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.
Lou Update: Post-pandemic shutdown = Lou no longer filming in Vancouver? Allison Janney is coming to Vancouver this Spring to star in big-budget movie Lou.… Read More »BIG MOVIE: Is Allison Janney Coming to Vancouver This Spring To Star in LOU?
Mixtape Update: Pre-production paused in March. Mixtape no longer filming in Vancouver? A girl who never knew her mother discovers who she was from the… Read More »BIG MOVIE: Is Coming-of-Age Comedy MIXTAPE Filming in Vancouver This Spring?
TV Pilots A reimagining of the 1970s series Kung Fu starring David Carradine with a young Chinese-American woman as the lead. Filming dates: March 9th… Read More »TV PILOTS: The CW’s Reimagining of KUNG FU With a Female Lead is Filming in Vancouver
Jurassic World 3 Will the opening scene in Jurassic World 3 be of dinosaurs in the old growth forest of Vancouver Island? The dinosaurs are… Read More »BIG MOVIE: Will the Opening Scene in JURASSIC WORLD 3 Be Of Dinosaurs in Vancouver Island’s Old-Growth Forest?
Jurassic World 3 Updated: All the cast from the original Jurassic Park is coming back. — Chris Pratt Chris Pratt is about to start shooting Jurassic… Read More »BIG MOVIE: Original Jurassic Park Cast Reunites for JURASSIC WORLD 3 With Chris Pratt
The Astronauts Update: Production suspended in mid-March because of coronavirus concerns, A group of kids accidentally launch themselves into Space in a Nickelodeon-Imagine Kids co-production filming… Read More »NEW SERIES: Kids Accidentally Launch into Space in Nickelodeon’s THE ASTRONAUTS Filming in Vancouver
The Mighty Ducks Update: Production was suspended in mid-March because of Coronavirus concerns, Coach Bombay and the Quack Attack are Back. Disney+’s series adaption of… Read More »DISNEY+: THE MIGHTY DUCKS with Emilio Estevez Back as Coach Bombay Starts Filming in Vancouver
Supergirl’s 100th I am offering you a do-over — Mr.Mxyzptlk. What if Lena had known Kara’s secret? Would they still be friends? Supergirl’s 100th episode… Read More »EVENT: SUPERGIRL’s 100th Episode Promo of It’s a Super Life Gives Kara Do-Over With Lena Luthor
Umma Update: Post-pandemic shutdown — Umma no longer filming in Vanccouver? Sandra Oh is shooting the feature film Umma (Mom in Korean) in Vancouver this… Read More »NEW MOVIE: Sandra Oh To Film Iris K. Shin’s UMMA (Mom in Korean) in Vancouver This Spring