movie."Lansu loosely base...
Production house Tri-Marq Communications, Inc. has joined forces with new Milwaukee post and effects outfit Backlot Imaging, Inc. to offer a combined range of services inc...
After garnering a strong response at the Tribeca, UrbanWorld and New York Latino International film festivals, Marisol Torres' debut feature "Boricua" has its first hometo...
Scott Erlinder's gamble that there would be a national audience for his doc about Lake Superior's Shipwreck Coast paid off when American Public Television (APT) picked up ...
At least on one level, Matt Liston's epic quest is close to fruition. Since 2002, Liston has been documenting his "Just Believe Campaign," a quixotic endeavor to land the Cubs...
"Outing Riley," Pete Jones' independent followup to his 2002 Project Greenlight movie "Stolen Summer," has its world premiere Oct. 10 at the Chicago International Film Fes...
Ruth Leitman's feature documentary, "Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling," is one of four Chicago-made features that will premiere d...
BOATHOUSE STUDIOS of Los Angeles started shooting its rock ?n' roll slasher comedy "Stump the Band" Sept. 20 in Spring Grove, Antioch, Gurnee, and in Wilmot, Wis. "Stump ...
Taking a rare break from a year-long festival tour that has taken him to Marrakech, Venice, Bangkok and beyond, Hakim Bellabes is back in town to screen his debut feature ...
Z Film Festival program director Kristie Alshaibi's debut feature, the explicit and experimental "Other People's Mirrors," has its world premiere Sept. 25 at the Gene Si...
When the Trio cable network rolled out its first original comedy series "Pilot Season" on Labor Day, it was local DP T.W. Li behind the verit?-style camerawork.He shot eac...
Mark Besozzi's Bird's-Eye Media, Inc. is "re-packaging" its thriller "Roney's Point" for a $2.5-3 million 35mm shoot next summer.Producer/director Besozzi began developing t...
Nathan Israileff was shooting a Congressional hearing for his boxing documentary "Beyond the Ropes," when in walked the first witness, "The Greatest" himself, Muhammad A...
