Producers of “Weatherman,” the Nicolas Cage feature, scouted the city for a full week with the expectation of filming here in late winter.
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BURRELL NAMES BROADCAST HEAD. Burrell promoted Debbie Amsden to director of broadcast production, a position vacant since Sharon Kimbrough left the company earlier this year. “With production getting
TOURISM NARROWS AGENCY CHOICES. The local branches of three foreign-owned ad agencies got the nod from the Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as finalists for the $12.5 million
GIULIANI SPEAKS HERE. Yes, the former New York mayor and 9/11 hero Rudy Giuliani will be the keynote speaker for the Dec. 3 Off the Street Club’s annual holiday luncheon,
Jewel commercials came to an end last week after some 20 years of local production. New owners Albertson’s moved production to its Dallas in-house studio.
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While the Illinois Film Office wonders what’s next ? it looks like “Barber Shop 2” will be the only major studio film to shoot here this year ? the
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McDonald’s ‘lovin’ it’ and other ad scenesI’M LOVIN’ IT, McDonald’s first global campaign, that’s easily understood in hundreds of languages, is underway. The new campaign will debut Sept. 2, first in England Up and Down the AvenueMichigan Avenue has livened up after a too-long hibernation with a spate of creative appointments. Two new from out-of-town: Big new business for DDB Worldwide: Up and Down the AvenueNicholas Paul heads the Chicago office of FCB’s new 361 Degrees Sports & Event Marketing division. A staff of ultimately 12 will work on sports and sponsorship A sole Cannes Lion for ChicagoThe Lions roar; but not for Chicago. Out of the 81 Lions presented at the International Advertising Festival in Cannes, only DDB made Chicago proud. ReelScene: News and NotesMETROPOLITAN CHICAGO STUDIOS, the 22,000 sq. ft. of stage space and offices at 2500 W. Roosevelt Road, has officially closed. With industrial growth burgeoning to the west, Manuel producing as a one-stop shop
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