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Post Effects upgrades entire facility, alters staff to become a new company

Jul 26, 2004 0 Comment

The times, they are a'changing, and nowhere is this more apparent than in post houses where new technology is affecting change. Venerable, 20-year old Post Effects is one...

Up & Down the Avenue – 07/26/04

Jul 26, 2004 0 Comment

Jennifer Aniston will be "Derailed," starring opposite Clive Owen in the Miramax Films feature based on James Siegel's best-selling novel, as reported exclusively in ReelChicago...

REELSCREEN: News & Notes – 07/26/04

Jul 26, 2004 0 Comment

IN PRODUCTION. "Batman: The Intimidation Game" rolls into town July 26 for three weeks ? "The Amityville Horror," directed by Andrew Douglas starts shooting Aug. 2 at loca...

To keep pace with demand, Zacuto Rentals adds more HD camera packages, accessories

Jul 26, 2004 0 Comment

A hot new HD/SD Firewire Recorder is part of the $150,000 in equipment just added to Zacuto Rentals to keep pace with an increased demand. "We upped the number of all prod...

Local producers shoot HD doc footage for Phish’s Aug. 2 concert airing on PBS

Jul 26, 2004 0 Comment

By having been in the right place at the right time, Wiggle Puppy Productions' director Mark Krieglstein and producer Sara Yule were hired to provide the documentary footage tha...

Leigh Jones busy producing five films; “Nightingale” signs with producer’s rep

By Ed M. Koziarski Jul 26, 2004 0 Comment

Half a year after leaving Bucktown Pictures, independent producer Leigh Jones is keeping a high profile with five films and an educational video series in various stages o...

New full-service Bird’s-Eye Media set to produce TV series, two features

By Ed M. Koziarski Jul 26, 2004 0 Comment

Less than a year after founding his full-service production company Bird's-Eye Media Inc., Mark A. Besozzi has a TV series and two features lined up for summer and fall. ...

Independent Production Roundup

By Ed M. Koziarski Jul 26, 2004 0 Comment

KYLE HARRIS of Liberty Movies shoots the first third of his experimental narrative feature "The Patriarchs" Aug. 7-25. The first section follows a romance between an olde...

New IFP/Chicago executive director Donius aims for more connected organization

By Ed M. Koziarski Jul 26, 2004 0 Comment

Elizabeth Donius is two months into her job as IFP/ Chicago executive director, the first full-time director in at least 10 years, and she's excited about enlarging the 400...

No PGL prize, but Smith still a winner

Jul 26, 2004 0 Comment

Almost-nationally-famous director Scott Smith made it all the way up the fiercely competitive line to become one of three Project Greenlight finalists ? but did not win the big ...

Central City Studios to rise as 5-stage complex on 11 acre former dump site

Jul 20, 2004 0 Comment

The on-again, off-again Central City X Studios is back on again with a vengeance. The Community Development Commission gave a stamp of approval Tuesday to a plan to build...

REELSCREEN: News & Notes – 07/16/04

Jul 16, 2004 0 Comment

VICTORY GARDENS BUYS BIOGRAPH. Victory Gardens Theatre will buy the Biograph, at 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., for $2 million and spend $7-$8 million renovating it into a new 299-seat m...