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Asian Pop-up Cinema season 13 celebrates best Asian-centric cinema

By Reel Chicago Aug 24, 2021

Asian Pop-Up Cinema: Season 13 will present 30 films at an in-person and drive-in festival, with select titles available for online streaming. The festival opens September...

REEL BUSINESS

ONE School opens applications for Fall in Chicago

By Reel Chicago Aug 20, 2021

Following a successful first year, ONE School, the groundbreaking free portfolio school for Black creatives, has opened applications for its Fall 2021 programs run out of Atlan...

Reel Indie

My Little Renaissance Girl to film in Chicago, partners with Full Spectrum

By Reel Chicago Aug 20, 2021

Producers of My Little Renaissance Girl, an original feature film written by Amy Heller, announce a partnership with Full Spectrum Features NFP for fiscal sponsorship. Toute...

REEL MOVES

Heart, Brains & Nerve adds Hue&Cry to their roster

By Reel Chicago Aug 20, 2021

Acclaimed design-centered animation studio, Hue&Cry, announces this week that Heart, Brains & Nerve has signed on to represent the award-winning Richmond, Virginia co...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Exclusive set photos of Lightyears filming on location in Blue Island

By Reel Chicago Aug 17, 2021

Chicago's southwest suburb of Blue Island had an exciting day of filmmaking when the TV series Lightyears starring Sissy Spacek and J.K. Simmons (Spider-man, Spider-man: Far Fr...

REEL MOVES

Andrea Siqueira and Andrew Lincoln join FCB as Executive Creative Directors

By Reel Chicago Aug 10, 2021

FCB today announced that Andrea Siqueira and Andrew Lincoln (not The Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln) have joined the agency as SVPs, Executive Creative Directors (ECDs). As ...

NEW WORK

Cramer-Krasselt tells story of South Side landscapers in work for ECHO USA

By Reel Chicago Aug 9, 2021

A Mexican family of landscapers is at the heart of Cramer-Krasselt's newest work for power tool company, ECHO USA. The agency says it's the second installment in a series of st...

NEW WORK

Cutters, Flavor help bring Distillery Project’s Meijer campaign to life

By Reel Chicago Aug 9, 2021

In a continuing effort to share the many ways consumers can shop Meijer, The Distillery Project, with post help from Cutters and Flavor, is launching 'Stop & Go', a 15-seco...

NEW WORK

FCB: New brand campaign encourages people get out and grab Groupon

By Reel Chicago Aug 4, 2021

Groupon announced the launch of a new global brand campaign today encouraging people to get out and explore the world of experiences around them. "Grab Life by the Groupon"...

ONE CHICAGO

Wolf Entertainment wants to name a Chicago Fire character after you

By Reel Chicago Jul 30, 2021

Have you ever thought about appearing on Chicago Fire? Of course you have. What's the next best thing, how about having a character named after you? Now you can possibly joi...

WBBM-Channel 2 Station Manager fired for misconduct

By Reel Chicago Jul 23, 2021

Derek Dalton, president and general manager of WBBM-Channel 2 was ousted Thursday from his position, as part of the pruning of top management at CBS-owned stations in Chicago, ...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Producers control vaccination policies for cast and crew

By Reel Chicago Jul 23, 2021

With the ongoing goal of keeping casts, crews and all set workers safe, the DGA, IATSE, IBT, SAG-AFTRA, together with the AMPTP have announced they have a tentative agreement o...

NEW WORK

Framestore: Anh Vu goes back to school with Macy’s

By Reel Chicago Jul 23, 2021

This school year, it’s not just students and teachers that are coming back to classrooms — it’s smiles, backpacks, long overdue high fives and even pants that aren’t sw...

CELEBRITY

Kanye’s mother, Donda West, is celebrated in new book

By Reel Chicago Jul 23, 2021

On the week of the Kanye West 'DONDA' album release comes a new book, Donda's Rules: The Scholarly Documents of Dr. Donda West (Mother of Kanye West). The b...

REEL BUSINESS

Eli’s celebrates national cheesecake day all week long

By Reel Chicago Jul 23, 2021

It's National Cheesecake Day on July 30th...Eli's Cheesecake's favorite day of the year! To celebrate the "holiday" and the famous Chicago bakery's 41st Birthday, Eli'...

REEL TECH

We can’t be Prince… but we can learn to work the mic

By Dave Kresl Jul 22, 2021

Mic performance tips from an engineer, Dave Kresl on how to get better in the studio. So we have selected a microphone and set up a home studio, now what? Well get to ...

REEL MOVES

AbelsonTaylor elevates Christopher Mauck to Sr Director

By Reel Chicago Jul 22, 2021

AbelsonTaylor, full-service health and wellness Chicago advertising agency, has promoted Christopher Mauck to senior director of interactive technology. Coordinating closel...

REEL INTERVIEWS

IFA Chicago hosts Grey’s Anatomy director Daniel Willis

By Reel Chicago Jul 21, 2021

IFA Chicago’s Executive Talks event series, is hosting Chicago-native, award-winning television director, producer, and writer, Daniel Willis in a virtual conversation modera...

NEW WORK

Wondros features Patti LaBelle for Walmart via Burrell

By Reel Chicago Jul 20, 2021

Wondros Collective's Tamika Miller Directs Patti LaBelle Black Music Month Celebration for Walmart via Burrell Agency In celebration of Black Music Month, Walmart highlights...

REEL MOVES

kaboom welcomes Maureen Butler as Midwest Rep

By Reel Chicago Jul 20, 2021

kaboom welcomes Maureen Butler, founder of Mo Butler Reps, for Midwest representation. A good listener, curator of talent, with a generous spirit, her passion for bringing peo...

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