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Leverage and Portlandia and Grimm – Oh My!

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Over the course of Oregon’s 103 year cinematic history, 300+ productions have made use of our diverse locations and home-grown talent pool. However, this summer will be the first time that we’ll be playing host to three television series shooting simultaneously – Leverage, Portlandia and Grimm – and all based in the Portland Metro area.  It’s an incredibly exciting thing both for the city and Oregon’s film and television industry on the whole, but what does that mean for those of us not on set besides seeing an abundance of large trailers filling  the streets near our office buildings? Continue reading... “Leverage and Portlandia and Grimm – Oh My!”

The Cast and Crew of “Leverage” Extend Their Thanks

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The cast and crew of “Leverage” put together a video recently which puts a face to the types of jobs that have come here thanks to the Oregon Film Incentives.  The video was also intended to be a word of thanks to Governor John Kitzhaber and the Oregon Legislature.  Check it out.  And be sure to check out the premiere episode of season 4 of “Leverage” this Sunday on TNT. The premiere episode shot on top of Mt. Hood this year, which was a first for the show. Continue reading... “The Cast and Crew of “Leverage” Extend Their Thanks”

New Behind the Scenes Footage of “Leverage” Premiere

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As the Season 4 premiere of “Leverage” approaches, more and more photos and video footage is coming online to promote the premiere.  This year the premiere episode takes place up on top of a mountain.  The real mountain was Oregon’s Mt. Hood and in February, Mt. Hood gets A LOT of snow.  During the shoot, the cast and crew endured an even bigger than normal snowfall but after enduring the elements, it’s apparent that they got a great premiere episode.

This week Entertainment Weekly’s website is featuring some behind the scenes footage from the show featuring Mt. Continue reading... “New Behind the Scenes Footage of “Leverage” Premiere”

Oregonian Interviews “Leverage’s” Timothy Hutton

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We’re lucky enough to have a local media community that by in large likes to write about the local projects.  One journalist that stands out as a huge supporter of the local community is Kristi Turnquist.  Yesterday the Oregonian published this interview with “Leverage” star Timothy Hutton.  It was a nice interview and Timothy opened up about filming in Portland, this year’s premiere episode which was shot on Mount Hood, and the direction of Season 4.

For those of you who don’t know, “Leverage” is due to premiere season 4 on June 26.  Continue reading... “Oregonian Interviews “Leverage’s” Timothy Hutton”

WebVisions: Explore the Future

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Are you a creative, fun-loving, fan of the internet whose thirst for knowledge will never be quenched? There is an event just for you! May 25-27, join Oregon Film at WebVisions, Portland’s own ‘creative conference for the web’. Oregon Film is proudly co-presenting: “Portlandia: The Story Behind the Series”. In this talk, Marie and Colin Moore of IFC and Andrew Singer of Broadway Video will discuss the “perfect storm”—driven via the web, social media and press—that elevated the show from a web series called “Thunder Ant” to the hipster chic hit cable series that will be entering its second season in January. Continue reading... “WebVisions: Explore the Future”

Leverage behind the scenes

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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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D.B. Sweeney to star in new TV pilot set in Portland

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Turner Broadcasting announced today that D.B. Sweeney has been cast to play the lead in Electric Entertainment’s pilot set in Portland titled “Brain Trust”.  Here’s the info on the pilot. Dean Devlin will be directing the pilot which is due to shoot in Portland in December for two weeks.  We were thrilled to have Electric bring a second project to Oregon and even more excited to hear that they made the decision to re-write this pilot for Portland.  The original script had set the pilot in Washington D.C. Continue reading... “D.B. Sweeney to star in new TV pilot set in Portland”

“Leverage” and Oregon Film Makes it into Coscto

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A few months back I was contacted by the PR executives at TNT regarding a profile that Costco was looking to do on “Leverage”.  I was curious why Costco of all companies was interested in talking about Oregon Film and Video but when I found out that their Costco Connections gets sent out to over 8,000,000 people nationwide, I realized it didn’t really matter why they were interested, it was great exposure for our state and this industry.

It all started back when Lana Veenker came up with the brilliant idea of her “Thug Boot Camp” before the commencement of production for season 3 of “Leverage”.  Continue reading... ““Leverage” and Oregon Film Makes it into Coscto”

Security Expert Keeps Intruders Out and Secrets In for 'Leverage'

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The Intern Report: How Oregon Businesses Profit From Local Productions

A short and sweet interview with Larry, owner and founder of KnightHawk Security and man of zen-like silence and mystery… Next week the fourth and final installment of this project will go live, thanks for reading!

Michal Orczyk

Oregon Governor’s Office of Film and Television Continue reading... “Security Expert Keeps Intruders Out and Secrets In for 'Leverage'”

OPB's Think Out Loud, Fri. Aug. 13th:Oregon on Screen

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What is Oregon’s on-screen image… and how are the TV and film industries faring here?

We’ve been reading lots of TV show news recently. The TNT show Leverage, which will wrap up shooting its third season on Friday, just announced it would be back in Oregon for a fourth season. Fans of the online series Thunderant will be happy to hear that it’s being turned into a new show all about Portland, debuting next year on the Independent Film Channel. Continue reading... “OPB's Think Out Loud, Fri. Aug. 13th:Oregon on Screen”