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The Chi pics and promo for a new episode this week, Oh Girl

By Barbara Roche Jun 28, 2022

The Chi made its Season 5 on-air debut on Sunday, June 26 and is currently in production on 10 episodes in Chicago. Here’s this week’s pics and promo for The Chi titled ...

CHICAGO MADE

The Chi returns this weekend with its first new episode of Season 5

By Reel Chicago Jun 24, 2022

The Chi returns with its first new episode on non-linear platforms this Friday, June 24, available on streaming and on demand for all SHOWTIME subscribers, before making its on...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Here’s what’s filming this week on the streets of Chicago May 9-13

By Barbara Roche May 7, 2022

Chicago Med and P.D. have both wrapped for the season. Chicago Fire will be filming their finale this week. It is promised to be the top finale of all times according to showru...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Here’s what’s filming on the streets of Chicago for the week of March 21

By Barbara Roche Mar 17, 2022

Chicago continues to be a busy hub for filming features, tv and streaming content, documentaries, and commercials - to the dismay of some and the delight of others. Overall,...

FILM

Empire’s Taraji P. Henson joins musical film adaption of The Color Purple

By Reel Chicago Feb 1, 2022

Academy Award nominee, Emmy Award nominee and star of Empire Taraji P. Henson has joined the upcoming film adaption of The Color Purple musical as sexy and sultry jazz singer S...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Hoop Dreams goes to series as Lena Waithe inks Warner Bros TV deal

By Reel Chicago Nov 15, 2021

Warner Bros TV has announced that Lena Waithe (The Chi, Master of None, Queen & Slim, Ready Player One) has inked a new deal that brings the acclaimed documentary Hoop ...

REEL PRO

Yolonda Ross on shaving her head for The Chi & $100k breast cancer donation

By Reel Chicago Oct 15, 2021

Yolonda Ross, star of the ground-breaking Showtime series The Chi, announced with Rhonda Feinberg, a special donation of $100,000, funded by The Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foun...

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Filmmaking in Chicago is ‘significantly up’ with record breaking production

By Reel Chicago Oct 6, 2021

At the September 30th Committee on Budget and Government Operations meeting Retiring Cultural Affairs and Special Events Commissioner Mark Kelly said filmmaking is “significa...

CITY NEWS

SHOWTIME / The Chi makes $500k donation to Greencorps Chicago

By Reel Chicago Jul 30, 2021

SHOWTIME, and cast members from its Chicago-based hit show The Chi, along with community leaders, today to announce a $500,000 donation from the network to the City’s Greenco...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

South Shore’s Regal Mile Studios receives city approval

By Reel Chicago Jul 16, 2021

The Regal Mile Studios, a proposed $60 million film studio planned for Chicago's South Shore neighborhood received preliminary approval from a Chicago commission. The Plan Comm...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

The Chi producer plans $60M film studio on South Side

By Reel Chicago May 31, 2021

Film and TV production in Chicago is 100% up and running, and expanding to the south side. The executive producer of The Chi television series, Derek Dudley is joining forces w...

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Going South Side with Rolando Boyce of ‘The Chi’

By Colin Costello May 21, 2021

If you're a fan of Showtime's The Chi , then you are very aware of track-suit wearing, bluetooth earpiece toting, baby daddy of Emmett, Darnell. Since joining in Season 2,...

CHICAGO MADE

Official trailer for THE CHI 4th season premiere Sunday

By Reel Chicago May 21, 2021

SHOWTIME released the official trailer for the fourth season of the Chicago hit drama series THE CHI. Created and executive produced by Emmy winner Lena Waithe and ex...

Year in Review

2020 in Review: Reel Chicago’s Biggest Stories

By Colin Costello Dec 31, 2020

What a year, huh? 2020, which felt like a decade, will undoubtedly go down in history as one of the worst years ever. And who will argue? Certainly not the staff at Reel Chicag...

FILM

Filmmaker Chantel Chavon tackles racism, mental health

By Reel Chicago Jul 20, 2020

Up and coming Chicago-based filmmaker, Chantel Chavon, makes her directorial debut by tackling the connection between racism and mental illness head on in the short film, When ...

Season 3 premiere of Lena Waithe’s ‘The Chi’

By Reel Chicago Jun 17, 2020

"The Chi" Season 3 premieres this Sunday, June 21st at 8 PM CT on Showtime. Created by Chicago’s own Lena Waithe and filmed entirely in Illinois, "The Chi" is a comin...