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SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME Turns Gastown into Manhattan for Robert Carlyle, Jennifer Morrison & Jared Gilmore

Some fans spotted prop New York taxi cabs and other NYC set dressing last December in Gastown and hoped it would be for one final downtown shoot of their show Fringe. Surprisingly, it turned out to be for Once Upon a Time instead. The modern fairy tale series shot scenes of famous fairy tale character Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) out of Storybrooke and in Manhattan, where a coerced Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and Henry (Jared Gilmore) help him search for his long-lost son Bae. Is Bae found? Well, that’s a spoiler for another post.

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SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME’s Robert Carlyle & Jared Gilmore Play with Mr. Gold’s Cane in Gastown for 2×14

Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold will make it to Manhattan protected by the talisman of his long-lost son Bae’s cloak wrapped around his neck. We know it’s coming in February when Once Upon a Time returns with new episodes. After all, Rumple effectively blackmailed Emma into accompanying him last night, but why is Henry there?  A lot of Oncers have figured that out but let’s take it one spoiler at a time.

Sure Rumple and Henry have had their moments in Storybrooke but I doubt they’ve become as friendly as the two actors who play them — Robert Carlyle and Jared Gilmore. In between takes on Powell Street in Gastown last December, Gilmore had a lot of fun playing with Mr. Gold’s cane.  Note the pile of garbage bags on the sidewalk meant to signify New York City.

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PROMOS: SUPERNATURAL 8×12 As Time Goes By Promo Images & Video of Grandpa Winchester

Meet Sam & Dean Winchester’s paternal grandfather Henry. He looks pretty damn young to be a grandfather but that’s because he’s travelled forward in time from 1958 to get help from his son John to stop a demon Abbadon. Instead he meets his demon-hunting grandsons.

Credit: Ed Araquel/The CW -- © 2013 The CW Network. All Rights Reserved
Credit: Ed Araquel/The CW -- © 2013 The CW Network. All Rights Reserved

Henry (Gil McKinney), while an important part of the family mythology, is someone Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) knew nothing about. Until now. Through him they will learn about the life and legacy of the Winchesters as they hunt the demon Read More »PROMOS: SUPERNATURAL 8×12 As Time Goes By Promo Images & Video of Grandpa Winchester

SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME’s Jennifer Morrison at The Blarney Stone in Gastown for 2×14 – Updated

[Update Emma (Jennifer Morrison) is talking on the phone to her mother Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin)  in Storybrooke ,telling her that Mr. Gold’s son Bae (Michael Raymond-James) is Henry (Jared Gilmore)’s father]

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Since the secret is well and truly out about Once Upon a Time’s upcoming episode called Manhattan, I’m overdue sharing photos I took of a two-day shoot last December in Gastown dressed as Soho. I’ll start with these ones of Jennifer Morrison (not in one of Emma’s usual kickass leather jackets) getting ready to do a scene of Emma talking on her cell phone. Later she will meet someone inside the bar for a night shoot.

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WEEK: January 7-13, 2013

  • Sunday, January 13th – Once Upon a Time 2×12 The Outsider has Rumple finding a way to cross the town border without losing his memory of his son Bae, Hook stealing Bae’s cloak,  a Rumple vs Hook showdown and then a big twist involving Rumple’s beloved Belle.
  • Sunday, January 13th – CTV airs a promo for Vancouver detective series Motive during the Golden Globes with the tagline: The Murder is Just the Beginning. Debuts on February 3rd after the Superbowl on CTV.
  • Sunday, January 13th – Cult panel at the Television Critics Association (TCA) winter press tour, with cast Matt Davis, Jessica Lucas, Robert Knepper and Alona Tal and Farscape creator Rockne O’Bannon. Debuts February 19th on The CW.
  • Sunday, January 13th – The CW president Mark Pedowitz says new version of Vancouver-filmed pilot The Selection still in contention for pilot order. Tells TCA winter press tour that he loves the new script.
  • Friday, January 11th – Fringe 5×11 The Boy Must Live – the third-to-last episode features naked Walter in deprivation tank and father-son bonding between Walter and Peter and between September and his son, the child Observer! Oh, and someone must die for the plan to work.
  • Friday, January 11th – Arrow Fraturday: star Stephen Amell steals a motorcyle in a scene at Portal Park as news breaks of his Christmas wedding to longtime girlfriend Cassandra Jean; his stunt double rides the motorcycle down the stairs at Oceanic Plaza and over a prop Starling City cab into prop traffic on West Hastings. Arrow crew then moves to underground parking at the Vancouver Convention Centre to film overnight scenes until Saturday morning.
  • Friday, January 11th – Supernatural Fraturday: films overnight again inside Century House in downtown Vancouver.
  • Friday, January 11th – City releases promo image of  sitcom Package Deal, featuring Randal Edwards, Julia Voth, Harland Williams and Jay Malone.
  • Thursday, January 10th – Sitcom Package Deal tapes in front of live studio audience in Burnaby.
  • Thursday, January 10th – Once Upon a Time films at Deer Lake Park with Charming, Snow & Henry on set.
  • Thursday, January 10th – Arrow films at the PNE
  • Thursday, January 10th – Supernatural films inside Century House in downtown Vancouver.
  • Thursday, January 10th – Red Widow panel at TCA winter press tour. Debuts March 3rd on ABC.
  • Thursday, January 10th – News via @Lemon_Buzz that feature film Ninja Turtles closed its Vancouver production office and opened a NYC production office = Vancouver loses another feature film.
  • Thurday, January 10th – Premier Christy Clark’s BC Jobs Plan boosts several industries but not our declining film & TV biz. Click on the SAVE BC FILM petition and sign it to let her know the cost to the province of losing film & TV productions to places with better tax credits.
  • Wednesday, January 9th – Fringe showrunner Joel Wyman and cast Lance Reddick present early screening Read More »WEEK: January 7-13, 2013

Noah Wyle and Will Patton Film FALLING SKIES S3 Dream Sequence in Gastown

Falling Skies wraps filming of its third season this coming week in Vancouver. And as far as I know, few if any have seen them on location until today at the Coffee Bar in Gastown. But it sure didn’t look anything like the post-apocalyptic Falling Skies we’ve come to know. Where were the Skitters? Where were the Mechs? Where were the Overlords? Where were the even creepier aliens introduced in the season two finale? And where was 2nd Mass, the small band of insurgents named after the 2nd Massachusetts of the American Revolution, who’ve been fighting the occupying alien force for three seasons?

Noah Wyle’s Tom Mason had no beard or scruffy clothing. And Will Patton’s Captain Dan Weaver looked more like a homeless lunatic than the military leader of 2nd Mass. And what’s with all the well-dressed people carrying bags of Christmas shopping, coming and going in a cafe decorated with wreaths? It turns out today was a reshoot of a dream sequence. So it provides few clues about what drama will unfold in the third season set to air next summer on TNT in the U.S.

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WEEK: December 10-16, 2012

WEEK: November 26 – December 2, 2012