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.
Apart from the occasional putrid corpse has there ever been a TV series that showcased Vancouver’s beauty more than Motive? Known for its bold cinematic… Read More »PREMIERE: Vancouver Whydunit Series MOTIVE’s Final Season Premieres Tuesday. Set Sale This Weekend.
Ever wondered what it would be like to clean up after Batman V Superman trashes a town? NBC pilot Powerless filmed Vanessa Hudgens (High School… Read More »SHOOT: Vanessa Hudgens as Insurance Claims Adjuster in NBC Pilot POWERLESS at Vancouver’s Marine Building
Updated with revised start date for filming: Critically-acclaimed alternate WWII outcome series The Man in the High Castle starts filming its second season in metro… Read More »SEASON 2: Amazon’s THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE Season 2 Starts Filming in Metro Vancouver Next Week
Revised and Updated. Dylan O’Brien injured himself Thursday on the Maze Runner: The Death Cure set in Cache Creek, BC. WorkSafe BC Prevention is on… Read More »INJURY: Star Dylan O’Brien Injured on Set of MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE in British Columbia
This time it’s Lincoln’s turn to break his brother Michael out of prison. Lincoln, Sara,, Sucre, T-Bag and C-Note team up to break Michael out… Read More »REUNION: PRISON BREAK Cast Reunites for Revival Filming in Vancouver This Spring
May 10th Update: In The Runaway Dinosaur, Barry fights to return to his old life. The Flash filmed Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) [with Iris West… Read More »SHOOT: Kevin Smith Directs Grant Gustin & Candice Patton in Vancouver’s Crab Park
Back to to the Future meets Mission: Impossible. From Supernatural creator Erik Kripke and The Shield creator Shawn Ryan comes time-travelling action-adventure Timeless. What’s it… Read More »SHOOT: Eric Kripke/Shawn Ryan NBC Pilot TIMELESS Recreates 1937 Hindenburg Disaster at Delta’s Boundary Bay Airport
Update: Gastown made a beautiful backdrop last night for a Fifty Shades Darker shoot in the Water St. Cafe. Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) and Ana… Read More »SHOOT: FIFTY SHADES DARKER’s Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) & Ana Steele (Dakota Johnson) at Water St. Cafe in Vancouver’s Gastown
May 15th Update: Another Once Upon a Time season finale. Another surprise for Regina in Granny’s Diner. Hook’s back from the dead. Oh Emma….when will… Read More »SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME’s CaptainSwan (Colin O’Donoghue & Jennifer Morrison) Walk-And-Kiss in Steveston