The Rockitt Bar & Grill, the site of several successive film studios, was the fitting venue Tuesday night for the Best of the Midwest Independent Film Festival awards, cheered o...

DIRECTOR MICHAEL MANN ("Public Enemies") signed screenwriter Sheldon Turner ("Up in the Air") to script his next big project, "Big Tuna" ? a movie about Chicago Outfit boss ...

Writer/director Eric Bednarowicz' 18-minute comedy, "Carpe Millennium," is not only included in a compilation of shorts from around the world, but the program will be distribute...

After a dismal and unpredictable 2009, the local visual media industry didn't know what business twists and turns to expect when 2010 dawned. "Business had taken such a hit ...

After Oprah wraps her 25-year-old daytime show in May, the two studios at Harpo Inc. may simply go dark. While the company hinted a new program might replace "The Oprah Winfrey ...

IN WEST MICHIGAN, Ryan Phillippe and Jenna Dewan joined Bruce Willis, Paul Walker and 50 Cent as stars of the action heist film, "Set Up," shooting in and around Grand Rapids....

For $55, you can absorb the wisdom and insights of 23 successful business owners at "Rocked the Recession" Friday, Dec. 10, a full day overflowing with ideas and opportunities t...

The Minnesota Film and TV Board has an intriguing idea to keep the St. Paul Ford plant rolling: convert it into a film-production facility. Where the $15 million to convert it i...

"BUTTERBEAN," AN INSPIRATIONAL/SPORTS MOVIE about the 1970s Chicago Bulls star, Bob Love, is getting underway as a $15 million feature that will be filmed in Chicago in 2011...

Beverly Ridge Pictures' debut feature, the mob drama "Chicago Overcoat," has its broadcast premiere Monday, Dec. 6 on the Showtime Network, with eight dates on Showtime channel...

Tickets to Chicago Bulls will be part of the big raffle Dec. 13 at Chicago Acting in Film Meetup Group annual Networking Night and Holiday Fundraiser. Actress Grace McPhill...

Michael Matzdorff's Door County comedy "Feed the Fish" leads the 47 contenders for the Midwest Independent Film Festival's annual Best of the Midwest Awards, running for its th...

The pan-European team behind Great River Productions, LLC has set up shop in Rock Island to produce its $15 million 3D motion capture fantasy feature, "Troll: Tale of a Tale," ...

GOOD NEWS ABOUT DARYA LENDING! The 15-year old daughter of documentarian Tod Lending who went missing last Saturday, has been found and is reportedly okay. Lending ackno...

AN ANONYMOUS ENTITY calling itself "Film Awareness, a global group exposing unethical behavior in the film industry," narrowed its focus to one guy, an actor/director I'll call...

AFTER NEARLY A DECADE as Cutters' CGI director, Brian Bullock has left to start re:think post, quite possibly the city's first company specializing in creating 3D elements f...

Besides the scope of the work, what pleased executive producer Mark Androw and The Whole Story team was the fact that the business came from one of the hottest agencies on Mad A...

Dave Fantle is optimistic about changes for Wisconsin's chances of having the state's severely curtailed filmmakers tax credits restored in the legislative session that begins i...