Chicago’s Diverse Film Conference, aimed at organizing support for greater film job diversity by amending the Illinois Filmmakers 30% Tax Credit, will be
By midpoint this year, Chicago production had come close to the number of shooting days it had enjoyed during 2013’s record-breaking run,
Aaliyah Williams, the head of Russell Simmons’ new YouTube network, All Def Digital, is one of 15 all-stars speaking at the 8th
THE NEWS OF CH. 11 axing of dedicated and capable Holly Gilson was disheartening. In a statement explaining her termination, the station praised her
Andy and Lana Wachowski’s first-ever TV series will start a production roll of three new TV series filming here this summer and
Just six weeks ahead of its scheduled July 16 release, Andy and Lana Wachowski postponed the opening
SMASHING PUMPKINS’FRONTMAN Billy Corgan will become the star of a reality
NOTHING HAD BEEN HEARD from executive producer Michael Antonnuci since December, 2012, when he departed
The sole pilot that shot in Chicago this year, happily has turned into a series. Fox TV announced yesterday that dramatic “Empire” was picked
New Pink Hippo Productions is possibly the first company formed in Chicago by
HAVAS WORLDWIDE CHICAGO not only hired veteran agency producer Matt Faris the first of the year for the newly-created position of broadcast and digital production – but 27 other new
Chicago production had its busiest year ever in 2012. A total of 406 total projects across all visual media shot 1,808 days. This is up 45%, when 391 projects shot
The first Hollywood feature since 2010’s “The Dilemma” to shoot entirely in Chicago is scheduled to start filming in Chicago. Teen action/romance sci-fi “Divergent,” from Red Wagon Entertainment, is scheduled
Another Chicago mayor is out of a job. Starz television network has canceled political drama “Boss” after two seasons, due to underwhelming ratings the second season, although the first season
Filmmakers Lana and Andy Wachowski have been on a media blitz lately, popping up in national magazines, local newspapers and radio. What makes this is a huge story in itself
The seven-year old Springfield-based Central Illinois Film Commission (CIFC) decided that the time has come to let people know that the area — “everything below I-80 to the Kentucky border”
RENETTA McCANN has returned to Leo Burnett after a four year absence in the important position of US chief talent officer, overseeing all Burnett’s recruitment, training and talent management, reporting
The island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands wants to become a serious contender for feature film production and invited Nate Grant of Lake Shore Film & TV Productions
If you happened to see an overturned car perched on an embankment at Wacker and Madison, threatening to lay waste to Lower Wacker, you have Joe Chappelle to thank.
The longtime
RETURNING TO CHICAGO in a big way this September is actor, standup comic, author and radio personality Steve Harvey, who started his career here in radio at WGCI-FM 20 years
