ER is shooting here until Sunday morning. This weekend, they plan to film a car driving off upper Wacker Drive, landing in the river and sinking; fun stuff.
William Shakespeare's Birthday is today.London's Globe Theater on Friday invited all the world on stage to celebrate William Shakespeare's birthday(from Reuters). His works on-line:
I think three major feature films were shooting in the Chicago area today (in alphabetic order):Ocean's Twelve is only shooting in part here, and I believe some locations for Ice Harvest may be outside of Chicago, to the north (e.g., Milwaukee); it's good to have films here.
I've read the book Ice Harvest is based on; I liked it.
One year anniversary: this blog started one year ago right now.
Chicago Community Cinema, a networking event for independent film in Chicago, meets Tuesday, April 6th, at 6:00 PM at Excalibur, 632 N. Dearborn St. (Yahoo map).
Settlement made with talent agency over non-payment of fees to actors:McBlaine's settlement to a number of actors, who were owed a few hundred dollars to $12,000, was finalized March 29 and most of the actors paid in full(from ReelChicago).