Portland has more screen time coming up, thanks to the Disney+ movie, “Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made,” an adaptation of the best-selling book by Stephan Patsis. Today, Disney+ released the first trailer for the movie, which filmed on location in the Portland area in 2018.

The trailer is pretty charming, as it shows the young Timmy (Winslow Fegley), operating his own detective agency, with the help of his partner, Total, a 1,500-pound polar bear. Though the agency is named “Total Failure, Inc.,” in their honor, that name is misleading, Timmy informs us, because he’s anything but a failure.

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In the trailer, Timmy tells us that he lives in the shadow of a water tower, “in Portland, Oregon, a place where things get strange.” Illustrating that, we see a brief image of bare-chested bicycle riders, including a yelling Wallace Shawn.

Hey, at least the riders aren’t nude, in Portland Naked Bike Ride fashion.

Update: We just received a nice email from an officer in the Overlook Neighborhood Association, who says the water tower shown in the trailer is located in North Portland, in the Overlook neighborhood, with Beach Elementary School visible in the background.

Here are more details about the “Timmy Failure” filming in the Overlook neighborhood, from the neighborhood association newsletter:

“Overlook residents might have noticed a drone flying overhead, cameras on corners or even a polar bear wandering down the street. It’s all part of filming for a new Disney motion picture titled ‘Timmy Failure.’ The production team has been shooting at a few neighborhood spots including the pedestrian bridge over N. Going Street, and the painted intersection at the painted Concord-Failing-Overlook intersection.”

“Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made” may be aimed toward a young audience, but it’s directed by actor/filmmaker Tom McCarthy, who directed the Oscar-winning feature, “Spotlight,” and who played a newspaperman (who also made plenty of mistakes) in Season 5 of HBO’s “The Wire.”

As the press materials say, “Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made” focuses on a “quirky, deadpan hero,” whose world includes his mother (played by Ophelia Lovibond), her boyfriend (Kyle Bornheimer), a teacher who’s also a nemesis (that’s the role Shawn plays), and a guidance counselor (Craig Robinson).

You can stream “Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made” on Disney+, beginning Feb. 7.

The film will also show in the “Kids” section of the Sundance Film Festival, which takes place from Jan. 23-Feb. 2, in Park City, Salt Lake City and the Sundance Mountain Resort, in Utah.

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-- Kristi Turnquist

kturnquist@oregonian.com 503-221-8227 @Kristiturnquist

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