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...

THE COMEDY "ALLEYBALL," co-written by director Dan Consiglio and actor and "Alleyball" star Johnny Ray Meeks, starts filming June 18 on Chicago locations. The story revolve...

Richter Brothers Studios is getting ready to send its just-completed, high-end interactive CD to a replicator that will produce 1 million discs for grocery store distribution in...

FOR A MAJOR CHEVROLET SHOOT Schumacher Camera brought in the new handheld Arri235 camera at the behest of director/DP Dana Christiansen, shooting for Plum Productions of L.A. ...

Illinois will continue to compete for film production by offering wage tax incentives until Dec. 31, 2006, an extension of one year. The state Senate late on May 31 passed...

HURT McDERMOTT'S 2004 Slamdance best screenplay winner, "Nightingale in a Music Box," has its New York premiere Tuesday, June 7 at 8 p.m. at the Brooklyn International Film Fest...