A Utah professor developing a robotic brain and the sponsor of an annual artificial intelligence contest are two of Ken Gumbs' first interviews for his feature documentary "It's...
If they build it, will they come? That's the expectation of Canadian-owned Raleigh Studios of Santa Monica, and the local developers behind the $43.7 million Central City Studi...
After playing for 43 weeks in Grand Rapids, "Uncle Nino," the heartwarming Robert Shallcross-David James independent family feature, has signed a deal with a Chicago-based...
O'Connor Casting added full-time session director Lynn Ann Bernatowicz, a former play director for Goodman, Shattered Globe, Circle and University of Pittsburgh theatres. ...
As the countdown to the election moves into its final days, Suree Towfighnia and Andrew Piccone are racing to keep their political comedy "Plan B" true to the unfolding re...
ANUP KURIAN'S debut feature "Manasarovar" is India's official entry in the British Film Institute's London Film Festival Oct. 31. The London fest will be the official pr...
Bill Hogan Jr., long-time leader of Teamsters Local 714, whose members are movie industry vehicle drivers, has been cited as a focus in the investigation of Chicago Teamst...
Two local feature docs head up an expanded presence for documentaries at the 13th Annual IFP/ Chicago Filmmakers Conference that begins Thursday, Oct. 21."The heightened pr...
Record label Sonic Wave International cements its expansion into visual media with the completion of its first documentary, "Ancient India Today," being shopped to the Tra...
Man-Sung Son of SMS Productions said the 35mm feature he's producing, "Missed It," could shoot here or in Columbus next January.Director Brian Southers has secured locations...
If you've always wanted a peek inside the homes of morning radio DJ's Mancow Muller of Q101 or Mike North of The Score, your chance is here, via the celebrity house tour s...
Writer/director Catherine Crouch reunites with "Stray Dogs" star Guinevere Turner ("Go Fish") for Crouch's sophomore feature "Metamora," a horror pic she described as "a l...
Three Hollywood stars from Chicago will be honored at Showtime's 8th annual Black Perspectives "Homecoming Celebration" Saturday, Oct. 16 at Thorne Auditorium. Honorees ar...
A new independent feature, "PS," starring Laura Linney and written and directed by Dylan Kidd, kicks off the Oct. 21-24 IFP/Chicago Independent Filmmakers Conference at th...
When it came time for Panasonic's consumer division to deliver on its agreement to supply new images for its multi-screen Panasonic display at Abt Electronics' giant appli...
Mayor Daley and Alderman Bernard L. Stone at a recent City Council meeting introduced an ordinance to fund CAN TV that will help close the funding gap caused by the failure of c...
Production house Tri-Marq Communications, Inc. has joined forces with new Milwaukee post and effects outfit Backlot Imaging, Inc. to offer a combined range of services inc...
"DIRTY WORK," a feature from Jennifer Vincent's Blue Horseshoe Productions, is in postproduction with Sharon Zurek editing. Award- winning Bruce Terris ("Flying") co-wrote...
Call it the battle of the big agencies shooting it out for honors at the recent second annual Chicago Creative Club Awards show. Four big agencies won 29 of the 32 categories o...
Leading local industry speakers combine with professors of prestigious universities to bring new thinking and global overviews to Advertising That Works, a three-day conference ...
