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A prop police vehicle is parked outside the Thompson Center before night filming of The Batman Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, in Chicago. JOHN J. KIM, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Filmmakers, TV networks and commercial ad teams spent far less money and hired about half as many people in Illinois last year compared to 2019, thanks to a monthslong production shutdown because of the coronavirus, but officials said Wednesday they are seeing the local film industry return to pre-pandemic production levels.
â2021 seems like itâs going to be a very strong year,â Illinois Film Office Director Peter Hawley said at a virtual news conference. âWeâre right at the same level we were in our record-breaking 2019 year. We are almost exactly where we were at (in) 2020 â which was going to be a gangbuster year for us â at this time before the pandemic. Weâve also started to see jobs come back in quite a big way.â