Monday, June 13, 2016

ATX Television Festival Brings Stars To Austin

Stars of past, present, and future television shows were brought together in Austin, Texas June 9 - 12, 2016, for the fifth  ATX Television Festival. This one-of-a-kind festival was co-founded by Cailtin McFarland and Emily Gipson to celebrate the television industry and introduce its many facets to the public interested in it.

Cailtin McFarland and Emily Gipson



Reunions, discussion panels, and red carpets popped up all around town as thousands of tv show fans of all ages descended on Austin to catch a glance or possibly even meet their favorite actors and learn from their experiences.

Limelight Imaging was honored to by a part of two of the many events taking place over the weekend: the opening night red carpet event with the cast and producers of USA's Queen of the South" and Series panel participants from "Casual," "Kingdom," "Friday Night Light," and "Superstore" and the "Friday Night Lights" Reunion at Panther Field.



Red Carpet
On June 9, the red carpet was rolled out at the historic Paramount Theater on Congress Ave as the stars of the past, present and future greeted Austin and the world.

Historic Paramount Theater in downtown Austin, Texas


Kingdom
Matt Lauria




Friday Night Lights/ Panel Participants
Katherine Willis of Friday Night Lights

Stunt actors Nick Benseman and Nikki Tomlinson with
Actors Derek Phillips and Stacey Oristano of Friday Night Lights




Queen of the South
The cast of Queen of the South

Peter Gadiot

Joaquim de Almeida

Veronica Falcon

Justina Machado

Alice Braga

Gerardo Taracena

Jon Ecker


Casual
The cast of Casual with creator Zander Lehmann

Tara Lynne Barr

Michaela Watkins

Tommy Dewey

Zander Lehmann



Friday Night Lights Tailgate and Pep Rally

This year marks the 10 year anniversary since the almost-true-to-life story about high school football in Texas, Friday Night Lights, first came on the air.

As any true fan of Friday Night Lights knows, the story took place in the fictional town of Dillon, Texas, but the series was filmed right here in Austin, Texas and neighboring communities.

On Friday, June 10, fans were treated to an old-school high school pep rally and tailgate as many of the stars of Friday Night Lights traveled out to the actual high school football stadium where the series was filmed, Panther Field in Del Valle, Texas.  The cast reunion included tours of the locker rooms shown in the series, band performances including series star Jesse Plemons' band Cowboy and Indian, and Q and A interaction on stage.

Here's what the festivities looked like.

Tours of Panther Field locker rooms

Panther Fieldhouse

Fans check out the lockers of their favorite players

Mascot Banner

Dillon Panthers Motto

Tailgate party

Goal Post

Band entertaining the fans

The bleachers are a little worse for the wear


Fans welcome FNL star Jesse Plemons and his band to the stage

Jesse Plemons (Landry Clarke) and Stephanie Hunt (Devin boland) with FNL band Crucifictorious with a little help from Louanne Stephens (Grandma Saracen)

Jesse Plemons (Landry Clarke)

"Crucifictorious"


Fans enjoying the fun


Cast Members

Katherine Willis (Joanne Street) and
 Scott Porter (Jason Street) talk with ET reporter

Jeff Rosick (Buddy Garrity, Jr) and Brad Leland (Buddy Garrity) talk with ET reporter

Matt Lauria (Luke Cafferty) hangs with fans


Gaius Charles (Brian "Smash" Williams) and high school football players

Matt Lauria (Luke Cafferty), Liz Mikel (Corinna Williams), and Gaius Charles ("Smash" Williams)

Adrianne Palicki (Tyra Collette) and Jesse Plemons (Landry Clarke)

Connie Britton (Tami Taylor)  

Q and A With Cast

The cast of Friday Night Lights

Dora Madison Burge (Becky Sproles), Brad Leland (Buddy Garrity, Jesse Plemons (Landry Clarke)
 and Connie Britton (Tami Taylor) 

Louanne Stephens (Grandma Saracen)


TEXAS FOREVER!!

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