Steppenwolf Films’ first feature, “Diminished Capacity,” opens in theatres
Culminating in six years of development, Steppenwolf Films’ first film, “Diminished Capacity,” opened July 4 to generally good reviews by major film critics.
Culminating in six years of development, Steppenwolf Films’ first film, “Diminished Capacity,” opened July 4 to generally good reviews by major film critics.
A NICE 10TH ANNIVERSARY PRESENT for Darryl S. Duncan’s Gamebeat Studios was landing the scoring assignment for the Illinois Lottery’s Summer Campaign for the second
THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RED CAMERA debuts in Chicago Wednesday at an SRO demo at RDS given by RDS’ Mitch Apley and Optimus’ Craig Leffel answering
The story of how Ted met Laura on what was supposed to be their wedding day will be featured on an upcoming ABC “20/20” show, with footage supplied by
Chicago’s status as a talent center has been elevated to the national level with bi-coastal Innovative Artists’ purchase of Sharon Wottrich’s 17-year old Voices Unlimited.
Trio Video is expanding its fleet for the second time in less than two years with the infusion of a $10 million investment from two venture capital companies.
Award-winning spot director and independent filmmaker Ron Lazzeretti joined FCB as SVP/creative development director, a position created exclusively for him.
“How many agencies have an accomplished
GLANT COHEN, Leo Burnett’s SVP/associate director of TV production, retired from the agency after “23 spectacular years” at the agency. He joined Burnett in 1981 to work on McDonald’s and
by Jonathan Abarbanel
JOE MANTEGNA made a surprise appearance at the Royal George Theatre last week, delighting the cast and audience of “Bleacher Bums,” the show about
South Sider Ozzie Guillen of the White Sox (left) squares off against North Sider Dusty Baker of the Cubs for the best Subway sandwich. Each believes the
By Jonathan Abarbanel
“Proof,” the film shot mostly in Chicago (plus some interiors in London) based on the award- winning play by
THE FOUNDATION OPENS. When his 10-year Red Car contract ended, editor James Lipinsky decided the time had come to go into business for
The character-driven story is about nine Little League misfits who are reunited by the death of their former coach. The coach leaves his beloved Windy Field baseball stadium located
When Jeff Santo’s 86-minute documentary about his father Ron Santo ended during a sneak preview at a Cubs convention at the Hilton in January, the SRO crowd of more than
When Chicago Bull Jay Williams visited the United Center in December, for the first time since his debilitating motorcycle injury last summer, TeamWorks Media
ACROSS THE HALL FOR MITIDIERO. Veteran editor Mickey Mitidiero and partner/business manager George Sosnowski closed their 21-year Lakeshore Productions and moved across the hall into KI Edit Design
While the Illinois Film Office wonders what’s next ? it looks like “Barber Shop 2” will be the only major studio film to shoot here this year ? the