To filmmakers, screenwriters, and showrunners, being allowed to work on an established, deeply fleshed-out fictional universe must feel like a god-sent gift. Rather than constructing a tale from scratch and hoping it charms audiences enough to pay it mind and dollar, using the setting of an existing intellectual property lets creatives skip a hard step […]
Television
2016 Comic-Con Preview!
San Diego Comic-Con was this weekend and a ton of exciting trailers were premiered. Here are a look at a few of them I found exciting. Wonder Woman: It’s about damn time. Gal Gadot reprises her role as Wonder Woman in this WWI set action fantasy continuing the DC cinematic universe that started with “Man […]
This is Not A Game…of Thrones.
Because we know what’s really important here in these United States, someone made sure to find out that Brexit wouldn’t be affecting our viewership of “Game of Thrones.” HBO has issued a statement saying โWe do not anticipate that the result of the EU Referendum will have any material effect on HBO producing Game of […]
Hold the Door
Spoilers for this week’s “Game of Thrones” throughout: Last Sunday’s “Game of Thrones” brought the death of a fan favorite character who seemed too pure not to make it at least to the end of the journey. As Bran’s erstwhile packhorse and best friend, Hodor has been carrying the crippled kid since Season One, it […]
The Owls Are Not What They Seem
Filming has wrapped on the sequel series to “Twin Peaks” and all is right with the world. What is interesting about the news is that it might not just be a limited revival of the series after all. David Lynch and company shot 18 episodes over 140 days and they’re calling them “the first two […]
The Price of Fame: The Reality of Television Contracts
By Christopher Heaps Reposted with permission from HeapsLaw.com The Source has a story this week about a mysterious casting company seeking Benditos who are interested in being on a โreality showโ set here. Some people think itโs fake, and it sure is goofy. For example, the first version of the casting call webpage referred to […]
Open Casting Call for Bend Reality TV Show
Do you ever think to yourself, “I should’ve been a star”? Well, listen up, because this may (or may not) be your chance. An unnamed, L.A.-based “boutique production company” is apparently casting for a reality show based in Bend. The company, which claims to have credits with HGTV and GSN, describes the hypothetical show on […]
C-SPAN’s Bend Weekend
This weekend, C-SPAN is going Bend-centric spending two full days covering Central Oregon’s history, development, arts and culture. See the press release below for details of the coverage that will air this weekend. You can watch all the coverage on BendBroadband channel 61 and HD channel 661. The content will also be available online at […]
Adorable Puppy in Super Bowl Ad from Bend
If you’re looking for a recap of yesterday’s Seahawk dominated Super Bowl XLVIII, you can listen to one here.NOW, for something entirely more interesting, a review of the Super Bowl commercials!In a blurry of celebrity-studded advertising (among our favorites were James Franco hanging out with tigers and Steven Colbert’s pistachio head), the most successful ad […]
Watch “Orange is the New Black.” It’s Impressively Good.
The new Netflix original series “Orange is the New Black,” is phenomenal. And I’ve only watched one of the 13 episodes. Others in the office, already addicted to the hilarious yet poignant, well written/scripted/acted series about a late 20s upper middle class white woman who goes to prison for a decade-old drug offense, say it […]

