Minnesota-born actor Kate Nowlin and her actor husband, Remy Auberjonois, are moving here.
"They are literally looking for a house right now," said Minnesota Film and TV Board exec director Lucinda Winter. "They want to open a production company here called Wakemup Productions and make more movies and TV here."
Remy, whose acting career is doing quite well, is the son of actor Rene Auberjonois, credits too numerous to select just one.
"Remy and his wife, Kate, came here and shot a movie called 'The Blood Stripe.' She is the cousin of Dario Anselmo [former owner of the Fine Line]," Winter said. "They have been tremendously helpful in trying to connect with people at the Capitol about how important our snowbate is."
Winter has also been busy helping young filmmakers Chris Charles and John W. Bosher, based in Chicago and in New York City, scout the state for movie locales. "They have a slate of movies. They are very smart; they have a niche, $1-$2 million budget, these two guys are for real."
Kate and Remy are legit, too. "If you like the 'Good Wife,' " said Winter, who knows I do from my tweets. "Remember the guy with the beard?"
That was Auberjonois in the role of campaign adviser Martin Parillo, who offered an unsavory debate strategy to David Hyde Pierce's Frank Prady.
Remy will be hard to spot around town because he's something of a chameleon based on whether he's wearing a beard and how he combs his hair.
