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.
Continuum filmed the season 3 premiere murder of Piron Corp. CEO and Alec Sadler’s father Escher (Hugh Dillon) on the Lower Level of the Vancouver… Read More »SHOOT: CONTINUUM’s Escher Murdered at the Vancouver Public Library in S3 Premiere
The Murder is Just the Beginning. It’s no surprise that CTV ordered a third season of Motive this week. The hit procedural-with-a-twist is unusual for… Read More »RENEWED: CTV Orders Third Season of Vancouver Whydunit MOTIVE
Gracepoint: Welcome to America’s Last Hometown. Main Street Since 1856. After four months of filming, the Gracepoint banners will come down on Oak Bay Avenue… Read More »WRAP: GRACEPOINT Thank you to Victoria & Set Sale in Saanich
Published May 23, 2014 on Vancouver is Awesome. Update: Friends for one night only? Cinematographer Amy Belling, filmmaker A.J. Bond and actor David Amito with… Read More »VANCITY THEATRE: B.C. Psych-Outs STRESS POSITION and CRUEL & UNUSUAL
There’s something very real about these children’s imaginary friends. [sz-youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMG9TMnJfOs” /] Alien invasion drama The Whispers is moving north to Vancouver after filming its… Read More »NEW SERIES: ABC’s Summer Season THE WHISPERS Moves to Vancouver from L.A.
[sz-youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDmis52oqTI” /] FOX uploaded this thankyou video for fans, cast and crew on Tuesday, May 20th, three weeks after the news leaked that the American… Read More »THANKYOU: FOX’s ALMOST HUMAN Thanks for All the Memories & Android Dreams Video
[sz-youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKpzU2GSVC0″ /] He’s back and it looks like he’s craving Italian. In case you missed it: Godzilla promotional spot with Fiat was uploaded May… Read More »PROMO: GODZILLA Fiat Commercial
Hunter Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) and King of Hell Crowley (Mark Sheppard) together in the Impala at the real-life Brownsville Pub and RV Park in… Read More »PROMOS: SUPERNATURAL S9 Finale With Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles & Misha Collins Filmed at Brownsville Pub & RV Park in Surrey
Any challengers for spot-the-location in Godzilla? The box-office smash filmed for three months-plus in and around Vancouver and on Vancouver Island last year. Here’s a… Read More »LOCATIONS: GODZILLA Filming in Burnaby, Coquitlam, Downtown Vancouver, Nanaimo, New Westminster & Steveston