We are excited to announce that the shot-in-Portland TNT series, “The Librarians“, has been renewed for season 3! “The Librarians” has an average of 5.5 million viewers per episode ( digital, mobile and On Demand viewers).
Welcome back Christian Kane (“Leverage”),Rebecca Romijn (“X-Men”), Noah Wyle (“ER”, “Falling Skies”), Lindy Booth (“The Philanthropist”), John Harlan(“Neighbors”) and John Laroquette (“CSI: NY”).
Congratulations to Portlander, Todd Haynes, nominated in the category of Best Director for “Carol“. The 76th Golden Globe Award nominees were announced today. “Carol”, a 1950s romance, landed five nominations (including best picture, drama) altogether.
Sundance announced today it’s world premiere festival lineup, and the latest Kelly Reichardt film, “Certain Women” (written and directed by Reichardt) is in the mix. Although Reichardt, and her producer Neil Kopp, have shot most of their projects in Oregon (“Night Moves“, “Meek’s Cutoff“,”Wendy and Lucy“, “Old Joy“) this film was shot elsewhere, but post was done here in the state.
Ashland local, Sean Nipper, has won the Samsung NX1 Sweepstakes. Sean got his start in theatre and educational films in Ashland, southern Oregon. He then moved to the bay area, and opened a small production company. Nipper recently returned to southern Oregon to raise his family, where he now runs his new company, Reel House Films.
Read more about Sean and the Samsung NX1 Sweepstakes here.
The annual 2015 Oregon Actors Awards took place at the Portland Center Stage, to a packed house over the week end. The awards recognized outstanding members of Oregon’s film, video and multimedia industry. Four awards were given to film, TV and commercial actors, and one for community service.
The US Commercial Service Office and their counterparts in the U.S. Embassy in Brazil, are supporting U.S. firms participation in the Rio Content Market (RCM) next March. They would like to get the word out to the Oregon creative community who has content they may be interested in offering internationally. The exhibition is the largest event of its kind in Latin America (3500 attendees last year).
Who: Producers of content for television: companies which produce TV series, individual shows, animations, documentaries, independent productions, feature length movies for TV, reality shows, stage or movie adaptations, complementary TV digital media, scripts What: Meet with Brazilian & international broadcast & cable network executives to pitch your programs to their networks in 1-on-1 meetings & learn about the market in keynotes, lectures, & round-tables;.
Grimm 100th cake by local Oregonian, Michelle Honeman at Sugar Mommas Bake Shop http://sugarmommasbakeshop.com/
Portland celebrated “Grimm’s” 100th episode on Tuesday. Thank you to Governor Kate Brown, Nick Fish, Oregon legislators and the cast and crew who all gathered on the “Grimm” stage to celebrate this occasion. And there is a lot to celebrate in addition to the show reaching it’s 100th milestone:
more than 250 million dollars has been directly spent by “Grimm” in Oregon thus far
more than a 70% job growth in the motion picture & video industry over the last five years
over 350 companies that have benefited from business with the show
Microsoft’s HoloLens Academic Grant was awarded to five educational institutions nationwide, along with two Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition devices, to each recipient, to further aid their research and development of their respective projects. Clackamas Community College and OSB will use the HoloLens technology to “develop a trade-based curriculum for Clackamas students, particularly students in the automotive program”.
NBC Universal’s “Grimm” is back with a vengeance with season 5. This fantasy drama series set in Portland will premiere 9pm, October 30th. To find out where season 4 left off and what to expect in this coming season read more here.
