Media Advisory - Cinespace Chicago Film Studios Hosts Historic Stanley Cup Visit and Taunts Cinespace Toronto Cousins

Media Advisory - Cinespace Chicago Film Studios Hosts Historic Stanley Cup Visit and Taunts Cinespace Toronto Cousins


CHICAGO, Oct. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Today NHL Hall of Famer and Chicago
Blackhawks legend Denis Savard brought the Stanley Cup to the core of
Hollywood Midwest - Cinespace Chicago Film Studios - where hundreds of
native Chicagoan film and TV crew members and technicians relished the
opportunity to touch the revered trophy, and Cinespace Chicago
management savored the chance to taunt their Cinespace Toronto cousins.



(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131023/MM03526)



Cinespace, currently in its 25(th) year of business, is North America's largest owner and operator of film
and television production space with facilities in both Toronto and
Chicago totaling over 2 million square feet on over 100 acres. The
Cinespace Chicago crews that participated in Wednesday's Stanley Cup
celebrations included NBC Universal series "Chicago Fire" and "Chicago
PD", Fox series "Mind Games" and "Crisis", and the USA Networks series
"Sirens".



"We thank our good friend Denis Savard for this memorable opportunity
and we congratulate the Chicago Blackhawks on their glorious
achievement, but we especially thank Denis and the Hawks for allowing
our film and TV industry to celebrate Chicago's hockey supremacy over
our counterparts in Toronto, who may never, ever get this chance in
their entire lifetimes", remarked Alexander Pissios, President of
Cinespace Chicago.



"While we too congratulate the Chicago Blackhawks, it is unfortunate
that our Chicago cousins have exhibited such poor sportsmanship in
their celebrations," retorted Cinespace Toronto Vice President D. Jim
Mirkopoulos, "and because we sympathize with their relative difficulty
in finding high quality beer in their country, we are shipping real
Canadian beer down to our Chicago office immediately. The Stanley Cup
deserves nothing less to be consumed in its presence."



To this, the Cinespace Chicago President countered later in the day,
"While we never turn away shipments of Canadian beer, I remind our
Toronto office that the Lagunitas Brewing Company's craft brewery will
very soon be operational here on our Chicago studio lot. I also hereby
invite the entire Toronto Maple Leafs team for a studio and brewery
tour next time they visit Chicago - perhaps the ample beer tastings
will help the Leafs perform better against our Hawks next time
around." Pissios was referring to the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 loss to
Chicago this past Saturday night, to which Mirkopoulos simply replied,
"No comment."


Currently on the lot at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios:

Chicago Fire (TV series, NBC Universal TV)

Chicago P.D. (TV series, NBC Universal TV)

Mind Games (TV series, Fox TV)

Crisis (TV series, Fox TV)

Sirens (TV series, USA Networks)


Currently on the lot at Cinespace Film Studios in Toronto:

Bitten (TV series, Entertainment One TV)

The Divide (AMC Networks)

Beauty and the Beast (TV series, CBS TV)

Reign (TV Series, CBS TV)

The Strain (TV Series, FX TV)


SOURCE Cinespace Film Studios Inc.

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Cinespace Film Studios Inc.

CONTACT: For more information about Cinespace Chicago Film Studios, please contact:
Alexander Pissios, President, 773-521-8000, alex@chicagofilmstudios.comFor more information about Cinespace Film Studios Toronto, please contact:
D. Jim Mirkopoulos, VP, 416-406-4000, jim@cinespace.com


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