PRODUCTION COMPANY LAID FILMS and a crew of about 40 are in the middle of a 23-day shoot, ending Aug. 4, on a low-budget feature, "Last Stop," about a man's desperation for an...
Joe Malecki, considered one the best sports editors in the world, was excited about going to the Bejiing this Saturday to edit Summer Olympics events for NBC, as he had for the...
THE ONLY NEW TV SHOW on the Chicago horizon seems to be "Peep Show" for Spike TV. The pilot of the Americanized version of the British hit series is scheduled to shoot here i...
"StreetWise, the Movie," a poignant documentary produced and directed by Rob Federighi about the local organization that helps the homeless, is paying off for the 300 vendors w...
Nolo Digital Film partners Mike Matusek, Boris Seagraves and Joe Flanagan are celebrating the first anniversary this month of Chicago's first and only DI-dedicated boutique. ...
SCI Television's Mark Traverso and his four-person Chicago crew will fly to Bejiing Aug. 2, where they will provide satellite media and other services to the USOC Corporate Par...
James Lipetzky and Samantha Hart's four-year old Foundation can claim being the first Chicago post house to transform itself into a full-service production company long before ...
The scrupulous restoration of the Cultural Center's 101-year old Tiffany Dome to its pristine condition has been captured by Malachi Leopold's Left Brain/Right Brain in a docum...
"Kate," one of 78 "reporters" vying for five finalist positions, is the highest rated candidate in the competition, and the only "reporter" who actually has been reporting on p...
The recent election of Illinois Production Alliance (IPA) officers infused the six-year old umbrella organization with fresh new faces, ideas and energy needed for IPA's renewe...
PRODUCER CAREY LUNDIN'S CREATION, "Citizen Kate," is competing in an NBC and MySpace contest to send a citizen reporter, like her, to cover the Democratic and Republican conv...
If you haven't booked your vacation yet, and want to combine advancing your stage and screen career amid an historic setting, Shake Alley Workshops in Mineral Point, Wisconsin ...
The frenzy over the opening of "The Dark Knight," Warner Bros.' $150-million blockbuster that filmed in Chicago-as-Gotham City last year, has not been overlooked by the governo...
Opening last week in more than 1,250 theatres nationwide, "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is the first wide-release movie filmed exclusively in the ?REAL D' format. A...
Writer/producer Paul Traynor's "Witches Night," in HD, is a throwback to the ?70s horror classics, premieres July 18 at the Wilmette theatre, coinciding with its DVD release by...
"Pure Stock" producers, Michelle De Long's Mimi Productions and partner Tim Horstman's Nexvision, signed an associated partnership deal with Resolution Digital Studios (RDS). ...
Michigan's film infrastructure is receiving a significant boost from S3 Entertainment Group, a full-service film production services company based in Troy, Michigan. S3EG h...
After only six months from the enactment of Michigan's film incentives, the state's second biggest film complex is being planned for downtown Lansing. The $9 million studio...
At the year's mid-point, research companies take the temperature of various industries' growth and compare their findings to previous years to see where they are headed. Ov...
