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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
In a post-COVID world, multigenerational dialogue, intergenerational storytelling, and recording and sharing elder wisdom is becoming increasingly important. A book published b...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Becoming. If you enjoyed the intimacy of former first lady, Michelle Obama's autobiography, then good news. Netflix has announced the documentary portrait of Michelle Obama ti...
For World Kindness Day, which was November 13th, Netflix and their upcoming animated film, Klaus, along with the Brothers and Sisters of America brought holiday cheer to Chicago...