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PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Illinois shatters record for film revenues with $630 million in 2021

By Reel Chicago Jun 17, 2022

Governor JB Pritzker and Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot have announced that projected film revenues in 2021 hit a record high of $630 million, shattering pre-pandemic levels in 2019 b...

REEL MOVES

Chris Boden and Kaitlin Sharkey join WGN Sports

By Reel Chicago Jun 11, 2022

Chris Boden and Kaitlin Sharkey are both joining the WGN sports team in a full-time anchor-reporter capacity. Along with Jarrett Payton and Josh Frydman, they will cover ...

NBC Chicago to air The Lost Story of Emmett Till: The Universal Child

By Reel Chicago Mar 17, 2022

NBC Chicago’s one-hour special, The Lost Story of Emmett Till: The Universal Child, will air Saturday, March 19 at 6 p.m. The program is an extended version of NBC C...

Events

Digital Cinema Society and Atomic Studios hold live educational event

By Reel Chicago Dec 3, 2021

With the safety and success of their first post-pandemic in-person event last month in L.A., the Digital Cinema Society has taken their show on the road and scheduled a DCS Chi...

NEW WORK

The Salvation Army helps people Keep It Going in new Camp Lucky PSA

By Reel Chicago Dec 3, 2021

Camp Lucky is honored to help bring to life The Salvation Army’s new giving campaign PSA, Keep It Going. The film, via agency LERMA/ and directed by Jeff Bednarz, is a holida...

Rare 9/11 footage of Carol Marin at collapse of the towers

By Reel Chicago Sep 10, 2021

Media Burn, Chicago's independent video archive, has rare footage of the harrowing experience of Chicago news correspondent, Carol Marin who was at the scene as the second towe...

CASTING

Phillipa Soo joins Elisabeth Moss in cast of The Shining Girls

By Reel Chicago Jul 27, 2021

Grammy Award winner and Emmy nominee Phillipa Soo has joined the cast of Apple TV Plus’ Shining Girls, a metaphysical thriller based on the 2013 novel by Lauren Beukes. ...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

It’s the end of the road for HBO’s Lovecraft Country

By Reel Chicago Jul 3, 2021

It's the end of the road for the characters of HBO's Lovecraft Country. The horror drama series will not be receiving a second season order, HBO told Deadline. "We will not ...

Study reveals the best and worst fictional towns on TV

By Reel Chicago Jun 8, 2021

Television has provided much-needed escapism for many of us during the pandemic, allowing us to get lost in the fictional worlds of American dramas, homegrown soaps and nostalg...

Ida B. Wells ‘Chicago Stories’ premiere tonight on WTTW

By Reel Chicago May 21, 2021

On Friday, May 21 at 8:00 pm on all WTTW platforms, Ida B Wells, a one-hour Chicago Stories special and companion website, paints a deeply humanizing portrait of a woman w...

REEL MOVES

Sonixphere adds Matt Brooks, Int’l Business Development

By Reel Chicago Apr 9, 2021

Sonixphere, the award-winning music and sound creators for advertising, series TV and film, announced that Matt Brooks has joined the company as Head of International Business ...

Byron Allen’s ‘This TV’ expands its distribution footprint

By Reel Chicago Apr 6, 2021

Byron Allen's Allen Media Group announced its recently-purchased over-the-air 24/7 broadcast television network This TV will expand its distribution to eight major market A...

ONE CHICAGO

New stills from tonight’s Chicago PD ‘Protect and Serve’

By Reel Chicago Mar 9, 2021

One Chicago is back this Wednesday with new episodes and NBC has released new stills from this week’s exciting Chicago PD Season 8, Episode 8, 'Protect and Ser...

NBC Chicago launches docuseries “Vaccinated State”

By Reel Chicago Feb 26, 2021

Amid continued questions about the Coronavirus vaccine in Illinois, NBC Chicago explores the issues and response to one of the most sought-after medicines of our lifetime in a ...

REEL MOVES

Janet Davies leaves WLS-7 after 37 years

By Reel Chicago Feb 23, 2021

After almost 37 years, Janet Davies has announced in a Facebook post that she is no longer affiliated with the ABC owned Chicago station WLS. Her post followed the station�...

CELEBRITY

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