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IATSE Local 2 celebrates opening of new training center
  • UNION

IATSE Local 2 celebrates opening of new training center

By Barbara Roche Nov 14, 2025
Governor J.B. Pritzker joined leadership from IATSE Local 2 and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity on Thursday to cut the ribbon on the union’s new ...
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Did Operation Midway Blitz make Chicago safer?
  • CITY NEWS

Did Operation Midway Blitz make Chicago safer?

By Barbara Roche Nov 14, 2025
As violent crime continues to drop across Chicago, the federal immigration enforcement surge launched earlier this year, known as Operation Midway Blitz, is drawing new questio...
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Chicago Fire seeks specialty extras for November 18 photo shoot
  • CASTING

Chicago Fire seeks specialty extras for November 18 photo shoot

By Reel Chicago Nov 13, 2025
As Chicago Fire continues filming Season 14 throughout the city, the show’s extras casting team is preparing for an upcoming episode, with a casting call looking for real sib...
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Flatliners, Chicago Med, The Bear: Oliver Platt ’s Chicago journey
  • ONE CHICAGO

Flatliners, Chicago Med, The Bear: Oliver Platt ’s Chicago journey

By Barbara Roche Nov 12, 2025
Across more than three decades, Oliver Platt has quietly assembled one of the most significant resumés in Chicago film and television. Before Oliver Platt became the steady...
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Chicago Studio City: over 45 years of shaping Chicago production
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Chicago Studio City: over 45 years of shaping Chicago production

By Barbara Roche Nov 7, 2025
For more than four decades, Chicago Studio City (CSC) has stood as one of the most enduring and influential production hubs in the Midwest. The family-run operation has helped ...
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Mr. Submarine marks 50 years with 50 wild spots
  • Reel Ad of the Week

Mr. Submarine marks 50 years with 50 wild spots

By Reel Chicago Nov 7, 2025
WTF? Quality Meats has done it this time. They have the Reel Chicago team laughing so hard we don't know what to do with ourselves. Mr. Submarine is celebrating its 50th annive...
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LaRoyce Hawkins guides Kevin Atwater into the spotlight
  • ONE CHICAGO

LaRoyce Hawkins guides Kevin Atwater into the spotlight

By Barbara Roche Nov 7, 2025
As Chicago P.D. enters Season 13, LaRoyce Hawkins continues to shape Kevin Atwater into one of the series’ most grounded, steadily evolving characters. What began as a suppor...
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New details emerge about the SB 1911 tax incentives
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

New details emerge about the SB 1911 tax incentives

By Reel Chicago Nov 6, 2025
In a significant win for the state’s film and television community, the Illinois General Assembly passed a sweeping expansion of the Illinois Film Production Services Tax Inc...
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Home Alone director set to helm Gremlins 3
  • FILM

Home Alone director set to helm Gremlins 3

By Reel Chicago Nov 6, 2025
Warner Bros. is officially bringing the Gremlins franchise back to the big screen, and this time, the mischievous Mogwai are in the hands of some very capable (and slightly cha...
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Quality Meats gets Manscaped
  • ACCOUNT WINS

Quality Meats gets Manscaped

By Reel Chicago Nov 6, 2025
Independent agency Quality Meats is headed back to the Big Game. After making its Super Bowl debut earlier this year with GoDaddy, a campaign that went on to win the Creative B...
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Chew 5 Gum turns TikTok fan reactions into animation
  • CREATIVE

Chew 5 Gum turns TikTok fan reactions into animation

By Reel Chicago Nov 5, 2025
Mars Wrigley and Energy BBDO are bringing a new kind of sensory overload to social media, and they’re letting TikTok fans lead the charge. The latest chapter in the brandâ...
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Macaulay Culkin reprises Kevin McCallister for Home Instead
  • HOLIDAY SPIRIT

Macaulay Culkin reprises Kevin McCallister for Home Instead

By Reel Chicago Nov 5, 2025
Just in time for the 35th anniversary of Home Alone, Home Instead and FCB Chicago have teamed up to bring audiences back to the McCallister household, with a touching twist the...
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Chicago History Museum screens WTTW’s Candy Capital
  • CHICAGO MADE

Chicago History Museum screens WTTW’s Candy Capital

By Reel Chicago Nov 5, 2025
Chicago has always had a taste for history, and this week, it’s serving up something delicious. The Chicago History Museum will host a special screening of Candy Capital, a W...
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Tillamook ends the Great Grilled Cheese Debate
  • CREATIVE

Tillamook ends the Great Grilled Cheese Debate

By Reel Chicago Nov 4, 2025
After years of internet arguments over whether butter or mayonnaise makes the best grilled cheese, Tillamook has finally settled the debate. Partnering with Leo Chicago and All...
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Harrison Ford’s Chicago roots come full circle
  • CHICAGO MADE

Harrison Ford’s Chicago roots come full circle

By Barbara Roche Nov 4, 2025
Harrison Ford returned to Chicago this week not as the world-famous actor audiences associate with Han Solo, Indiana Jones and Dr. Richard Kimble, but as a hometown kid coming ...
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Citi x American Airlines launch two travel campaigns
  • CREATIVE

Citi x American Airlines launch two travel campaigns

By Reel Chicago Nov 3, 2025
Citi has unveiled two new campaigns with long-time partner American Airlines, signaling the next phase in their deepened collaboration and marking Citi’s return to in-airport...
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Jimmy John’s x Demi Lovato make Pickle Season official
  • CREATIVE

Jimmy John’s x Demi Lovato make Pickle Season official

By Reel Chicago Nov 3, 2025
Taking the comeback to pop-culture levels, Champaign-based Jimmy John’s has teamed up with Demi Lovato, a self-proclaimed pickle lover who famously named her dog “Pickles,"...
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BarkleyOKRP names Brad Jones CCO
  • REEL MOVES

BarkleyOKRP names Brad Jones CCO

By Reel Chicago Nov 3, 2025
BarkleyOKRP has appointed Brad Jones as its new Chief Creative Officer, a move that underscores the independent agency’s growing focus on creative-media integration and its e...
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Post community turns out to celebrate Camp K Midwest winners
  • AICP

Post community turns out to celebrate Camp K Midwest winners

By Reel Chicago Nov 1, 2025
The lights were bright, the drinks were flowing, and creativity took center stage last Wednesday as AICP’s Camp Kuleshov Midwest region celebrated its 2025 winners at Chicago...
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ALDI USA x Brian Billow save holiday spirit in new creative
  • Reel Ad of the Week

ALDI USA x Brian Billow save holiday spirit in new creative

By Reel Chicago Oct 31, 2025
While most brands lean on sugar-coated sentiment this time of year, ALDI USA is taking a different approach by helping shoppers create big holiday moments without breaking the ...
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