FILIP JAN RYMSZA is in preproduction on his third feature, the L.A.-set neo-noir "A Girl and a Gun" with producer Liz Federowicz of Kiss Kiss Productions. Named for Jean Luc...

After 10 years as a commercial and videogame music house, GameBeat Studios landed its first car commercial, an animated spot for Toyota Yaris and agency Burrell Communications. ...

Casting director David O'Connor has begun one of the most challenging and unique searches of his 20-year career. His challenge is to find 10 fun, outgoing Americans with N...

The first campaign from new spot house Company C employed hidden cameras, candid interactions and a timely gimmick to illustrate client Western Union's tagline, "There's a bett...

"After MUCH soul searching," local SAG president Todd Hissong has joined the growing number of actors across the country who are calling for a No Strike authorization. In ...

ZIG/CHICAGO MAY ZAG with the loss of creative director Kevin Lynch come early February, when he leaves the Chicago branch of Toronto-based Zig. Two years ago Zig acquired h...

Wisconsin's burgeoning film industry will get a giant boost when the state's first and only independent stage rental complex, located in Milwaukee, opens with a gala party Jan. ...

What Dave Auerbach has stacked in his Chicago warehouse is stuff you can't put a price on. "I probably have more television equipment than anyone else in Chicago. I don't ev...

Without the usual fanfare of movie stars and photo flashes, Gov. Rod Blagojevich quietly made his first order of business Monday morning the signing of the Illinois Tax Credit ...

THE SALE OF EQUIPMENT AND FIXTURES at the Avenue Edit auction earlier month "did very well," although auctioneer Paul Finn of the Boston-based auction house could not reveal...

For the past 15 years, NBC/Warner Bros.' Chicago-set "ER" crews came to Chicago three or four times a year to shoot exteriors with stars of the show. Now "ER" will film here ...

More than 130 stars -- including George Clooney, Matt Damon and Tom Hanks -- strongly urged SAG members to vote down the guild's strike authorization. In a letter sent Monday...

Producing their first music video for a national record label was "a labor of love" for two DDB music and interactive experts, Rowley Samuel and Gabe McDonough. Shot aro...

Flashpoint Academy students will be talking about the surprise visit tutorial from famous comedian/actor Chevy Chase who spent an hour with them after a tour of the facilities. ...

BELEAGUERED GOV. BLAGOJEVICH'S spokesman, Lucio Guerrero, announced on Sunday that the governor would sign our tax incentive bill into law on Monday, and sure enough, he d...

This year has been filled with shock and awe, allright. We've know where we've been ?- Michigan competition, Illinois' six months of lost Hollywood production, the disappearance...

IPA's Night at the Movies is a giant networking party for actors, directs, producers and casting directors. Proceeds will be used to promote the benefits of our big 30% tax ince...

Even in the most frigid weather, the Wisconsin North Woods' boreal forests and wilderness rivers have production appeal ? at least to the producers of the indie psychological th...

As ReelChicago's sixth year draws to an end, we've calculated some amazing stats that demonstrate the Reel's consistent coverage of Chicago's visual media industry. Since ...

One of the city's favorite sound designer /mixers, David Gerbosi, is gearing up for a month of work on a big package of Anheuser-Busch/DDB Super Bowl spots in his new 25th floor...