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.
Updated: Netflix’s big-budget American adaption of Japanese manga Death Note began filming in Vancouver inside the West End’s empty Gabriola Mansion — with the floors… Read More »START: American Adaption of Japanese Manga DEATH NOTE With Nat Wolff & Margaret Qualley Starts Filming in Vancouver
Animals versus Humans. The Threat has Evolved. Update: Season 2 twist. A man mutates into a predator. Is Zoo turning into a zombie show? Last… Read More »PREMIERE: ZOO Season 2 With James Wolk & Tiger Debuts Tonight on CBS
Freeform/Tyler Shields. First kisses. And first kills? Horror-at-summer-camp series Dead of Summer premieres on Freeform tonight. What’s it about? Camp Stillwater in the Midwest seems… Read More »PREMIERE: Horror-At-Summer-Camp Series DEAD OF SUMMER With Elizabeth Mitchell & Elizabeth Lail Debuts Tonight on Freeform
[sz-youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTX29bZLsew” /] Louis Drax tumbled off a cliff. It happened on his ninth birthday at a picnic with his parents (Aaron Paul from Breaking… Read More »TRAILER: THE 9th LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX with Jamie Dornan, Aaron Paul, Sarah Gadon & Aiden Longworth
Syfy image. Syfy’s The Magicians starts flming its second season in metro Vancouver today. Based on a trilogy of books by Lev Grossman, The Magicians follows… Read More »START: Syfy’s THE MAGICIANS Starts Filming Season 2 in Vancouver today
Urban dancer Bella Parker (Nicole Munoz) has a chance to join The American Ballet Company but must compete for a spot with classically-trained ballet dancers… Read More »PREMIERE: CENTER STAGE: ON POINTE With Nicole Munoz Debuts Tonight on Lifetime
Update: New filming dates = September 8th to October 28th. Wildly popular fairy tale musical Disney’s Descendants — about the teenage children of classic Disney villains… Read More »SEQUEL: Disney DESCENDANTS 2 With Dove Cameron Filming This Fall in Vancouver & Victoria
Young, up-and-coming martial artist, Bruce Lee, challenges legendary kung fu master Wong Jack Man to a no-holds-barred fight in Northern California. Upcoming Bruce Lee origin… Read More »RESHOOTS: Bruce Lee Origin Story BIRTH OF THE DRAGON Returns to Vancouver for June 28th To 30th Reshoots
First rule of babysitting: Never take your eyes off the kids. Adventures in Babysitting, an update of the 1987 movie, tells the story of two… Read More »PREMIERE: ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING With Sabrina Carpenter & Sofia Carson Debuts Tonight on Disney Channel