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Tag: film production

Full Spectrum Features announces selections for Chicagoland Shorts
  • FILM

Full Spectrum Features announces selections for Chicagoland Shorts

By Reel Chicago Aug 31, 2021
Full Spectrum Features (FSF) announces the films and filmmakers selected to take part in Chicagoland Shorts Vol. 7, an annual short film collection featuring boundary-pushing, ...
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It’s a wrap for an impressive weekend at Filmscape 2021
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

It’s a wrap for an impressive weekend at Filmscape 2021

By Barbara Roche Aug 31, 2021
Filmscape 2021 has wrapped and the overall consensus is A+ on all accounts. The exhibitors, in-person and online classes, speakers and moderators, hands-on demonstrations, ...
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Jordan Peele’s Candyman shakes up the critics on opening day
  • FILM

Jordan Peele’s Candyman shakes up the critics on opening day

By Reel Chicago Aug 27, 2021
The past year has been a chaotic one for movies as the Covid-19 pandemic has forced countless films to either move to VOD, release in a hybrid manner in theaters and VOD, or de...
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Erica Duffy, Julio Desir, Adam Rudder team up on TV Pilot “The Donut Boyz”
  • TV

Erica Duffy, Julio Desir, Adam Rudder team up on TV Pilot “The Donut Boyz”

By Reel Chicago Aug 26, 2021
The Donut Boyz, originally a hip-hop group, have been fusing comedy, rap, and snack foods into their musical stylings since 2006. Now Erica Duffy, Julio Desir, and Adam Rud...
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Work in Progress: the concept, the talent, and plans for Season 2
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Work in Progress: the concept, the talent, and plans for Season 2

By Reel Chicago Aug 26, 2021
Showtime’s brilliant series Work in Progress is back for a second season. The hit series revolves around the life of a 45-year-old self-identified fat, queer dyke, Abby (Abby...
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See you at Filmscape 2021 on Cinespace lot this weekend
  • Events

See you at Filmscape 2021 on Cinespace lot this weekend

By Reel Chicago Aug 25, 2021
This weekend, Filmscape 2021 holds their hybrid model of online and in-person events for this year's event taking place on the Cinespace Chicago Film Studios lot August 28-29. ...
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Optimus promotes Dave Buehrle to Executive Producer
  • REEL MOVES

Optimus promotes Dave Buehrle to Executive Producer

By Reel Chicago Aug 25, 2021
Leading production and post house Optimus today announced the promotion of Dave Buehrle to executive producer, adding this title to his head of production role. As EP | H...
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Hootenanny adds motion graphics designer Brian Stevens
  • REEL MOVES

Hootenanny adds motion graphics designer Brian Stevens

By Reel Chicago Aug 24, 2021
The design department at Chicago post house Hootenanny is growing with the addition of new hire Brian Stevens.  Brian is a motion designer capable in a variety of desig...
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Laughlin Constable launches Vienna Beef Hot Dog Stand Challenge
  • REEL BUSINESS

Laughlin Constable launches Vienna Beef Hot Dog Stand Challenge

By Reel Chicago Aug 24, 2021
Laughlin Constable announced the launch of the Vienna Beef Hot Dog Stand Challenge to assist the legendary Chicago Hot Dog company in its efforts to support its recovering rest...
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STORY director Kevin Smith stirs up grimy comedy for Cramer-Krasselt’s Gumout
  • CREATIVE

STORY director Kevin Smith stirs up grimy comedy for Cramer-Krasselt’s Gumout

By Reel Chicago Aug 24, 2021
A clandestine meeting between a pair of shady characters under a dank freeway overpass leads to an unexpectedly hilarious result in a new spot for Gumout directed by Kevin Smit...
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Asian Pop-up Cinema season 13 celebrates best Asian-centric cinema
  • Events

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...
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‘Maya’ continues Pearle Vision’s strategy to showcase Small Moments
  • Reel Ad of the Week

‘Maya’ continues Pearle Vision’s strategy to showcase Small Moments

By Reel Chicago Aug 24, 2021
Pearle Vision has launched their latest installment in the award-winning Small Moments campaign, a cinematic mini-movie titled "Maya," in which a young Indian girl goes from fe...
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FCB Chicago wins Pro Award for Blue Bunny Summer Of Funlightenment
  • AWARDS

FCB Chicago wins Pro Award for Blue Bunny Summer Of Funlightenment

By Reel Chicago Aug 24, 2021
Marketing Resources, Inc. and FCB Chicago have won the Gold 2021 PRO Award for Best Vehicle-Based Campaign and the Silver PRO Award for Best Post-COVID Era Campaign for their w...
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My Little Renaissance Girl to film in Chicago, partners with Full Spectrum
  • 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...
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Home Alone reboot releases on Disney+ in time for the holidays
  • FILM

Home Alone reboot releases on Disney+ in time for the holidays

By Barbara Roche Aug 20, 2021
The reboot of Home Alone is coming exclusively to Disney+ as Home Sweet Home Alone on November 12, just in time for the holiday season. I had the extreme good fortune of wor...
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Multi-media production studio Taylor James takes on Sonia Reps
  • REEL MOVES

Multi-media production studio Taylor James takes on Sonia Reps

By Reel Chicago Aug 18, 2021
Multi-media production studio Taylor James is now represented by Sonia Blum of Sonia Reps in the Midwest. This marks the latest partnership for Taylor James, established in...
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Exclusive set photos of Lightyears filming on location in Blue Island
  • 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...
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CANDYMAN: inside Chicago’s Cabrini-Green urban legend
  • FILM

CANDYMAN: inside Chicago’s Cabrini-Green urban legend

By Reel Chicago Aug 16, 2021
Filmed in Chicago, Oscar winner Jordan Peele unleashes a fresh take on Chicago's Cabrini-Green blood-chilling urban legend: Candyman.  Filmmaker Nia DaCosta (Little W...
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Pritzker announces $10M Tourism Attractions and Festivals Grant program
  • CITY NEWS

Pritzker announces $10M Tourism Attractions and Festivals Grant program

By Reel Chicago Aug 10, 2021
Governor Pritzker announced a new $10 million grants program aimed at revitalizing the hard-hit tourism industry by bringing back new and returning tourism attractions and fest...
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Flashpoint Chicago will close in May 2022 after the spring semester
  • BREAKING NEWS

Flashpoint Chicago will close in May 2022 after the spring semester

By Reel Chicago Aug 6, 2021
In a sad turn of events Flashpoint Chicago, located on the campus of Roosevelt University, is closing its doors in May of 2022 after the spring semester. Flashpoint Chicago ...
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