Carmen Mormino was in rehearsals to play the devil in David Mamet's play "Bobby Gould in Hell" in North Hollywood when the lead actress dropped out. Vagabond Players Theatre...
HURT McDERMOTT has taken home another screenplay award for the dystopian thriller "Nightingale in a Music Box," which he wrote and directed, the first feature for the distinguis...
Charles F. Larimer aims to bring his great-great grandparents' Civil War experiences to big and small screens with "Love and Valor," his "documentary/art film" now in production...
Director Dan Halperin and his producing partner Carey Lundin have set a late summer target date to start shooting their $3.5 million Stuart Dybek adaptation "Sweet Home Chicago....
The hour-long version of Bob Hercules of Media Process Group and Cheri Pugh's documentary "Forgiving Dr. Mengele" is back in production since obtaining a total of $26,000 in fin...
Oprah's Harpo Productions has purchased the former Peter Elliott studios cater-corner from Harpo at 1115 W. Washington St., the studio confirmed. The 17,000-sq. ft. producti...
Yuri Rutman, producer of 2001's "Mr. Id," is back with a slate of four to six features in a $10 million offering that he says is guaranteed to at least break even. Rutman mod...
The Dead Spots Society put the great but unsung spots of Cramer/Krasselt's Andrew Gall on a CD, which was cause for celebration. Hit "more" to see photos of the event.
Dewey Nicks of Villians directed pop and R&B megagroup Destiny's Child in a McDonald's/DDB spot, and a slightly different version for the U.K., with tracks by SPANK! Music & Sou...
The makers of products that revolutionized postproduction are doing it again. And to promote and sell its newly-engineered GenerationQ systems, Quantel has signed an exclusive s...
Hard work during fall and winter brings forth the rewards in spring and summer. In full bloom this week are commercials honored by the AICP Show in New York June 14, while Chica...
THE ONLY U.S. MEDIA LION awarded at Cannes this year went to Oprah for the much talked-about giveaway of more than 200 Pontiac G6 cars to Oprah Winfrey's studio audience, engin...
Aspiring filmmaker Adriana Rivera has some basic questions that the Reel is happy to answer, and hopes it also helps you. Rivera : I'd love to know what's filming in Chicago...
The Women in Film Foundation has given writer-producer Rosie Vargas Goldberg the final push to complete her debut feature "Bloom." The foundation chose "Bloom," formerly know...
Galloping Ghost Productions is developing a video game that they say will be the most data-rich 2D hand-to-hand fighting game, ever. And they're doing it twice over. The Bro...
A dozen Latino filmmakers have set out to make Chicago a better place for their fellow Latinos to make movies. Juan J. Lopez and his colleagues have launched the Chicago chap...
Fred Berkover and his old pal Bob Carr of Red Car will take off on their annual fishing expedition the end of June. Forget Wisconsin or Canada as their destination. The two ed...
Irma P. Hall Day June 4 brought out some 200 fans of the actress in celebration of her birthday and honorary street dedication at 95th and Halsted. Entertainment attorney Ra...
GONE WITHOUT A TRACE? Just a year ago this month Brooke English and Lee Litis with great flourish announced their Dreamation Studio was moving into a huge Buffalo Grove facil...
CHICAGO FILMMAKERS' Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival June 16-18 opens with a program featuring a who's who of avant-garde heavyweights: Michelangelo Antonioni...
