Prior to her 1996 Chicago arrival, Sherry Merola had been an in-house producer for Coca-Cola in Atlanta and for Coke's agency, McCann-Erickson. She came here to produce for...

FORTY EIGHT FILM and TV entertainment projects were hosted by Michigan in 2010, with several more filming into the New Year, reports Michigan Film Office director Carrie Jones...

After a year in production, WYCC Ch. 20's documentary about the city's premiere mid-sized Chicago Sinfonietta is a tribute to its founder, Maestro Paul Freeman, who retires this...

More than a party, Theatre Mir's New Year's Day Benefit celebrated the determination of the all-volunteer company to stay afloat after a series of devastating blows that might ...

Filmmakers seeking investors can offer them a federal tax credit that's sprung back to life: Section 181, which permits a healthy 100% deduction for the cost of films, televisio...

FOR DRAFTFCB, 2011 will not start off with a proverbial bang, as S.C. Johnson, its major client of 58 years, plans to review its $1 billion marketing accounts for its entire gl...

Columbia College film professor Julian Grant drew on the aesthetic of George Romero and "Carnival of Souls" to build the apocalyptic world of "Defiled," in practical locations a...

Illinois Film Office director Betsy Steinberg predicts that 2010's steady stream of film production "will be right up there with our strongest years, if not the strongest year....

Two Chicago filmmakers feel honored that their films were among the only 18 narrative and documentary films chosen from a record 5,000-plus submissions for the 16th annual Slam...

PONTIAC -- While Chicago waits for Cinespace Studios to fish or cut bait, Michigan went all out to welcome Pontiac's big, new Raleigh Studios. Nine hundred guests attended the ...

GIVEN THE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," it comes as no surprise that the Chicago equivalent of the Prohibition era is being adapted as a TV series. Acto...

Gene Costentino, 57, who owned X-Ray Productions for 15 years and was known for his production skills as well as for his generosity and concern for others, died Dec. 16 of canc...

By the end of the year, Beast Editorial will be part of an entertainment conglomerate "that will only affect us in a very positive way," says Beast executive producer Melissa Th...

"Double Negative," corporate producer Dana Scott's first narrative feature, entirely set in an elevator, starts shooting in January. "This is the story of two strangers who are...

Chicago indie film star Joe Swanberg should have a sense of satisfaction about his latest feature, "Uncle Kent," since it is the first and only one of his six films to premiere ...

THE POPULAR "CASH CAB" SHOW is prowling the streets of Chicago, ready to pick up unsuspecting contestants and ask them questions en route to their destinations. The show is h...

Within the space of a year, post house executive Craig Duncan has come full circle. Leaving Detroit's multi-division Grace & Wild after more than a decade for single-servic...