New film and TV studios to open on Chicago's Northwest Side

[@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79]

Right up the street from my apartment, I know it was another studio being built on the south side too. If it’s not completed already.

[@mikelros81883]

Where are the workers going to park???

[@raybod1775]

There’s a parking lot outside and across the street.

[@mikelros81883]

@@raybod1775 that's where production and the higher ups will park. How big is the lot?

[@NexusMinecrafter64]

Lmao everyone keeps saying we not a hub for TV/Film and that just simply isn’t true lmao but go off

[@A3Kr0n]

What is "film" and "TV"? Are they apps for my phone?

[@jl453]

So no jobs unless union?

[@mikelros81883]

Absolutely!!

[@DOGSSHAKESHIT]

Im excited where as CineSpace was the only place where there were movie studios.This can open up more jobs as i am laid off from there.😊

[@macstrong1284]

They’ve been making movies at Studio City for much longer

[@garyryckewaert5724]

Hmmm, they seem to have ignored the fact that Chicago already has the largest movie studios in the world outside of Hollywood.... Cine space studios. Chicago fire, Chicago PD, Chicago med and a bunch of other shows film there, as well as many movies film there. Oops.

[@Beloveandlight]

they may. but what Cinespace hasn't succeeded in is providing comfortable communal space. there is no green space, parking is a disaster, there is no cafeteria, no third party food spots, no cafes, no child or doggie daycares, no hardware stores. It would be cool to have a gym and locker room. But we are lucky to get a bathroom in walking distance from the offices, yet alone hot water to sinks or regulated HVAC. If it rains heavily, you can hear it in the sound stages. I know it was incredibly expensive to make, but they didn't account for the several other factors that make a film studio lot function and thrive. It would be cool to partner with a studio and allow space for a prop house.. a film lot should have a lot more than just sound stages and offices.

[@user-pb1ic7pi9c]

They won't use cinespace space no more on ogden

[@mikelros81883]

Yeah they will no one wants to work over there

[@macstrong1284]

False. The Dick Wolf shows will continue to shoot there, as well as The Bear and The Chi. Those shows aren’t going anywhere.

[@michaelking6895]

😂illegal immigrants will be temporarily Housing coming 😂soon

[@conservativewarrior777]

How long before thugs take over the studio like in the beginning of Robocop Rogue City!

[@Doyousmellthat]

The Obama propaganda complex

[@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79]

He is living rent free in your head, he has been out of office for almost 10 yrs. Get off his junk already.

[@OperationChicago]

lol

[@gidget101]

How has anything changed with Chicago's unions' demands and rules that have historically caused local production costs to eventually become prohibitive? Even shows with Chicago-based storylines are filmed mostly elsewhere - just shooting exteriors and street scenes here and everything else in studios outside of Illinois.

[@oneonetwothree]

There are so many shows shooting right now that we barely have crew to support them. Everything in LA is a ghost town. Not saying it'll last forever, but we've done exceptionally well here the last ten years. Our incentive doesn't allow for favorable conditions for features though, so with any luck that'll change and we'll see more movies. Currently it's a big TV and commercial town.

[@cliffiez4540]

As someone who has worked on Movies all over the world and currently has worked on Chicago PD for the past 11 seasons. I can guarantee you what you are saying is woefully uninformed. No offense. But all three of the One Chicago shows film here exclusively, as does The Chi, Deli Boys, The Bear and others. Illinois has an amazing Production Tax Incentives. The Unions here do not demand anywhere near what the Local unions demand in LA & NYC. Plus we don't get paid anywhere near as much as the locals in other cities do.

[@mikelros81883]

Not true.

[@NexusMinecrafter64]

Don’t get me wrong our demands rlly haven’t been met and there are def still issues to be ironed out but ur trippin. Damn near every show filming here right now exclusively films in the city I literally work on the chi, power: force, and sum shit that’s not out yet and we never leave the city. Farthest out we’ve gone is like Barrington lmao

[@HM-ec5vi]

@@cliffiez4540tax incentives for hiring Blacks, Latinos, and Asians. No tax incentives for hiring Whites. DEI is racist.