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...

The great special effects, makeup and animatronics expert, Robert Kurtzman, has teamed with Oswego-based Scott Licina multimedia horror and music network, Kik Axe, to produce to...

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...