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.
A-list feature The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy, is looking for a First Nations boy to co-star in the movie. The Revenant is expected to start… Read More »CASTING CALL: THE REVENANT with Leonardo DiCaprio & Tom Hardy Looks for First Nations Boy
UPDATED: Once Upon a Time crew set up to film at two Steveston tourist attractions on the docks today: Pajo’s Fish & Chips (renamed Storybrooke Fish… Read More »SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME at Pajo’s Fish & Chips and Tapenade Bistro on Steveston Docks
Once Upon a Time revealed Frozen’s Snow Queen (Elizabeth Mitchell) in Steveston as Storybrooke today. And Emma (Jennifer Morrison) gave chase. The sequence: Emma’s VW bug… Read More »SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME’s Emma (Jennifer Morrison) Chases FROZEN’s Snow Queen (Elizabeth Mitchell) in Steveston
Update: Turns out the S.T.A.R. labs team were testing human bomb Bette Sans Souci (Kelly Frye)’s explosive abilities. S.T.A.R. Labs is mobile. The Flash’s Barry… Read More »SHOOT: THE FLASH’s Grant Gustin, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes & Mobile STAR Lab in South False Creek
Update: Rush picks up a diamond ring for Sarah in this scene. When You’re The Best Doctor Money Can Buy. You Need To Make Sure… Read More »SHOOT: RUSH Season Finale with Tom Ellis & Mercedes in South False Creek
Update: Rogue moved production from Vancouver to Toronto for season 3 — starting filming mid-February 2015 — and cast Richard Schiff, Sarah Carter (Falling Skies)… Read More »RENEWED: ROGUE With Thandie Newton & Cole Hauser Renewed for Supersized Season Three
Update: Joanna Beauchamp (Julia Ormond) goes back in the past to retrieve something, along with her sister Wendy (Madchen Amick) and resurrected daughter Freya (Jenna… Read More »SHOOT: WITCHES OF EAST END S2 in East Vancouver as Late 19th/Early 20th Century New York
Both partly and mostly filmed-in-Vancouver Dawn of Planet of the Apes (US$537 million) and Godzilla (US$508 million) have passed the half-a-billion-dollars mark in worldwide box office, according… Read More »BOX OFFICE: DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, GODZILLA & ROBOCOP Do Big Box Office Worldwide
How did I miss this? A mashup of Frozen with Fifty Shades of Grey by Tranceart Violeta. Almost 2.5 million views so far. [sz-youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShGuUCUYNDw” /]… Read More »MASHUP: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY + FROZEN = FIFTY SHADES OF FROZEN