Alberta Named Outstanding Film Commission for THE LAST OF US Locations
Location. Location. Location. Hit HBO series The Last of Us used spectacular Alberta locations and VFX to create its dystopian world.
Susan Gittins
Longtime mainstream media (MSM) journalist and author Susan Gittins began writing about and photographing Vancouver’s many film and TV location shoots in the summer of 2010 after the Winter Olympics put the city and its beauty on the world stage. Movies and TV series often showcase the Vancouver area in similar fashion. Vancouver is Awesome commissioned her YVRShoots series in the fall of 2010 and it ran regularly for three years. She launched her own daily YVRShoots blog in the spring of 2012.
BC-Filmed THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES Won’t Stream on Disney+. Will Be Shopped.
A change in content strategy means the already-completed The Spiderwick Chronicles will not stream on Disney+ as expected. The BC-filmed series from 20th Television and rival studio Paramount will be shopped elsewhere.
THE ABANDONS & BILLY THE KID Lay Off Alberta Crews Due To Hollywood Shutdown
Many American film and TV productions have shut down across Canada as a result of the breakdown in contract talks between 8 Hollywood studio/streamers and the writers and actors’ guilds, leaving film crews struggling to make ends meet.
Indie CHASING MIDNIGHT With Brian Austin Green & Jewel Staite Filming in Alberta
Heist thriller Chasing Midnight, with Brian Austin Green and Jewel Staite as Chris and Sandi Habbyshaw, is headed into its last week of filming in Leduc Alberta.
NANCY DREW’s Series Finale Tonight With Kennedy McMann
Nancy Drew’s series finale with Kennedy McMann as the Iconic detective airs tonight on The CW.
New Poster for THE BOYS College Spinoff GEN V: Who Are the Wannabe Supes?
The Boys college spinoff Gen V premieres Friday, September 29th, on Amazon’s Prime Video, with the first three episodes.
BC-Filmed Revenge Thriller WILDERNESS With Jenna Coleman Drops September 15th on Prime
BC-and-Alberta-filmed Wilderness series, with Jenna Coleman and Oliver Jackson-Cohen in a revenge thriller set in America’s national parks, streams September 15th on Amazon’s Prime Video.
Dun-Dun. LAW & ORDER TORONTO: CRIMINAL INTENT Starts Filming in Toronto
The new spinoff of the Law & Order franchise follows detectives who investigate high-profile crime and corruption in metro Toronto.
THANKSGIVING Slasher Movie With Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae Filming Pickups in Hamilton/Toronto This Week
Have any Thanksgiving cast — Addison Rae, Milo Manheim, Patrick Dempsey — returned to Hamilton and Toronto this week to film pickups on the movie?