It worked for Wisconsin?writing your state law maker to vote for incentives could work here, too
The IPA is asking for your support in urging state legislators to vote for the new, improved tax incentives bill and extending it for three years.
The IPA is asking for your support in urging state legislators to vote for the new, improved tax incentives bill and extending it for three years.
Tax incentive legislation passed the state Senate last week 58-0, a good sign that legislators are serious about boosting revenues from increased film production and vying with increasingly competitive states
Echelon Entertainment 2 has signed with Mark Harris of 1555 Filmworks to release Harris’ standup comedy film “Barber Shop Jokes Live in Chicago.”
“We’ll distribute the
You’ve got a short film to sell, so you need to understand that the expanding reach of broadband Internet access has changed literally every aspect of film distribution.
KISMET FILMS OF SINGAPORE hired Product Productions as its local production company on a commercial for Unilever’s Sun Silk shampoo.
The three-day shoot takes
A FIRE AT THE THEATRE BUILDING last week, ignited by an apparent electrical/computer surge, caused significant smoke and water damage to the box office and second floor administrative
Wisconsin catapulted to the top tier of the most film friendly states March 31 when the Legislative Joint Finance Committee voted 15-1 to approve the Film Wisconsin tax credit incentive
One of the most important surveys of national advertisers conducted over the last decade shows that before long new media and technologies will radically alter the way their TV ad
What could have been the driest first quarter for Hollywood production has been relieved by an April shower of business.
“ER” generally spends a long weekend in
After 27 years of business, Del Hall Video will close its doors on June 1 and owners Ginger and Del Hall will transition into a smaller, more personalized phase of
WHO HE IS: Joe Farina is a former educational worker who began acting three years ago as a second career.
He follows the example of his
When Wisconsin’s impressive film incentive package is enacted in mid-April, the Badger State will have shot up from obscurity to the top of many an L.A. studio’s list of preferred
Marc Selz follows up “The Rockville Slayer” and “Short Cut Road” with his third horror/thriller feature “Satanic Panic” set to shoot in northwest Illinois this summer.
After 14 years at the same Elmhurst location, Peter Karl Productions decided to move into the city to be closer to their clients.
One Way Productions launch the national theatrical tour of their second feature “Pieces of a Dream” with a weeklong run at the ICE Chatham Theaters beginning Feb. 27.
OPTIMUS ADDED MATT DALY as visual effects director Jan. 18, as part of its graphics department restructuring. He’d been Digital Kitchen’s visual effects director.
For more than a decade the Hollywood film industry has called for an end to “runaway film production” in less expensive foreign locations. Finally, their call for help has been
While Illinois positively glowed with an estimated $90 million from Hollywood features and TV shows last year, 2006 could be a lackluster year, dimmed by new state competitors for film’s
THE FIRST L.A. SCREENWRITERS CONFERENCE in at least five years arrives in Chicago Feb. 11-12, with an impressive roster of L.A. literary agents, managers and studio representatives.
L.A. POST HOUSE HIRES are Therese Hunsberger, Optimus’ executive producer overseeing all operation, while Cutters added editor Fernando Villena, both for their respective Santa Monica companies.