Production company 33 Degrees is poised to open a new one-stop production facility and is on the verge of closing a multi-picture film deal including the
“Dee Dee Rutherford,” the third film from Bob Brown and Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Films, shoots here in June. “Dee Dee” is a comedy about the black sheep of a
Jon Ross has the church to thank for the chance to produce and star in a 35mm feature film from his own script, “Love’s Curves.”
Since January,
Project Greenlight entrant Scott Smith’s stomach was tied up in knots all day April 27, the day 250 PGL contestants would be notified of whether they
Rising local director’s
Juan Frausto finally has his foot in the Hollywood door. His third film, “Once Upon a Time in the Hood,” plays in the 20th Annual Chicago Latino International Film
A chance meeting on an L.A. street between rapper DMX and novice filmmaker Raymond Thomas led to DMX’ company optioning Thomas’ first short film to developing it into a feature.
At a Salvation Army in Los Angeles’ gritty Nickel District, local production designer Wesley Tabayoyong interviewed more than 30 homeless people about the contents
With his first horror movie “Short Cut Road” in stores, Marc Selz is in the final weeks of post on his follow-up, “Unaware.”
The HD “Unaware” is
Hardy souls braved freezing temperatures to attend a series of IFP/Midwest-sponsored screenings at Columbia College that presented films in 15 candidates vying for this year’s Independent Spirit Awards.
Epiphany Pictures got a boost in the long development of their dream project “Sweet Home Chicago” with the signing of new 4th Row Films of New
Five cars are parked in remote areas of Chicago. There are two people in each car. “Everyone is hiding, doing something they’re not supposed to be doing,” said
The United Filmmakers Foundation (TUFF) feels confident that the issue of diversity and fairness in hiring minorities will have a higher profile, now that it has the attention of state
The house lights are out on the what would have been the 16th annual Chicago Film Critics Awards. The critics voted 4-1 to suspend the show in protest of
The “Doubting Riley” production team is the latest keynote panel in ShowBiz Expo’s stellar line-up of experts to tell you anything and everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the
By Jonathan Abarbanel
A warm and cordial welcome to Jonathan Abarbanel, whose regular columns many of you will remember from the Original Screen magazine. The theatre
A lot of good people believe that “if you build it, they will come.”
In many cases that philosophy of business is true: If you’ve got
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Producer Mark McCarville waits while presidential transport Helicopter One is loaded onto a cargo jet, for a scene
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Latino Film Festival’s lone Chicago feature has encore screening June 28
Among films from across the Americas that screened at Producing pair launches animation festival and animation feature studioIt’s an idea whose time has come. A full-fledged, super-sized, international spotlight on animated films. And it’s being launched in late fall by a producing pair Play ends with raves
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