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 one fell sw...

After seven years in business, producer/director Charlie Stone's multimedia/video company "that's been growing under the radar in Chicago" is approaching its 500th production: a...

A couple of weeks ago, Roger Ebert took to his Twitter account to remind fans of the 11th anniversary of the death of his close friend Gene Siskel, Ebert's other half on "At th...

A new package of six cable spots for Leona's, the Chicago Italian eatery chain, taps its greatest resource for inspiration: Leona's colorful neighborhood customers. Humorous...

On a recent Friday, a harried DDB producer called Foundation Content with a rushed last minute job for H&R Block. On Saturday, Foundation's Damian Riddell directed a live peopl...

A dozen of the biggest makers of LED lights for film and video production will convene at Barbizon Chicago's March 5 Open House, providing Chicago image-makers with the first di...

OSCAR NOMINEE STEVE JAMES, an Oscar nominee for the seminal "Hoop Dreams," has told another compelling basketball documentary: "No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson" for ES...

While the state of TV commercial production is changing as fast as new apps are created, it remains a robust $5 billion industry, when factoring in post, talent payments and oth...

While big-budget thriller "Red," starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich, was shooting elsewhere in the Royal York Hotel last week, executives fr...

HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER/DIRECTOR DALLAS JENKINS is moving to the Chicago area shortly as director of creative media for northwest suburban Harvest Bible Church. "I'll be in c...

THE LATEST ILLINOIS LOTTERY COMMERCIAL, this one for the Mega Millions game, via Energy BBDO, was directed by bi-coastal MJZ's Dante Ariola and edited by Peepshow Post of New ...

Starting Feb. 26, Concentrated partners Mark Cwiakala and Jon Singer will flex their production muscles for six weeks, producing videos of some of the fittest guys to ever set f...

The next two weeks will be busy ones for Nat Dykeman. He's prepping to shoot his feature in mid-March, releasing a film on his Cinema Obscura DVD label and finalizing preparati...

While the use and value of SEO, web 2.0, CSS, et al is ho-hum knowledge to Reel readers, there are many "average Joes and Janes who don't want to be left out of current web tech...

Despite declining sponsorships and internal cuts, the second annual Chicago International Movies and Music Festival (CIMMfest) fest opens with a "special surprise screening," fe...

NEW YORK-BASED "LIVE FROM MIDTOWN" has a casting call Feb. 20 for actors, models, dancers and musicians of all ages for its variety talent competition coming to Chicago for a Ma...

Unity Studios in Allen Park, which recently graduated 106 students in the inaugural class of the Lifton Institute of Media Skills, will start production in March on a feature fi...

THE PILOT FOR "ATF" (short for the U. S. Justice Department's Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms Bureau) will be the third hourlong TV drama to film on Chicago locations, starting th...

The first 3D technology to run at any Chicago trade show plays at the Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana Chevrolet Dealers Association exhibit at the Chicago Auto Show, now thr...

The Chicago White Sox is the first team in any league to utilize a realistic 3D environment of US Cellular Field to showcase sponsorships and corporate partnerships in action, c...