Optimus’ Craig Lewandowski makes the cut
THE AICE CHICAGO’S BEST AWARD went to Optimus’ Craig Lewandowski for a spot for Cricket Wireless from Element 79, at the gala national AICE Awards Show held Thursday night at
THE AICE CHICAGO’S BEST AWARD went to Optimus’ Craig Lewandowski for a spot for Cricket Wireless from Element 79, at the gala national AICE Awards Show held Thursday night at
GARY, INDIANA WILL DOUBLE for the Urkaine in “Transformers 3,” which is a welcome twist as all too many times European cities are passed off as U.S. locales,
Chicago’s version of TV pilot season is heating up with the nearly simultaneous production starting Saturday on three shows with strong possibilities of becoming network series.
Billy Federighi and Chris Storer grew up making short films together. They moved to L.A. eight years ago, where Federighi became a rising commercial director.
With Vince Vaughn in town Wednesday through Friday to direct the mini-pilot for his half-hour comedy, “Firsts,” the biggest pilot season ever to descend on Chicago has begun.
WELCOME BACK, ROGER! It looks like Roger Ebert is returning to television with a new syndicated movie review show from Chicago, expected to be taped
Proving the old adage that “it never rains but it pours,” Chicago is now hosting production of six television pilots, the most that has ever descended on the city in
CHICAGOANS AT SUNDANCE expected this weekend at Park City, Utah include Fox TV’s Robin Robinson and Ch. 7’s Sylvia Perez, providing TV coverage of the
A quartet of happy campers returned from three days in L.A. talking to studio execs with big smiles on their faces and signed with collective relief, as it looks like
IN TWO SPOTS for Advocate Lutheran General/Hoffman York, Milwaukee, Robert von Bjal, placed live action performances into a virtual set, comprised of synthetic lighting and projection.
THE SUPER SECRETIVE WACHOWSKIS may be ramping up their next movie, with Huffington Post publisher and politico Ariana Huffington, of all people, involved in it. Photos
Screenwriter Ken Rance, co-writer of the 2009 film “New in Town,” starring Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick, Jr., will be the celebrity judge who will pick the grand prize winner
HOLLYWOOD MAKEUP ARTIST MAURICE STEIN is helming a Local 476 makeup techniques seminar today through Monday at Essanay Studios, organized by member/makeup artist Helen Marchfield. Stein
A definite A&E series that starts shooting in October, and a Fox TV pilot that could turn into a locally-shot series, are the first TV shows to shoot here since
THE HOTTEST TICKETS IN TOWN were those issued by Universal Studios for the Chicago preview of “Public Enemies” that screened in two theatres in the River East 21
George Tillman, Jr., prominent Columbia College alum and one of film Chicago’s big success stories, has signed with Story for exclusive national representation as a commercial director.
Beverly Ridge Pictures, the young company behind the $2 million Outfit drama “Chicago Overcoat,” made its first foray into commercial production with a series of PSA’s for the Illinois
Actor/director Jeff Daniels’ latest feature will have its Midwest premiere at the 11th Annual Waterfront Film Festival June 11-14 in Saugatuck, Mich., where 70-plus films in five venues
KARTEMQUIN FILMS’ LONG RANGE PLANS under executive director Justine Nagan are taking shape with two new additions.
Martin Perdoux
After running a thriving ad agency in stealth mode for nearly five years, founder Otis Gibson felt it was time to introduce GERTRUDE to the community.
Why