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Tag: Netflix

Jeremy Allen White to star in Netflix series Enigma Variations
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Jeremy Allen White to star in Netflix series Enigma Variations

By Barbara Roche Jan 29, 2025
Jeremy Allen White, acclaimed for his role in FX's The Bear, is set to star in and executive produce a Netflix limited series adaptation of André Aciman's 2017 novel, Enigma V...
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Third season of Netflix ‘Monster’ anthology series to begin filming in Chicago
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Third season of Netflix ‘Monster’ anthology series to begin filming in Chicago

By Barbara Roche Jan 10, 2025
The third season of Netflix's Monster anthology series, co-created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, will begin filming in Chicago on February 10. This third season, titled Th...
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Two scary Chicago writers – TJ Cimfel, David White – talk up new Netflix film, Don’t Move
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Two scary Chicago writers – TJ Cimfel, David White – talk up new Netflix film, Don’t Move

By Colin Costello Oct 25, 2024
This is the month of Halloween and Netflix is keeping its terrifying clown foot on the scare pedal with the release of Don't Move. The 2024 horror film is directed by Adam Schi...
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Netflix series ‘Monster’ will film Season 3 in Chicago
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Netflix series ‘Monster’ will film Season 3 in Chicago

By Barbara Roche Aug 29, 2024
Monster, the award winning Netflix series, AKA the Monster Anthology, will film Season 3 in Chicago. An anthology series, Monster focuses on the chilling stories of some of...
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Obama’s Higher Ground to film crime thriller in Chicago
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Obama’s Higher Ground to film crime thriller in Chicago

By Reel Chicago May 7, 2024
Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground Productions and Netflix have secured a significant mid-six figure spec deal for Dyersville, a true-story crime thriller to be set in C...
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Barack and Michelle Obama produce their first drama series at Netflix
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Barack and Michelle Obama produce their first drama series at Netflix

By Reel Chicago Jun 20, 2022
Higher Ground, founded by Michelle and Barack Obama, and the independent wiip studio announced the cast of Bodkin their first drama series for Netflix, which will start product...
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Netflix releases Our Great National Parks limited series with Barack Obama
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Netflix releases Our Great National Parks limited series with Barack Obama

By Reel Chicago Apr 13, 2022
Netflix releases an epic five-part series narrated by President Barack Obama that invites viewers to celebrate and discover the power of our planet’s greatest national parks ...
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Coodie and Chike take us behind the scenes of ‘jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’
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Coodie and Chike take us behind the scenes of ‘jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’

By Reel Chicago Feb 18, 2022
Filmmakers Clarence Simmons and Chike Ozah — better known as Coodie and Chike — have worked with Kanye West on music videos like Through the Wire, Two Words and Jesus Walks...
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Award-winning director David Fincher will film The Killer in Chicago area
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Award-winning director David Fincher will film The Killer in Chicago area

By Reel Chicago Jan 21, 2022
Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winning director David Fincher is bringing his latest Netflix movie project, The Killer, to the Chicago area with plans to film for several...
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Loyola Press book inspires Netflix docuseries ‘Stories of a Generation’
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Loyola Press book inspires Netflix docuseries ‘Stories of a Generation’

By Reel Chicago Dec 23, 2021
In a post-COVID world, multigenerational dialogue, intergenerational storytelling, and recording and sharing elder wisdom is becoming increasingly important. A book published b...
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Netflix orders 16-episode season of Chicago Party Aunt animated series
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Netflix orders 16-episode season of Chicago Party Aunt animated series

By Reel Chicago Jul 28, 2021
Netflix announced the new adult animated comedy Chicago Party Aunt will premiere on Sept. 17, from the studio behind Big Mouth (Titmouse).   The half-hour animated...
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Steven Spielberg sets  multiple feature deal with Netflix
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Steven Spielberg sets multiple feature deal with Netflix

By Reel Chicago Jun 25, 2021
Steven Spielberg, a filmmaker synonymous with big-screen enchantment, has set a new deal with Netflix in which his production company, Amblin Partners, will make multiple featu...
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‘Queen Bess’ released on the Netflix Film Club
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‘Queen Bess’ released on the Netflix Film Club

By Reel Chicago Mar 16, 2021
“Netflix went out and there and found a group of amazing filmmakers who you may not be aware of but should be, and their storytelling power is universal,” - - Executive Pro...
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‘Ma Rainey’ ‘Chicago 7’ top AFI’s Top 10 List
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‘Ma Rainey’ ‘Chicago 7’ top AFI’s Top 10 List

By Reel Chicago Jan 25, 2021
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the recipients of AFI AWARDS 2020. AFI’s global Movie Club program will showcase the official selections beginning in Februa...
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REVIEW: Boseman, Davis make ‘Ma Rainey’s’ a must-see
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REVIEW: Boseman, Davis make ‘Ma Rainey’s’ a must-see

By Joia DaVida Dec 23, 2020
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is the long-awaited adaptation of the hit stage play, written by August Wilson by the same name. Aside from a few scenes in the beginning of the film...
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REVIEW: ‘Trial of Chicago 7’ is compelling entertainment
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REVIEW: ‘Trial of Chicago 7’ is compelling entertainment

By Joia DaVida Dec 23, 2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a compelling courtroom drama that is filled with crisp dialogue that debuted on Netflix a month before the election. While Trump's Justice Departm...
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“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” trailer shows 1920s Chicago
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“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” trailer shows 1920s Chicago

By Reel Chicago Oct 20, 2020
Netflix released the first trailer for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” showing the lush period setting of 1920s Chicago “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” is Chad Boseman...
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LA Latino Film Fest, Netflix launch Latinx Fellowship
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LA Latino Film Fest, Netflix launch Latinx Fellowship

By Reel Chicago Sep 24, 2020
The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) announced today the launch of LALIFF’s Inclusion Fellowship Series. This newly established program will focus on b...
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Chadwick Boseman’s final film, ‘Ma Rainey’ delayed
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Chadwick Boseman’s final film, ‘Ma Rainey’ delayed

By Reel Chicago Aug 29, 2020
Netflix has halted the release of the new Chicago-set drama, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom starring Chadwick Boseman due to the shocking and devastating news of his death. The sta...
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Wachowski says ‘Matrix’ is transgender allegory
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Wachowski says ‘Matrix’ is transgender allegory

By Colin Costello Aug 7, 2020
Before COVID-19 shut down production last March, Chicago-born director Lana Wachowski was deep into filming the fourth, the first of a new trilogy, Matrix film for Warner Bros...
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