2011 Chicago Entertainment Preview
Will you be watching any of the film/TV featured? Tell us which ones below!
The Dilemma (Jan. 14)
Plot: A man discovers that his best friend's wife is having an affair. - IMDB
Featured Chicago Locations: Uptown, Edgewater, Downtown, Green Mill Cocktail Lounge on Broadway Avenue, Smith & Wollensky Steakhouse on State Street
Stars: Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Winona Ryder, Jennifer Connelly
Unknown (Feb. 18)
Plot: A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is. - IMDB
Featured Chicago Locations: Downtown, South Side
Stars:Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger and January Jones
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (July 1)
Plot: The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the Moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and learn its secrets, which could turn the tide in the Transformers' final battle. - IMDB
Featured Chicago Locations: Loop, Downtown (Primarily Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue)
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Duhamel
Contagion (Oct. 2011)
Plot: An action-thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. - IMBD
Featured Chicago Locations: Downtown Chicago, Downers Grove, Elgin, Glenview, Waukegan
Stars: Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet
TV
Shameless (Jan. 9)
Network: Showtime
www.sho.com/site/shameless
Plot: Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, spirited and independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. The brilliant William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum star in this wildly engaging and fearlessly twisted new Showtime Original Series. The Gallaghers may not have much in the way of money or rules, but they know who they are — and they're absolutely, wildly, unapologetically SHAMELESS. - www.sho.com
Featured Chicago Locations: West Side, Homan Square
Stars: William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Joan Cusack
Chicago Code (Feb. 7)
Network: FOX
www.fox.com/chicagocode
Plot: The city of Chicago is a paradox that serves as the setting for Shawn Ryan's new drama, THE CHICAGO CODE. In this series, the audience is the passenger, taking an unpredictable ride through the streets of Chicago and navigating crime and corruption with the most respected - and notorious - cops in the city. - FOX.com/chicagocode
Featured Chicago Locations: Loop, Downtown, Various Chicago neighborhoods
Stars: Ericka Johnson, Don Kress, Jennifer Beals, Jason Clarke
Will you be watching any of the film/TV featured? Tell us which ones below! --Lauren Wulf, CBS Local Chicago