The filmmakers behind the locally-shot workplace comedy, “The Promotion,” are hoping that the film’s Sept. 2 DVD release will reach an audience that failed to turn out to the June-July
“Boxboarders,” George Elder’s teen comedy, goes into national DVD distribution July 29, via Peace Arch Entertainment Group, the Canadian company best known for having brought “The Tudors” series to
Call the Chicago Cine Tech Expo a labor of love for expo producers Helena and Man Sung Son.
Their goal for the Sept. 27-29 showcase is not
CHICAGO CINE TECH, a home grown expo for visual media pros set for Sept. 27-29, will focus on new digital technology, its applications and content especially for emerging media.
BEAT PHIL LEE AT BULLRIDING is the challenge the Avenue editor is hurling to creatives who need an excuse to mash up with other creatives after hours
When Hurricane Katrina rocked New Orleans in 2005, filmmaker Alex LeMay became fixated on the soul behind the ruin.
Seizing on a short item he read in
The story of how Ted met Laura on what was supposed to be their wedding day will be featured on an upcoming ABC “20/20” show, with footage supplied by
IFP/Chicago’s third annual Producers Series gets down to the business of film and getting it to market with lectures and panels by proven experts from throughout the country, including favorite
Louis Antonelli was 12 years old and an amateur photographer when he first met KISS guitarist Paul Stanley. It was 1974 and KISS was appearing at a Mt. Prospect
WHO HE IS: Composer Rob “Diggy” Morrison’s 2004 remix score for Beyonc? Knowles’ phenomenally popular dance tune “Crazy in Luv” garnered him Grammy certification, awarded to those who contribute to
PIXEL BROTHERS has started video production of two weekly podcasts with the goal of leading the Chicgo market in emerging technology content.
Host Ellen Fox,
Patrick Read Johnson’s teenage visits to the visual effects stages of “Stars Wars” and “Close Encounters” launched him on a 20-year career as Hollywood effects technician and studio writer/director.
Director Dan Halperin and his producing partner Carey Lundin have set a late summer target date to start shooting their $3.5 million Stuart Dybek adaptation “Sweet Home Chicago.”
Matt Pletcher of Baby Galigo Films said he’s weeks away from signing financing deals worth $10 million to shoot two films here this summer and fall.
JOHN LOGAN, Oscar-nominated author of “The Aviator,” has made a $43,200 gift to the small City Lit Theatre Company, thereby eliminating a long-term debt that’s clung to City Lit since
The Loop is reviving its (much) earlier rep for outrageous (but effective) promotion with a Chicago area search for the $50,000 Loop Rock Girl spokesmodel.
The
When it came time for Panasonic’s consumer division to deliver on its agreement to supply new images for its multi-screen Panasonic display at Abt
Producer Rogelio Gazga’s SPI-TV Media and Andres Lombana’s Mas Communications have launched a high school film production contest to encourage kids, especially minorities, to “get their creative juices flowing,” Gazga
Chicago boasts one of the biggest and most vibrant independent film scenes in America, in terms of both production and outlets. To prove the point,
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Cineme, the first Chicago International Animation Festival takes place Nov. 6-9 with something for everyone in the technologically
