Can ‘Les Mis’ transform from hit musical to movie?
If Cameron Mackintosh can pull it off, he certainly will have achieved the greatest marketing coup of this or any year in the movie business — a business that has,
If Cameron Mackintosh can pull it off, he certainly will have achieved the greatest marketing coup of this or any year in the movie business — a business that has,
Fletcher Camera & Lenses is going where the action is. The 25-year old rentals company in the process of opening a branch office in New Orleans – the number three
Next September, The School of the Art Institute (SAIC) will be one of nine major institutions participating in the Sony Digital Media Academy (SDMA) that will
Screenwriters in the Flyover Zone who have traveled to Hollywood to pitch their story ideas to The Right People can save their travel expenses and time by attending the first
Whimsical. What a lovely word. But trust us — when applied to television advertising — “whimsical” is among the toughest tricks to pull off with much success. And yet. Euro
THE PILOT, “LIFE SUPPORT,” a sitcom about a support group for people in support groups, starring some of Chicago’s funniest stand-ups, actors, and improvisers screens at
About a year ago, Loyola film studies professor and Army veteran John C.P. Goheen embarked on a quest to honor military veterans by telling stories of war veterans filmed on
If you’re looking for some industry-related fun this weekend, bring your friends and sign up to be an extra to fill a church on Saturday and a bar on Sunday,
Three famous Chicago native filmmakers, who established their reputations during the shocking turbulence surrounding the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, are returning this week as a team to document the
Fox’s “Mob Doctor” becomes the fourth television series to film in Chicago this year, with the announcement that the network has picked up the drama for a full 12-episode series,
A total of $50,000 in grants were awarded to eight digital projects, out of 116 applications submitted for the Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation and administered by <a href="http://chicagofilmmakers.org/cf/content/chicago-digital-media-production-fund-2012-finalists"
How many hits can we take? Year after year, for more than a decade, Chicago’s ad industry has suffered body blow after body blow — leaving most to wonder how long this
Odd Machine’s L.A. office was in the driver’s seat for the production of a series of 12 commercial-length videos that captured the action of Fiat’s highly
A FUNDRAISER FOR CHITOWN, a documentary-in-progress from New York-based reality TV show director/producer Nick Budabin (Cake Boss, Kathy Griffin), who started shooting when he spent time here in 2011 producing
With all the buzz about new bi-coast visual effects companies opening here, alongside the city’s burgeoning community of top design/3D studios, how timely and coincidental that Chicago is the first
For the first time since the organization was formed in 1998, the national Assn. of Music Producers recently elected a Chicago-based president.
Larry Pecorella, creative director and partner in Comma Music
Energy BBDO’s May 7 Creative Salon is being held on a Monday this month rather than its traditional Thursday afternoon, to accommodate the magazine deadline of
AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR SCOTT SMITH, known for a steady output of short films, has joined the directors’ roster of Cutters’ production division Dictionary Films, alongside Bob
A documentary that came from the heart and began five years ago about a courageous woman in the local film business, who lives with an incurable disease, will have its
Fourteen commercials produced by Chicago agencies and one production company are on the AICP Shortlist of 230 spots that are competing for a final slot on