The feature film Gable is set to begin filming next week at Flyover Film Studios in Rantoul. Based on the life of Olympic wrestling legend Dan Gable, filming in Illinois is sch...
Forty years ago, Ferris Bueller called in sick and took Chicago along for the ride.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off hit the theaters in the summer of 1986 and became one of ...
Chicago-based Sparkly Productions has announced that its latest short film, CHOKE, has been selected for the 2026 Oscar qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival. The film will...
A familiar face is returning to the Chicago P.D. set. This time behind the camera. Jesse Lee Soffer is set to direct the second episode of Season 14, according to a social medi...
Warning: Possible Chicago Fire Season 15 spoilers ahead.
Production is underway on Season 15 of Chicago Fire, and new photos from the Chicago set may have revealed which ch...
DePaul University’s School of Cinematic Arts has once again been named one of the nation’s leading film schools, earning a place in The Hollywood Reporter’s 2026 ranking ...
Filming is expected to begin in Chicago this September on the Netflix adaptation of Lynn Painter's bestselling novel Better Than the Movies.
Directed by Julia Hart, who als...
The Obama Presidential Center will host a special evening honoring the life and legacy of Emmett Till on Friday, July 31, with "Emmett Till: The Pursuit of Happiness. An Ame...
Forty years after its theatrical release, Pretty in Pink remains one of the defining coming of age films of the 1980s and another enduring chapter in the legacy of legendary ...
Award-winning filmmakers Marissa Lichwick and Larry Ziegelman are set to begin principal photography on Complicit, an intense psychological feature that explores power, consent...
From our returning network television favorites to major studio features and independent films, here's what's filming in Chicago and Illinois this summer. Cameras are rolling a...
Chicago's busiest television hospital is preparing to reopen its doors. Production on Season 12 of NBC's Chicago Med is scheduled to begin July 29 in Chicago, with the latest i...
Chicago filmmaker George Ellzey Jr. is bringing his deeply personal first feature one step closer to the big screen.
The Bronzeville writer-director will begin production o...
For six decades, Chicago-based Kartemquin Films has helped shape the landscape of documentary filmmaking, producing and supporting films that have earned international recognit...
The Midwest Film Festival Anniversary edition brings screenings, filmmaker conversations, Kartemquin retrospective and Best of the Midwest Awards to venues across Chicago.
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Tyler Perry is making a significant investment in the future of filmmaking, announcing a multi-year partnership with Synapse Virtual Production to build and operate a new virtu...
More than 50 Chicago artists, filmmakers, designers and creative professionals came together on a volunteer basis to produce Haute Wheels, a three-minute fashion short that wi...
The summer hiatus may still have a few months to go, but the wheels are officially in motion for Chicago Fire Season 15. Sources tell Reel Chicago that production is scheduled ...
After a long summer hiatus, Chicago P.D. fans finally have something to celebrate. Production on Season 14 is set to begin July 23, marking the first major milestone on the roa...
Charlie Hunnam has earned the first Emmy nomination of his career for his performance in the Netflix series Monster: The Ed Gein Story, filmed in several Illinois communities.
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