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.
We meet Mel’s biological Dad on Virgin River’s Christmas specials now streaming on Netflix. Based on the novels by Robyn Carr, Virgin River follows Melinda… Read More »Meet Mel’s Bio Dad: He’ll Play a Bigger Role in Season 6 of VIRGIN RIVER
When will a delayed season 6 of Netflix’s rHallmark-esque hit series Virgin River start filming in B.C.? As soon as “Vancouver weather allows” Virgin River… Read More »When Will VIRGIN RIVER Season 6 Start Filming? As Soon As “Vancouver Weather Allows”!
How could you not do Christmas In Virgin River. I mean, it’s the most Hallmark-esque of the shows on Netflix — Alexandra Breckinridge to Deadline: Hollywood..… Read More »It’s a VIRGIN RIVER Christmas! BC-Filmed Specials Streaming on Netflix
NBC renewed its Fall hit The Irrational, starring Jesse L. Martin as the “behavioral science guy”, for season 2 of filming in Vancouver. Alec Mercer… Read More »THE IRRATIONAL With Jesse L. Martin Renewed for Season 2 of Filming in Vancouver
New feature The Apprentice, with Sebastian Stan playing the young real estate tycoon Donald Trump during the 70s and 80s, starts filming in Toronto as… Read More »THE APPRENTICE With Sebastian Stan as Young Donald Trump Starts Filming in Toronto
Game of Thrones in feudal Japan. The new BC-filmed Shōgun series premieres February 27th on FX and streams on Disney+. Adapted from James Clavell’s bestselling… Read More »BC-Filmed SHOGUN Set in Feudal Japan Premieres February 27th: Trailer
The Star Trek: Section 31 movie, starring Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, starts filming this January in Toronto. Originally intended to be a Paramount+ series, the… Read More »STAR TREK: SECTION 31 Movie With Michelle Yeoh Starts Filming This January in Toronto
CBS’s new series Tracker, starring Justin Hartley, starts filming tomorrow in Vancouver to meet its coveted post-Super Bowl launch on February 11th. Adapted from Jeffrey… Read More »New CBS Series TRACKER With Justin Hartley Starts Filming in Vancouver
What a year for Riverdale’s Charles Melton. He’s in the Oscar race for his supporting role in May December, winning the Gotham Award tonight in… Read More »RIVERDALE’s Charles Melton In Oscar Race For MAY DECEMBER Supporting Role