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.
Are you a fan of the Lemony Snicket books? Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events starts filming in metro Vancouver today with Neil Patrick Harris… Read More »START: Netflix series A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS with Neil Patrick Harris Starts Filming in Vancouver
A young man wakes from a 12-year coma to find he has supernatural powers that put him smack dab in the middle of a dangerous… Read More »START: Freeform’s BEYOND With Burkely Duffield Starts Filming in Metro Vancouver
Season 2 of critically-acclaimed alternate WWII outcome series The Man in the High Castle constructed some kind of checkpoint at the University of British Columbia… Read More »SHOOT: THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE Season 2 Night Shoot at University of British Columbia’s Main Mall
May 17th Update: Can Barry stop Zoom’s meta-army led by the Black Siren (Earth 2″s Black Canary doppelganger)? The Flash versus Black Siren (Katie Cassidy)… Read More »SHOOT: THE FLASH Faces Meta-Human Army Led By the Black Siren (Katie Cassidy) in Downtown Vancouver
The CW greenlighted the filmed-in-Vancouver Archie Comics-inspired Riverdale to series. Here are some instagrams from the parents during the filming of the pilot: Archie’s Dad… Read More »TV PILOT: CW Greenlights Filmed-in-Vancouver Archie Comics Pilot RIVERDALE To Series
Fifty Shades Darker has booked one of Vancouver’s most historic mansions this month to film the famous Grey Masquerade Ball. The built-in-1932, Spanish revival mansion… Read More »LOCATION: FIFTY SHADES DARKER Books Vancouver Mansion Casa Mia for Masquerade Ball Filming Mid-April
Update: Screencap from teaser. Run Norman Run. Bates Motel filmed Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) running out of the gothic Bates House set in Aldergrove and… Read More »SHOOT: Run Norman Run. BATES MOTEL’s Freddie Highmore at Aldergrove Bates House & Motel Set for Season 4 Finale.
Captain Swan. Avert your eyes Mom. PDA coming. And how. “I love you.” – Emma #OnceUponATime pic.twitter.com/ozm0ibxcna — Once Upon A Time (@OnceABC) May 16, 2016… Read More »SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME Season 5’s Last Day in Steveston With Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Colin O’Donoghue, Josh Dallas, Ginnifer Goodwin, Rebecca Mader, Jared Gilmore
[sz-youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lWxNJF-ufM” /] Get ready for a dynamic do-over. Remember these super heroes in downtown Vancouver last year? Electra Woman & Dyna Girl is the… Read More »TRAILER: Digital Feature ELECTRA WOMAN & DYNA GIRL With Grace Helbig & Hannah Hart