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.
Thursday, January 2nd, 2014. CKNW host and filming fan Drex, filling in for Michael Eckford, interviews Wayne Bennett of BC Film and Susan Gittins of… Read More »BC FILM: CKNW Interview with host Drex, Wayne Bennett of BC Film & Susan Gittins of YVRShoots
Rachel Nichols, who stars as the Vancouver cop from the future on the international hit series Continuum, announced her engagement on instagram this Monday (December… Read More »ENGAGEMENT: CONTINUUM Star Rachel Nichols Gets Engaged
World of Warcraft mega-movie adaption Warcraft is expected to start filming on January 20th in Vancouver, with the production codename Lost in Gastown. The Game of Thrones… Read More »START DATE: World of Warcraft Adaption WARCRAFT to Start Filming January 20th
Holiday Hiatus: Sunday, December 29th – TV.com’s Top 100 of Everything ranks Fringe‘s Walter Bishop (John Noble)’s trio of farewells to Peter (Joshua Jackson), Donald… Read More »WEEK: December 23-29, 2013
As Christmas approached in the Hallmark Channel series Cedar Cove, Jack (Dylan Neal) walked by a festively-decorated cafe in Philadelphia played by the Bean Around… Read More »SET: CEDAR COVE’s Christmas in July with Andie MacDowell & Dylan Neal
Saturday, December 21st – 2-week Holiday Hiatus from December 21st to January 5th for most Vancouver productions, returning Monday, January 6th, next year. Friday, December… Read More »WEEK: December 16-22, 2013
December 21st to January 5th is the two-week holiday hiatus for returning Vancouver productions this season, with most expected back filming on Monday, January 6th. Enjoy the… Read More »HAPPY HOLIDAY HIATUS
UPDATE: Start of filming pushed back to January 28th according to latest BC Production list. American network FOX has another event series slated to film near… Read More »START DATE: GRACEPOINT with David Tennant & Anna Gunn to Start Filming in Victoria on January 28th – Updated
Fifty Shades of Grey capped its exterior filming in December as May with this rescheduled Gastown shoot today. Seattle billionaire Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) saves student… Read More »SHOOT: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Films Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) Saving Ana (Dakota Johnson) From Cyclist in Gassy Jack Square