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.
Animals versus humans. Animal attacks become more violent and coordinated around the world in the James Patterson thriller. Zoo season 2 lit up Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth… Read More »SHOOT: Animals Versus Humans. ZOO Season 2 Films at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre
The love story of the Seattle billionaire-with-singular-tastes Christian Grey and the girl-who-said-No Anastasia Steele does not run smoothly. Christian (Jamie Dornan)’s former submissive Leila Williams… Read More »SHOOT: FIFTY SHADES DARKER Films Leila Stalking Christian Grey & Ana Steele in Gastown
Ana on a bus? Fifty Shades Darker filmed Ana Steele (Dakota Johnson) riding a Seattle bus around and around Gastown this afternoon. The bus made… Read More »SHOOT: FIFTY SHADES DARKER’s Ana Steele (Dakota Johnson) Rides a Seattle Bus in Vancouver’s Gastown
Ever wondered what it would be like to clean up after Batman V Superman trashes a town? Updated: NBC pilot Powerless filmed some Crimson Fox… Read More »SHOOT: NBC Pilot POWERLESS’s Crimson Fox Stunts in Downtown Vancouver Today
International sci-fi hit Wayward Pines began shooting its second season on Tuesday, March 1st, in metro Vancouver. We write it, they shoot it. Season Two… Read More »START: WAYWARD PINES Season 2 With Carla Gugino, Jason Patric, Djimon Hounson, Josh Helman Began Filming This Week in Vancouver
Remember the original TV body tattoo? Michael Scofield had his body tattooed with clues long before this season’s breakout hit Blindspot. Prison Break, a FOX… Read More »REVIVAL: PRISON BREAK Revival with Wentworth Miller & Dominic Purcell to Film in Vancouver This Spring
Present for Ana? Fifty Shades filmed in a Vancouver downpour tonight in Gastown. Jason Taylor (Max Martini) drives Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) to Ana Steele… Read More »SHOOT: FIFTY SHADES DARKER’s Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) Brings Ana (Dakota Johnson) A Present in Vancouver’s Gastown
Updated: Ana Steele does not want to get into the car. Fifty Shades Darker filmed a scene of Ana (Dakota Johnson) coming out of her… Read More »SHOOT: FIFTY SHADES DARKER’s Dakota Johnson & Max Martini Filming in Vancouver’s Gastown
Updated: It’s Morphin’ Time in metro Vancouver. The Power Rangers movie — which lit up the streets around Gladstone Secondary School for three overnights this… Read More »BIG BUDGET: POWER RANGERS Movie Cast Filming in Metro Vancouver