
Black Harvest to screen first “Chiraq” TV episode
The hour-long pilot for the TV series “This is Not Chiraq,” from creator William D. Pierce and directed by the team of Darryl Manuel
The hour-long pilot for the TV series “This is Not Chiraq,” from creator William D. Pierce and directed by the team of Darryl Manuel
AFTER A FIVE MONTH REVIEW, Dallas-headquartered Epsilon won the estimated $24 million consolidated Del Monte Foods account from three incumbent agencies, to be handled by Epsilon’s Chicago-based team that includes
All the dazzling alien holograms and more than 400 futuristic-looking human and alien computer interfaces, and other high tech device screens in the Earth vs. Alien epic “Independence
TOP ECHELON CHANGES in the leadership team at Leo Burnett’s Arc have put Chris Cancilla into the US CCO seat. Karuna Rawal was promoted to Arc US president and Chief
“Chicago” television franchise producer Dick Wolf was surprised and pleased last Tuesday when he was presented with the highest honor a film industry union can — and rarely
Amazon Studios will be in filming in Chicago this year in a big way, starting with an indie feature starring Charlise Theron filming in
After only 18 months in business, the Gill Hayes Talent Agency is expanding to Atlanta, with the move
One year before Spike Lee began filming his widely hyped “Chiraq” in Chicago, local filmmaker William D.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings
At its meeting Monday night, members of Local 476 Studio Mechanics nominated, without opposition, business manager Mark Hogan, to his fourth consecutive
Fortunately, Cinespace is a monster-sized film studio so it can easily accommodate the hundreds of guests expected to attend GalaWeen, a bewitching costume party
KESLOW CAMERA doubled its Chicago staff to eight, with the
THREE NEW AT LEVITHAN are producer James Turek, who earlier had spent eight years in LA; software
Claire Simon Casting will be making the first major change to its business since Claire
A suspension of the Illinois Filmmakers Tax Credit was one of many items contained in Gov. Bruce Rauner’s announced budget cuts,
LEO BURNETT trumped the Chicago International Film Festival TV awards by scoring 18 – or almost half — of
There’s no third season shooting in Chicago
By the time Sun-Times had headlined Gov. Bruce Rauner’s demand that Cinespace return a $10
The pilot for “Chiraq,” a dramatic TV series about gang rivalry set in Chicago’s troubled South Side neighborhoods, created and produced
Actor / director Bill Duke has signed to direct and executive produce “The Mahalia Jackson Story,” a music biopic of the woman who rose
FIRST NEW AD BUSINESS of the year was announced by DDB Chicago, which has succeeded The Martin Agency on