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The Chi will return to Cinespace for Season 4

By Reel Chicago Sep 12, 2020 0 Comment

SHOWTIME has picked up THE CHI for a fourth season. Filmed at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios, created and executive produced by Emmy winner Lena Waithe and executive produc...

‘Chicago’ encores finish #2 in total viewers

By Reel Chicago May 19, 2020 0 Comment

An encore telecast of Chicago Med (0.5 rating in 18-49, 3.8 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET) joined with the episode’s original telecast on Nov. 6, 2019 (8.1 million...

‘Chicago Fire’ ‘Med’ season finales #1 and #2 in ratings

By Reel Chicago Apr 23, 2020 0 Comment

NBC’s Chicago Fire and Chicago Med led the network in total viewers. The shows ended their season ranking #1-2, respectively. The season-concluding Chicago P.D. captured the s...

Behind The Scenes

Monica Raymond director of FBI & Chicago PD crossover

By Wolf Entertainment Apr 13, 2020 0 Comment

For many years, Monica Raymund has been an active member of the Wolf Entertainment team. We have seen her on the screen, most notably in her role as Gabriela Dawson on Chicago ...

‘Empire’ airs 100th episode tonight on Fox

By Colin Costello Apr 7, 2020 0 Comment

What does Fox's Empire, now in its sixth and final season, have in common with NBC’s Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. have hit E.R. and even Showtime's Sham...

FIRSTHAND: Coronavirus new WTTW digital docuseries

By Reel Chicago Mar 26, 2020 0 Comment

The coronavirus pandemic is a public health crisis unlike any that Chicago has faced in living memory. How are our citizens reacting to its challenges, and who is stepping forw...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

A message from the cast of Dick Wolf’s #OneChicago

By Reel Chicago Mar 25, 2020 0 Comment

Even with the new normal of "social distancing," the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to take its toll on Chicago and Illinois. Officials announced four more dea...

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‘Echo Boomers’ wraps in Chicago, moves to post

By Laura Day Mar 16, 2020 0 Comment

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 ...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

UPDATED: ‘Chicago Med, PD & Fire’ halt production

By Colin Costello Mar 13, 2020 0 Comment

All three Chicago Dick Wolf shows Chicago Med, PD and Fire have halted production and will not be returning until next season. In addition to the Chicago shows, the list inc...

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Sam Jackson to reprise Nick Fury in Disney+ series

Disney+ may soon have to change its name to Disney+Marvel. The streamer announced what will be its ninth series from the studio that has given us The Avengers. Samuel L. Jackson is confirmed to reprise his role as S.H.I.E.L.D head honcho Nick Fury in an upcoming series. According to Variety , Jackson who first appeared […]

21st annual Newport Beach Film Fest goes virtual

The Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) announces that the annual event will go virtual October 1st – 11th, 2020 on NewportBeachFilmFest.com. The virtual Festival will showcase an international slate of 40 feature-length narrative and documentary films and 231 short films. The Festival will host virtual filmmaker conversations and ‘Industry Talks’. Originally scheduled for April 2020, […]

New Land Rover explores Africa with the Holgates

Agency Spark44 South Africa and SoloUnion recently debuted a new web spot for the 2020 Land Rover Defender, featuring modern-day explorers and Land Rover ambassadors Kingsley and Ross Holgate. Through their Kingsley Holgate Foundation, the father-son duo adventure across the wilds of Africa and beyond for humanitarian initiatives, such as malaria prevention, water purification, and […]

Kia K5 lands a first-ever flat spin 360-degree stunt

When we first watched this Kia “K5 Live” stunt on the 72nd Emmy Awards broadcast, our initial reaction was a genuine, jaw-dropping f*ck! Upon seeing it again, our reaction was “dope AF!” The latest work from our friends at David&Goliath underscores the fact that Kia K5 may just be the most powerful midsize sedan on […]

Chris Rock to host ‘SNL’ season premiere

Chris Rock will take the stage in Studio 8H as host of Saturday Night Live’s 46th season premiere on Oct. 3. This will mark Rock’s third appearance as host. Rock became a cast member of the popular sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in 1990. He and other new cast members Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider […]

New town. New lies. And they’re coming to HBO Max

New town. New secrets. New Little Liars. A new generation of Pretty Little Liars is coming to HBO Max, which has given a direct-to-series order for the new Max Original drama Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, from executive producer/writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and co-executive producer/writer Lindsay Calhoon Bring(Chilling Adventures of Sabrina). Twenty years ago, a series of tragic […]

Protests rise after Breonna Taylor announcement

Six months after Louisville police shot and killed Breonna Taylor in her home during a mismanaged no-knock raid, a grand jury has decided to only bring criminal charges against Officer Brett Hankison, one of three officers who fired their weapons that night. Those charges are not directly related to Taylor’s death, but rather for firing […]

Zack Snyder to film new scenes for ‘Justice League’

Francis Ford Coppola tinkered with the Godfather and Apocalypse Now forever. George Lucas made Star Wars Episodes 4-6 barely recognizable from when the films were first released. And now we have Zack Snyder and Justice League. While few would put Snyder on the same pedestal as Coppola or Lucas, the director, like them, is still […]

BBDO, Street Grace use TikTok to stop predators

Dedicated to their mission of ending the sexual exploitation of minors, Street Grace, along with creative partner BBDO, is meeting young people on the one platform where they are spending more and more of their time: TikTok. With many families spending much more time at home, and online, and with societal pressures amassing, the threat of human trafficking has heightened. In the first […]

ARRI introduces four new Signature Zooms lenses

Responding to market requests for high-quality zoom lenses to match and accompany the Signature Primes, ARRI has announced four new Signature Zooms designed for universal usage with any large-format or Super 35 camera. They offer a fast stop of T2.8 across all four lenses, what’s billed as unrivaled focal length range, absolute image consistency, HDR […]