Three famous Chicago native filmmakers, who established their reputations during the shocking turbulence surrounding the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, are returning this week as a team to document the
Fox’s “Mob Doctor” becomes the fourth television series to film in Chicago this year, with the announcement that the network has picked up the drama for a full 12-episode series,
Good news for Chicago entertainment production! NBC Universal not unexpectedly ordered a full season of Dick Wolf’s “Chicago Fire.” The series will start shooting in mid-July and “will go at
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CARRIE HOLECEK left Bridges Media and crossed over to Larry Bridges’ Red Car post facility to become its newly appointed managing director.
Red Car’s executive producer Jon Desir, who
THE COLONIE’S partner/editor Bob Ackerman edited a Draftfcb/San Francisco Levi’s clever Dockers’ spot, “Phone Booth” for release in cinemas throughout Europe and directed by Caviar Content’s Bram Coppens of
Brian Bullock got a double charge out of a package of ESPN spots currently airing that his fairly new re:think studios helped
Anida Yoeu Ali and Masahiro Sugano’s video My Asian Americana was passed over for a slot in the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders’ Champions of Change
Events uptempo during the second half of April (accelerated no doubt by Mars and Mercury, planets of creativity and communications going direct) also gives us a choice of more than one
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE, a documentary by producer/director Kelly Luchtman and coproducer, DP and editor Thomas C. Gaunt, about the troubled history of the Acme Artists Community in Bucktown, screens
14TH ANNUAL EBERT FEST Ebert Fest in Champaign April 29 will feature Prashant Bhargava’s Patang (The Kite), a family drama about a father and daughter returning
With one day to go in the Nielsen March TV ratings book, the results in the local late news ratings competition show ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 continues to hold on the No.
Soon after her VH1 reality hit Mob Wives concluded its first season last summer, executive producer Jennifer Graziano began looking for a way to extend the brand.
“I wanted to build
ROLL THOSE CAMERAS! Television production started last Thursday on Starz’ second season of “Boss” and the pilot of NBC’s “Chicago Fire,” from Dick Wolf Productions, both of them shooting at
Baird & Warner wants to change the focus of discussion in the residential real estate market. On Monday, B&W, the largest independent residential real estate broker in Illinois,
Musical instruments in the conference room. A 24-foot vintage tavern bar. An in-house studio for client video production and editing. A green rooftop with an amazing city view. Not your
BUSINESS HEATS UP NEXT WEEK when cameras start rolling for two pilots and a TV series. Both Dick Wolf’s “Chicago Fire” for NBC Universal and the second season of the
So five months after it all began, the ill-fated “The Rosie Show” looks to be near its end — at least as a Chicago-based production.
Rumors first surfaced late Tuesday on
The Museum of Broadcast Communications got its biggest funding boost since Gov. Pat Quinn came through with the $6 million grant that ex-Gov. Blagojevich
FOR THE 5TH YEAR, the Illinois Film Office is sponsoring its annual Shortcuts Short Film Contest that is open to Illinoisans 18 years old and older. Basic requirements: All genres
Director Zack Parker will take his mostly Chicago crew to his native Richmond, Indiana this September for five weeks to shoot his second feature, the projected $2 million “Quench.” Parker
