Below is a link to the KGW news piece covering the NBC pilot “Grimm” as well as the entire motion picture industry in Oregon. A special appearance by former “Will and Grace” star Sean Hayes is in the piece as he is an Executive Producer of the pilot. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed that the show gets ordered to series and they do the series right here in Oregon!
Here’s the link Continue reading... “KGW visits the set of NBC Pilot “Grimm””
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Mississippi Studios Concert & Auction Featuring Storm Large benefiting Rid of Me a film by James Westby and The Sexual Assault Resource Center April 8TH, 2011 Performances By: Storm Large, Grand Archives, Ohioan, Oracle, & Part Time Pony This event will be the film’s kick-off to New York City, where it will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April. VIP tickets include a 6 pm cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres with Storm Large, an intimate performance, swag bag (valued over $300), handcrafted chocolates, and reserved concert seating. |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Los Angeles, March 22, 2011 – Palisades Tartan announced today that SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS, Matt McCormick’s debut feature, which stars Indie rock talents James Mercer from the Shins and Carrie Brownstein, vocalist/guitarist for Wild Flag and the now defunct Sleater-Kinney will open the Hollywood Theater in Portland on March 25th before opening wider across the country.
Brownstein can also be seen on PORTLANDIA, the new IFC Original short-based comedy series created, written by and starring Brownstein and Fred Armisen from Saturday Night Live. Continue reading... ““Some Days Are Better Than Others” at the Hollywood Theater 3/25”
Oregon is host to two very exciting film festivals coming soon to Ashland Oregon as well as Eugene Oregon.
Either as a viewer of film maker you can visit these sites below to view the lists of films showing at the festivals. At Cinema Pacific, you get the chance to watch not only some interesting films from China but on Thursday April 7 the festival is hosting an interesting industry symposium featuring some top level producers including the producer of all of John Woo’s films. Continue reading... “Film Festivals coming to Oregon”
Documentary HOOD TO COAST returns to Oregon!
The locally produced feature film documentary Hood To Coast just finished two successful nationwide Event screenings in over 380 theaters, selling out shows in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Atlanta, and several other major markets. The film Hood To Coast follows four unlikely teams on their epic adventure as they try to conquer the world’s largest relay race. The film, produced by Film For Thought, Inc., was shot over the span of 11 months in Oregon in 2008 with half of the 100 crew members hired locally. Continue reading... “Documentary HOOD TO COAST returns to Oregon”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vQtexA0p3U&feature=player_embedded#at=48[/youtube]Go behind the scenes of Episode 315, “The Big Bang Job” with director/co-executive producer Marc Roskin and visual effect supervisor Mark Franco.
I thought this was a good look at what goes on behind the scenes of the TNT show Leverage, shot here in Oregon.
Ricky Guillen
Oregon Film Intern.
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It was a great evening last night in Salem as the special screening of “Meek’s Cutoff” was bigger than anticipated. We’re waiting on the final tally of ticket sales but we’re expecting between 400 and 500 total tickets were sold for the event. Prior to the screening we hosted a reception for several legislators, industry members, and cultural trust board members. We were expecting about 10 legislators to come to the event but my last count was 16 including Senate President Peter Courtney and Speaker of the House Arnie Roblan. Continue reading... “Big Turnout for Screening of “Meek’s Cutoff””
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We here at Orgeon Film are excited to see this come from Oregon Company LAIKA/house, from right here in Portland Oregon. Congratulations on a great ad campaign LAIKA/house. For those of you not familiar with all the great work coming out of this studio, definitely check out their site! Continue reading... “Making of the Mr. Peanut Commercial from LAIKA/house”
Yesterday on the KGW 6:00 news was this piece. The Portland Police Department has been a great partner on two recent television Pilots – first “Brain Trust” and now “Grimm”. Having the cooperation of organizations like the Portland Police department make Oregon a friendlier place to film. Hopefully it’s a winning proposition for the bureau as well. It was also great to have KGW pick up the story and let’s hope the “Grimm” ends up on KGW’s primetime lineup in the fall! Continue reading... “Portland Police helps the Wardrobe Dept. for “Grimm””
An article this week in Oregon Business Magazine highlighted film production in the southern region of the state. Producer, Gary Kout, founder and director of SOFAT made note of the production upturn due in part to diverse locations and experienced crew. For the details read here.
Continue reading... “Update on Film Industry In Southern Oregon”