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Tag: TV Series

Those we have lost in 2025
  • Year in Review

Those we have lost in 2025

By Reel Chicago Dec 31, 2025
Chicago’s creative community marked a year of profound loss in 2025, as we said farewell to individuals whose talent, mentorship, and dedication helped define the city’s fi...
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Rob Reiner’s role on The Bear reminds us what we’ve lost
  • CHICAGO MADE

Rob Reiner’s role on The Bear reminds us what we’ve lost

By Reel Chicago Dec 18, 2025
Hollywood lost one of its most influential voices this past weekend. Rob Reiner, the celebrated actor, director, and filmmaker, and his wife, Michele Singer-Reiner, were kil...
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Deli Boys is casting specialty rolls for new season
  • CASTING

Deli Boys is casting specialty rolls for new season

By Barbara Roche Dec 16, 2025
Deli Boys has returned for Season 2 and the casting company is looking for extras and speciality rolls. Hulu’s comedy series Deli Boys is back in Chicago, gearing up to f...
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Illinois strengthens film incentives as Gov. Pritzker signs SB 1911
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Illinois strengthens film incentives as Gov. Pritzker signs SB 1911

By Barbara Roche Dec 12, 2025
Illinois filmmakers received a major boost today as Governor JB Pritzker signed SB 1911, a comprehensive update to the Illinois Film Production Services Tax Credit Act. The...
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Amy Morton to be honored at Women of the Shield CineCity event
  • ONE CHICAGO

Amy Morton to be honored at Women of the Shield CineCity event

By Barbara Roche Dec 12, 2025
Chicago P.D. actress Amy Morton, who plays the formidable and no-nonsense Sergeant Trudy Platt since the series’ first season, will be honored by Women of the Shield at a spe...
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Patrick John Flueger returns to Chicago P.D. after personal leave
  • ONE CHICAGO

Patrick John Flueger returns to Chicago P.D. after personal leave

By Barbara Roche Dec 11, 2025
Patrick John Flueger, the actor best known for portraying Officer Adam Ruzek on NBC’s Chicago P.D., has returned to filming after taking a personal leave of absence earlier t...
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The Bear’s Matty Matheson brings his cooking show to Netflix
  • CELEBRITY

The Bear’s Matty Matheson brings his cooking show to Netflix

By Barbara Roche Dec 11, 2025
Known for turning cooking into unpredictable chaos, The Bear’s Matty Matheson is bringing his high energy cooking show Just a Dash to Netflix. Netflix has acquired the exc...
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Early snowfall extends Chicago window for winter filming
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Early snowfall extends Chicago window for winter filming

By Barbara Roche Dec 9, 2025
If you're a filmmaker, you have a bonus opportunity to capture striking B-roll of a snowy Christmas in Chicago and in the quaint rural towns across Illinois. January and Februa...
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Taylor Kinney steps into the spotlight with a holiday surprise
  • HOLIDAY SPIRIT

Taylor Kinney steps into the spotlight with a holiday surprise

By Barbara Roche Dec 2, 2025
Taylor Kinney has never been the guy chasing cameras. In fact, the Chicago Fire star is famous for doing the opposite, quietly showing up to the set, delivering fan-favorite pe...
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Can Yellowstone pull off a downtown Chicago lookalike?
  • Streaming

Can Yellowstone pull off a downtown Chicago lookalike?

By Barbara Roche Nov 19, 2025
Can the newest spinoff of the Yellowstone series succeed in turning Dallas into downtown Chicago? A new Yellowstone spinoff centered on Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler is still ...
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IATSE 476 Film Workers’ Holiday Market returns to CineCity
  • UNION

IATSE 476 Film Workers’ Holiday Market returns to CineCity

By Barbara Roche Nov 15, 2025
Chicago’s film community is kicking off the holiday season with the return of the 3rd Annual Film Workers’ Holiday Market, hosted by the IATSE Local 476 Women’s Committee...
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Here’s what’s filming in Chicago as 2025 wraps
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Here’s what’s filming in Chicago as 2025 wraps

By Barbara Roche Nov 15, 2025
As 2025 enters its final stretch, cameras continue to roll across Chicago. Network series, streamers, indie features, and commercial shoots will be keeping crews busy through t...
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IATSE Local 2 celebrates opening of new training center
  • UNION

IATSE Local 2 celebrates opening of new training center

By Barbara Roche Nov 14, 2025
Governor J.B. Pritzker joined leadership from IATSE Local 2 and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity on Thursday to cut the ribbon on the union’s new ...
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Chicago Fire seeks specialty extras for November 18 photo shoot
  • CASTING

Chicago Fire seeks specialty extras for November 18 photo shoot

By Reel Chicago Nov 13, 2025
As Chicago Fire continues filming Season 14 throughout the city, the show’s extras casting team is preparing for an upcoming episode, with a casting call looking for real sib...
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Flatliners, Chicago Med, The Bear: Oliver Platt ’s Chicago journey
  • ONE CHICAGO

Flatliners, Chicago Med, The Bear: Oliver Platt ’s Chicago journey

By Barbara Roche Nov 12, 2025
Across more than three decades, Oliver Platt has quietly assembled one of the most significant resumés in Chicago film and television. Before Oliver Platt became the steady...
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Chicago Studio City: over 45 years of shaping Chicago production
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Chicago Studio City: over 45 years of shaping Chicago production

By Barbara Roche Nov 7, 2025
For more than four decades, Chicago Studio City (CSC) has stood as one of the most enduring and influential production hubs in the Midwest. The family-run operation has helped ...
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LaRoyce Hawkins guides Kevin Atwater into the spotlight
  • ONE CHICAGO

LaRoyce Hawkins guides Kevin Atwater into the spotlight

By Barbara Roche Nov 7, 2025
As Chicago P.D. enters Season 13, LaRoyce Hawkins continues to shape Kevin Atwater into one of the series’ most grounded, steadily evolving characters. What began as a suppor...
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Chicago History Museum screens WTTW’s Candy Capital
  • CHICAGO MADE

Chicago History Museum screens WTTW’s Candy Capital

By Reel Chicago Nov 5, 2025
Chicago has always had a taste for history, and this week, it’s serving up something delicious. The Chicago History Museum will host a special screening of Candy Capital, a W...
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Rob Riley, Chicago actor and Second City veteran, dies at 80
  • In memoriam

Rob Riley, Chicago actor and Second City veteran, dies at 80

By Barbara Roche Oct 30, 2025
We're just hearing about the death of Rob Riley, Chicago actor, writer, director, improviser, singer, and teacher, a quintessential Chicago multi-hyphenate whose career embodie...
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Benjamin Levy Aguilar finds his rhythm as Dante Torres on Chicago P.D.
  • ONE CHICAGO

Benjamin Levy Aguilar finds his rhythm as Dante Torres on Chicago P.D.

By Barbara Roche Oct 29, 2025
As Chicago P.D. settles into Season 13, Benjamin Levy Aguilar in his role as Officer Dante Torres has become one of the more grounded storylines in a year marked by shifting dy...
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