The downsizing of ad agencies continues to propel more talented commercial creatives and producers into the ever-swelling freelance market. Not that it's a bad thing, as it app...

WHAT A WEEK this is turning out to be ? crammed with activities, information, good food, fun ? a fitting climax to what's turned out to be a very good business year. So here'...

AN UPDATED ILLINOIS LOTTERY holiday spot from Energy BBDO now airing builds last year's successful musical campaign that encourages Illinoisans to "Joy Someone" by gifting the...

A-LISTER BRUCE WILLIS is set to star in "Set Up," produced by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson who also will co-star, to be shot early next year in Grand Rapids. The production -- ma...

Although Illinois' filmmakers 30% tax incentive has been available, agencies, advertisers and producers haven't been taking full advantage of this opportunity to maximize their...

PRIOR TO THE NOV. 18 AICP SHOW, a general membership meeting will convene Nov. 17 at Fletcher Cameras. AICP president Matt Miller and AICP VP/labor relations Jane Nunez ...

Michael Matzdorff is banking on a Wisconsin-anchored theatrical self-release of his feature directorial debut "Feed the Fish" to maintain the comedy's momentum to Jan. 25, when ...

After a decade of pulling all the elements together from his second cousins who were reluctant to talk about their infamous father, Nick Celozzi finally has finally assembled al...

EMIL HYDE of Massive Ego Productions ("The Landlord") is shooting the horror film "King of the Dead" on weekends through December. They've shot eight of 23 days so far. The...

The pilot of "Bad Sides, the comedy webisodes created by Nathan Adloff, Justin D.M. Palmer and Danny Rhodes, will debut in a live show Nov. 21 at the Uptown Lounge. Rhodes ...

If anyone in the crazy film industry was the epitome of integrity, it was Bob Hudgins, who spent eight years in the Illinois Film Office and was a location scout for 15 years e...

With 1,000 guests expected Nov. 18 at the Chicago Cultural Center, the 19th annual AICP Show will again deliver as advertising's biggest and most anticipated social event of the...

SAG/AFTRA'S new three-year TV/theatrical contract calls for an annual 2% wage increase for a total of 6%, and a 10% boost in employer contributions to the unions' health and pe...

TAKING OVER THE REINS of the Independent Feature Project, Chicago's 25-year old hub of indie filmmaking is Christy LeMaster, who has run IFP's recent and successful fund-rai...

Filmworkers Club is getting set for the new world of stereoscopic 3D with a multi-million investment in four top-of-the-line FilmLight Baselight color grading systems with S-3D ...

A MAJOR AGENCY CHANGE is at hand as Bob Winter will join Y&R as chief creative officer of the Chicago office, starting in December. He moves over from Leo Burnett where...

DDB chief creative officer Ewan Paterson reached out to his native London for his first creative hires since joining DDB Chicago from serving as ECD and managing partner at CHI ...

THE 29th REELING: Chicago International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival opened Nov. 4 with "Children of God," an interracial romance between two men in the Bahamas against the ba...

In celebration of Media Process Group's 25th anniversary, a retrospective of company's award-winning and always provocative documentaries were screened at the Gene Siskel Film C...