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Chicago producer, director offers NFT distribution

By Laura Day May 14, 2021

Chicago Producer Anthony Gibson and Director Zach Lona are introducing a new distribution mode with their feature film He Who Lives in Hidden Lakes, a wacky mockumentary comedy...

REEL PRO

Inside Full Spectrum Features’ Producers lab

By Laura Day Oct 22, 2020

This year Full Spectrum Features launched its Independent Producers Lab in partnership with the Illinois film office, funded in part by the National Endowment of the Arts. Part...

FILM

Saban Films releases trailer for ‘Echo Boomers’

By Laura Day Oct 6, 2020

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...

FILM

‘Echo Boomers’ picked up by Saban Films

By Laura Day Sep 14, 2020

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...

CITY NEWS

Lightfoot tells Trump what she won’t tolerate

By Laura Day Jul 24, 2020

President Trump stated that Chicago is next on the list for his “law and order” campaign. Mayor Lori Lightfoot says “there has been a lot of saber-rattling from this admi...

SOCIAL MEDIA

Burrell supports Girl Scouts’ Virtual Cookie Booth

By Laura Day Apr 23, 2020

Burrell Communications is showing their love for Girl Scout Cookies by supporting the organization's new Virtual Cookie Booth. By posting a green square to their Instagram ...

Submit for Season 2 of Netflix’s ‘Love is Blind’ here

By Laura Day Mar 27, 2020

Single Chicagoans, here’s your chance to be cast on the second season of the popular Netflix Show Love is Blind. The first season of took viewers by storm with its absurd pre...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Can out of work film crews help prepare for COVID-19

By Laura Day Mar 20, 2020

Workers in the entertainment industry have been particularly hard hit as production sets and performance venues find themselves completely shut down as a precaution against the...

Reel Indie

‘Echo Boomers’ wraps in Chicago, moves to post

By Laura Day Mar 16, 2020

You may not be as familiar with the term from which Echo Boomers gets its title as you are with “generation Y," or the all too ubiquitous “millennials." As the children of ...

Reel Indie

Faith to be found in Rachel Gordon’s film ‘Broken Bird’

By Laura Day Mar 10, 2020

Rachel Harison Gordon just got back from the Berlin International Film Festival. For her short film, Broken Bird to be screening at festivals across the world is difficult for ...

Yes, Anderson Cooper swore at Blagojevich on live CNN

By Laura Day Feb 24, 2020

When many Americans find themselves at a loss navigating a constant stream of “fake news," we should be grateful when a reporter like CNN’s Anderson Cooper has well a...

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