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The Craft

LA Film production plummets to pandemic numbers

By Reel 360 Jul 20, 2023

We've been here and before and didn't like it then either. The film production industry in the Greater Los Angeles area experienced a significant decline in the second quarter...

REEL CHICAGO NEWS

It was a magical evening at the IFA inaugural Magic Hour Gala

By Barbara Roche Dec 2, 2022

Angie Gaffney, Betsy Steinberg and the IFA Team know how to party! The IFA inaugural Magic Hour Gala held at the swanky Wildman BT last night, began the evening with a ...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

A record quarter for L.A. production, but not record year

By Reel 360 Jan 21, 2022

According to FilmLA’s latest report, on-location filming in the fourth quarter of 2021 (October-December) remained robust, setting an all-time quarterly record of 10,780 Shoo...

In memoriam

Academy Award winner, film director, Sidney Poitier has passed at age 94

By Reel 360 Jan 7, 2022

Academy Award winner, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, film director, activist, and ambassador, Sidney Poitier has passed away at age 94. He died Thursday at his hom...

The Craft

Producer Wayne Morris on set at Universal Studios FL

By Reel 360 May 28, 2021

The team at Universal Studios Florida Production Group (USFPG) recently conducted an in-depth video interview with Producer Wayne Morris. The interview took place on the se...

The Craft

LA County updates filming guidelines

By Reel 360 Apr 8, 2021

FilmLA reports The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has updated the guidelines that apply to film, television and commercial production in Greater Los Angeles. ...

The Craft

Post-COVID, some pandemic-policies should stick around

By Adam Zimmer Feb 12, 2021

2020 was an incredibly challenging year for production, across advertising, TV and film. These teams are not considered essential workers, neither federally nor on state levels...

The Craft

COVID-19 forces filming to record low in Los Angeles

By Reel 360 Jan 27, 2021

Sobering news for the Los Angeles production community. FilmLA today issued a pair of reports illuminating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Los Angeles film economy. ...

Film

Universal Studios Florida’s Production Stages are open

By Reel 360 Dec 18, 2020

The production professionals comprising Universal Studios Florida's Production Group (USFPG) are ready to welcome the next round of film, TV and commercial productions to their...

The Craft

LA film production at 47% since reopening

By Reel 360 Nov 11, 2020

FilmLA, has issued an update regarding regional filming activity since the reopening of LA County to on-location filming in June. Over the last twenty weeks, FilmLA has rece...

Union News

Nike commercial shoot picketed in Chicago

By Barbara Roche Oct 16, 2020

On Saturday, members of I.A.T.S.E Local 476 picketed a Nike commercial that was filming in Chicago using a non-union crew. The members of Chicago Local ...

The Craft

Summer melts film and TV production in LA by 50%

By Reel 360 Oct 14, 2020

Sobering news for the LA film market. Even as filming is beginning a slow return in Greater Los Angeles, a new report from FilmLA released today reveals the enduring effect of ...

Sundance

Sundance announces Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellows

By Reel 360 Aug 10, 2020

Sundance Institute announced today the 11 artists selected for its first-ever Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellows, designed to meaningfully support women artists creating bold n...

The Craft

Paper scripts could go away under production guidelines

By Colin Costello Jun 9, 2020

California is preparing to reopen the film production industry on June 12. The Illinois Film Office is preparing to issue film permits again. Oklahoma and Minnesota are open fo...

Indie Film

2020 SXSW announces Jury and Special Awards

By Reel 360 Mar 24, 2020

There may not have been a SXSW Film Festival this year due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, but that did not stop awards. The 2020 Jury and Special Award winners of the ...

Pixar’s ‘Onward’ to arrive early on Disney+

By Reel 360 Mar 23, 2020

Walt Disney Studios has announced that Disney and Pixar’s Onward will be available to buy digitally and on Movies Anywhere beginning today at 5 p.m. PST/8 p.m. EST and on D...

A solve for the film crisis – bring back the double feature

By The Geek Mar 21, 2020

When I was a kid, my dad took me to see The Towering Inferno. It would be the first of ten times I would see it in the movie theater and countless times at home. My wife only k...

Film

Could ‘Wonder Woman 84’ end up premiering on VOD?

By The Geek Mar 20, 2020

Perhaps only Wonder Woman's golden lasso of truth wrapped around Warner Bros execs can get us the real truth here, but according to The Wrap, the studio is possibly having dis...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Adam Schiff leads relief efforts for freelancers

By Reel 360 Mar 20, 2020

Not only has the Coronavirus COVID-19 shut down the entertainment industry for union workers, it is having an impact on the industry's freelance and contract workers as well. T...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

#payuphollywood seeks to pay those out of work

By Colin Costello Mar 20, 2020

Last year, Chicago Fire writer and WGA board member Liz Alper alongside Jamarah Hayner and Deirdre Mangan formed #payuphollywood, an activist group built to organize Hollywood ...