Lucifer’s last night in Vancouver. Lucifer season 2 went out in style with star Tom Ellis joking with crew in the rain and a west… Read More »LAST NIGHT: LUCIFER Hijinks With Tom Ellis & Aimee Garcia on Last Night Filming in Vancouver
Update: Series filmed in Los Angeles not Vancouver. An American sniper on the run from the U.S. government. Ryan Phillippe (Secrets and Lies) plays the… Read More »SHOOT: USA Network Pilot SHOOTER Films Ryan Phillippe & Shantel VanSanten on Vancouver’s BC Place Concourse
[sz-youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knW4FINX8iY” /] Simon Barry’s Vancouver sci-fi series Continuum comes to an end tonight. What happens to Vancouver cop-from-the-future Kiera Cameron (Rachel Nichols)? Does she… Read More »FINAL HOUR: Simon Barry’s Vancouver Sci-Fi Series CONTINUUM Comes to An End Tonight on Showcase
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Sunday, December 1st – Once Upon a Time 3×09 Save Henry airs on ABC/CTV. After Pan (Robbie Kay) tricks Henry (Jared Gilmore) into sacrificing his heart, Emma (Jennifer… Read More »WEEK: November 25 – December 1, 2013
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Published February 15, 2013 on Vancouver is Awesome
One Valentine’s night. Three shoots. Vancouver production crews worked late into the night on Valentine’s Day to film scenes for TV series Supernatural, Arrow and Vancouver’s own Continuum in the downtown area. I looped around from Supernatural on Station Street beside Pacific Central Station to Arrow on Franklin Street near the Terminal City Ironworks complex to Continuum at the Plaza of Nations and back again to capture our crews at work.
Supernatural crew worked inside and outside the Ivanhoe Hotel at the rear on Station Street, not packing up until 2 a.m. One exterior scene had Sam and Dean Winchester (Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles) arriving at the motorhome below and possibly loading a prop dead body into the trunk of a car. Arrow set up on Franklin Street either in or near the Terminal City Ironworks complex in east Vancouver to film motorcycle scenes in the morning, Moira Queen (Susanna Thompson) in a rooftop meeting and much later, someone shooting arrows into a black town car. Wonder who? Arrow ran late so probably packed up past its scheduled 2 a.m. departure.. Continuum’s crew started early too at the Plaza of Nations on the dock to film scenes aboard Kellogg (Vancouver actor Stephen Lobo)’s yacht (Adriana), then moved inside their Vancouver police station set with background performers and back outside for night scenes aboard Kellogg’s yacht and a steadicam scene of mad time traveller Jason (Vancouver actor Ian Tracey).
Our crews work up to sixteen hours a day five days a week to bring scripts to life in all kinds of weather. Mostly cold and wet. Those lucky enough to still have jobs don’t have enough time to see their loved ones on Valentine’s Day far less watch the shows they work on. So no, these aren’t “Hollywood jobs”, but they are good well-paid ones. And they’re leaving for Toronto because of Ontario’s superior tax credits. As a result, Vancouver lost its bragging rights as North America’s third biggest film and TV production centre to Toronto (after Los Angeles and New York). And lately, it’s gone from bad to worse. British Columbia’s third biggest industry, generating over $1 billion, faced unprecedented unemployment last month. Read More »BIG READ: Vancouver Film Crews at Work – #SaveBCFilm
