Governor JB Pritzker joined Hollywood River Studios founder and CEO Christopher Breakwell, Wood River Mayor Tom Stalcup and state officials on October 5 to celebrate the ground...
CineCity Studios and Polymath Research Inc. are exploring a film investment platform that would pair the Chicago studio’s production resources with technology to issue and ma...
The 62nd Chicago International Film Festival will bring filmmakers, producers, executives and other industry professionals together for four days of workshops, conversations an...
Speaking with Reel Chicago, Chicago Fire sources appear to have answered one of the biggest questions hanging over Season 15: Kelly Severide is staying at Firehouse 51.
Tayl...
The Oak Park IL Film Festival has announced its 2026 film lineup, with two days of screenings and events set for September 19 and 20 at the Madison Street Theater in Oak Park.
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A federal film and television production incentive has been discussed for years. What has changed is how many people are now sitting on the same side of the table.
President...
Chicagoans, we need to talk about Dark Matter. If you somehow missed the first season of Apple TV’s wildly ambitious science-fiction thriller, now is the time to catch up, be...
Chicago’s film history takes some unusual detours over the next several weeks, connecting a Swiss Cold War oddity, 1970s giallo, Haskell Wexler, Liberace and the Creature fro...
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...
