Proud to be here at Cinespace today to announce an all-time record for the Illinois film industry.
Last year, film production expenditures in Illinois reached an all-time high of $703 million.
That’s generated over 18,000 hires paying out over $400 million in wages.
Last year, film production expenditures in Illinois reached an all-time high of $703 million.
That’s generated over 18,000 hires paying out over $400 million in wages.
March 19, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Proud to be here at Cinespace today to announce an all-time record for the Illinois film industry.
Last year, film production expenditures in Illinois reached an all-time high of $703 million.
That’s generated over 18,000 hires paying out over $400 million in wages.
Last year, film production expenditures in Illinois reached an all-time high of $703 million.
That’s generated over 18,000 hires paying out over $400 million in wages.
When I visited Cinespace in 2019, I promised to forge a path forward so that the film industry can reach even greater heights.
And now we’re delivering with more than $700 million in film production in our state in 2025.
And now we’re delivering with more than $700 million in film production in our state in 2025.
March 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM
When I visited Cinespace in 2019, I promised to forge a path forward so that the film industry can reach even greater heights.
And now we’re delivering with more than $700 million in film production in our state in 2025.
And now we’re delivering with more than $700 million in film production in our state in 2025.
There is no better representation of the film and TV industry’s growth in Illinois than right here at Cinespace – the second-largest studio in the entire country.
And now, our state has extended the film production tax credit until 2039.
Hope you had a good visit, Tom!
And now, our state has extended the film production tax credit until 2039.
Hope you had a good visit, Tom!
WGN's Tom Skilling got a look at Cinespace Chicago, known as 'The Hollywood of the Midwest.' It spans 60 acres, includes 51 sound stages, and employs thousands of people.
Full story: https://wgntv.com/news/cover-story/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-midwests-largest-film-production-hub/
Full story: https://wgntv.com/news/cover-story/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-midwests-largest-film-production-hub/
July 14, 2026 at 10:16 PM
There is no better representation of the film and TV industry’s growth in Illinois than right here at Cinespace – the second-largest studio in the entire country.
And now, our state has extended the film production tax credit until 2039.
Hope you had a good visit, Tom!
And now, our state has extended the film production tax credit until 2039.
Hope you had a good visit, Tom!
20 years ago today, the Yacht Rock webseries premiered for a live audience at Channel 101, then screened at the now-defunct Cinespace in Hollywood. Somehow, some way, people are still talking about it. Danged if I know what that means, but happy to have been a part of it!
June 27, 2025 at 5:34 AM
20 years ago today, the Yacht Rock webseries premiered for a live audience at Channel 101, then screened at the now-defunct Cinespace in Hollywood. Somehow, some way, people are still talking about it. Danged if I know what that means, but happy to have been a part of it!
Wow, they’re renaming the Cinespace Studios after Guillermo del Toro and gave him the Toronto key to the city!
Amazing. Such a talented director, and his love for the city has meant a lot to the local film industry.
My husband worked on Nightmare Alley, Cabinet of Curiosities, and Frankenstein.
Amazing. Such a talented director, and his love for the city has meant a lot to the local film industry.
My husband worked on Nightmare Alley, Cabinet of Curiosities, and Frankenstein.
July 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Wow, they’re renaming the Cinespace Studios after Guillermo del Toro and gave him the Toronto key to the city!
Amazing. Such a talented director, and his love for the city has meant a lot to the local film industry.
My husband worked on Nightmare Alley, Cabinet of Curiosities, and Frankenstein.
Amazing. Such a talented director, and his love for the city has meant a lot to the local film industry.
My husband worked on Nightmare Alley, Cabinet of Curiosities, and Frankenstein.
View from the Juliana Stratton election night party at CineSpace Chicago. Doors opened at 6:50 and so far a few dozen are in attendance, as results start to stream in.
March 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
View from the Juliana Stratton election night party at CineSpace Chicago. Doors opened at 6:50 and so far a few dozen are in attendance, as results start to stream in.
We celebrated the opening of Cinespace Studios’ new campus in Woodland Hills — the company’s first facility in Los Angeles and its sixth production hub worldwide.
March 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
We celebrated the opening of Cinespace Studios’ new campus in Woodland Hills — the company’s first facility in Los Angeles and its sixth production hub worldwide.
Guillermo del Toro honoured with Key to the City as Cinespace unveils the “Guillermo del Toro Stages”
News release: www.toronto.ca/news/guiller...
News release: www.toronto.ca/news/guiller...
July 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Guillermo del Toro honoured with Key to the City as Cinespace unveils the “Guillermo del Toro Stages”
News release: www.toronto.ca/news/guiller...
News release: www.toronto.ca/news/guiller...
@realgdt.bsky.social is honored with Key to the City as Cinespace unveils the “Guillermo del Toro Stages”
www.toronto.ca/news/guiller...
www.toronto.ca/news/guiller...
July 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
@realgdt.bsky.social is honored with Key to the City as Cinespace unveils the “Guillermo del Toro Stages”
www.toronto.ca/news/guiller...
www.toronto.ca/news/guiller...
Back to Cinespace !!
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Back to Cinespace !!
WGN's Tom Skilling got a look at Cinespace Chicago, known as 'The Hollywood of the Midwest.' It spans 60 acres, includes 51 sound stages, and employs thousands of people.
Full story: https://wgntv.com/news/cover-story/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-midwests-largest-film-production-hub/
Full story: https://wgntv.com/news/cover-story/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-midwests-largest-film-production-hub/
July 14, 2026 at 4:14 AM
WGN's Tom Skilling got a look at Cinespace Chicago, known as 'The Hollywood of the Midwest.' It spans 60 acres, includes 51 sound stages, and employs thousands of people.
Full story: https://wgntv.com/news/cover-story/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-midwests-largest-film-production-hub/
Full story: https://wgntv.com/news/cover-story/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-midwests-largest-film-production-hub/
Cinespace Studios holds grand opening for first campus in Los Angeles
Cinespace Studios holds grand opening for first campus in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass helped cut the ribbon on a new state-of-the-art soundstage in Woodland Hills on Monday. The 180,000-square-foot Cinespace Studios facility has six massive stages design…
ktla.com
March 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Cinespace Studios holds grand opening for first campus in Los Angeles
Tree branches fell in North Lawndale and across Douglass Park, blocking streets. A bus was stuck on California not able to pass near Cinespace.
July 15, 2024 at 4:35 AM
Tree branches fell in North Lawndale and across Douglass Park, blocking streets. A bus was stuck on California not able to pass near Cinespace.
"I Don’t Know" will WORLD PREMEIRE in Houston, Texas!
We're Official Selection of Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2026 and Finalist of CineSpace Short Film Competition! (a collab with NASA)
Thank you to Houston Cinema Arts Society🙏
Sun 10/11 @7pm
Rice Cinema@Rice University
Winners TBA at screening.
We're Official Selection of Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2026 and Finalist of CineSpace Short Film Competition! (a collab with NASA)
Thank you to Houston Cinema Arts Society🙏
Sun 10/11 @7pm
Rice Cinema@Rice University
Winners TBA at screening.
September 25, 2026 at 8:58 AM
"I Don’t Know" will WORLD PREMEIRE in Houston, Texas!
We're Official Selection of Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2026 and Finalist of CineSpace Short Film Competition! (a collab with NASA)
Thank you to Houston Cinema Arts Society🙏
Sun 10/11 @7pm
Rice Cinema@Rice University
Winners TBA at screening.
We're Official Selection of Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2026 and Finalist of CineSpace Short Film Competition! (a collab with NASA)
Thank you to Houston Cinema Arts Society🙏
Sun 10/11 @7pm
Rice Cinema@Rice University
Winners TBA at screening.
Personal bet is that they're doing it at Lagunitas or Cinespace
June 12, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Personal bet is that they're doing it at Lagunitas or Cinespace
Bright and early at the film studio. #chicagomed
September 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Bright and early at the film studio. #chicagomed
Cinespace Weed, 14 by 18, fluid acrylics on vellum illustration board.
This is referenced from a weed that was growing at a studio where I worked. It was growing by a narrow back road where workers liked to park.
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #traditionalart #traditionalpainting #weed
This is referenced from a weed that was growing at a studio where I worked. It was growing by a narrow back road where workers liked to park.
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #traditionalart #traditionalpainting #weed
April 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Cinespace Weed, 14 by 18, fluid acrylics on vellum illustration board.
This is referenced from a weed that was growing at a studio where I worked. It was growing by a narrow back road where workers liked to park.
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #traditionalart #traditionalpainting #weed
This is referenced from a weed that was growing at a studio where I worked. It was growing by a narrow back road where workers liked to park.
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #traditionalart #traditionalpainting #weed
When productions choose L.A., they support good-paying union jobs, local businesses, and the next generation of creative talent.
I want to congratulate Cinespace Studios on this exciting milestone. Welcome to Los Angeles!
I want to congratulate Cinespace Studios on this exciting milestone. Welcome to Los Angeles!
March 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
When productions choose L.A., they support good-paying union jobs, local businesses, and the next generation of creative talent.
I want to congratulate Cinespace Studios on this exciting milestone. Welcome to Los Angeles!
I want to congratulate Cinespace Studios on this exciting milestone. Welcome to Los Angeles!
My short film “Reach for the Stars” is officially a finalist in the NASA affiliated Cinespace Short film Competition & will be having its world premiere @ the Houston Cinema Arts Festival on Sunday Nov 16th!! & the Festival’s Closing Party immediately after!
hcaf2025.eventive.org/schedule/68e...
hcaf2025.eventive.org/schedule/68e...
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
My short film “Reach for the Stars” is officially a finalist in the NASA affiliated Cinespace Short film Competition & will be having its world premiere @ the Houston Cinema Arts Festival on Sunday Nov 16th!! & the Festival’s Closing Party immediately after!
hcaf2025.eventive.org/schedule/68e...
hcaf2025.eventive.org/schedule/68e...
#BlueVelvetLocations Epilogue
This modest entrance to Cinespace Studios is the closest I could get to the former De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Studios, where the interiors for Dorothy's apartment, The Slow Club and other locations were filmed.
This modest entrance to Cinespace Studios is the closest I could get to the former De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Studios, where the interiors for Dorothy's apartment, The Slow Club and other locations were filmed.
November 29, 2024 at 3:38 PM
#BlueVelvetLocations Epilogue
This modest entrance to Cinespace Studios is the closest I could get to the former De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Studios, where the interiors for Dorothy's apartment, The Slow Club and other locations were filmed.
This modest entrance to Cinespace Studios is the closest I could get to the former De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Studios, where the interiors for Dorothy's apartment, The Slow Club and other locations were filmed.
Eileen O’Neill Burke took $50,000 campaign contribution from a studio head who worked undercover for federal authorities after they threatened to charge him with bankruptcy fraud.
State’s attorney took $50,000 campaign contribution from studio head turned mole who helped bring down crooked Teamsters boss
Former Cinespace Chicago Film Studios executive Alexander S. "Alex" Pissios worked undercover for federal authorities after they threatened to charge him with bankruptcy fraud. Recently, he gave a…
buff.ly
January 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Eileen O’Neill Burke took $50,000 campaign contribution from a studio head who worked undercover for federal authorities after they threatened to charge him with bankruptcy fraud.
For the first time, items related to the cases of the Killer Clown and Devil in the White City will be on public display at the new “Serial Killer: The Exhibition” opening Saturday at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios.
New serial killer exhibition in Chicago offers rare artifacts from John Wayne Gacy, H.H. Holmes
chicago.suntimes.com
September 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
For the first time, items related to the cases of the Killer Clown and Devil in the White City will be on public display at the new “Serial Killer: The Exhibition” opening Saturday at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios.
It’s no secret that in the Midwest, hospitality takes center stage and so does hard work. From construction to cameras, the focus is full-service for the directors and writers who set up shop in Chicago.
WGN's Tom Skilling got a behind-the-scenes look....
WGN's Tom Skilling got a behind-the-scenes look....
Cinespace Chicago: A behind-the-scenes look at Midwest’s largest film production hub
WGN’s Tom Skilling got a behind-the-scenes look at Cinespace Chicago, known as ‘The Hollywood of the Midwest.’ It spans 60 acres, includes 51 sound stages, and employs thousands o…
wgntv.com
July 18, 2026 at 2:22 PM
It’s no secret that in the Midwest, hospitality takes center stage and so does hard work. From construction to cameras, the focus is full-service for the directors and writers who set up shop in Chicago.
WGN's Tom Skilling got a behind-the-scenes look....
WGN's Tom Skilling got a behind-the-scenes look....
“Chicago Fire,” “Chicago P.D.” and “Chicago Med” have been the longest tenants at Cinespace, which has over 2 million square feet of space ... so as long as those shows are running, Cinespace isn't going to have the same vacancy issues as detailed in that newsletter
But once they end? Who knows ...
But once they end? Who knows ...
June 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“Chicago Fire,” “Chicago P.D.” and “Chicago Med” have been the longest tenants at Cinespace, which has over 2 million square feet of space ... so as long as those shows are running, Cinespace isn't going to have the same vacancy issues as detailed in that newsletter
But once they end? Who knows ...
But once they end? Who knows ...