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.
From the folks who brought you WolfCop: CineCoup’s 2nd film accelerator program launches in downtown Vancouver tonight with $1 million in production financing available for… Read More »FILM ACCELERATOR: From the Folks Who Brought You WOLFCOP, CineCoup’s 2nd $1-Million Film Accelerator Launches Tonight
Three weeks. That’s how long we have to wait for the Spring premiere of Once Upon a Time on Sunday, March 1st. And several weeks… Read More »SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME’s Robin Hood Gallops on a Horse Through Downtown Vancouver as New York City
In honor of Birdman, we’re going to do the whole #Oscars broadcast in one continuous shot. — Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) February 8, 2015 Last… Read More »VFX: Rodeo FX at SPARK 2015 on Invisible VFX Behind BIRDMAN’s One Continuous Shot
Who knew a portal to Heaven existed in Ladner’s Harbour Park? Perhaps because it’s only there when Supernatural needs to film scenes of a sigil… Read More »SHOOT: Misha Collins Films at SUPERNATURAL’s Portal to Heaven in Ladner’s Harbour Park
[sz-youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYaCdQHbL3s” /] Despite a two-year delay and a big write down, $100-million Seventh Son is not wholly dependent on its North American box office… Read More »RELEASE: SEVENTH SON With Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore & Ben Barnes Opens in North America Today
[sz-youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z-211gEJOg” /] Dead Rising: Watchtower — dubbed “Indiana Jones with Zombies” — stars Jesse Metcalfe (Dallas, Desperate Housewives), Dennis Haysbert (Backstrom, 24) and Meghan Ory… Read More »DIGITAL: DEAD RISING: WATCHTOWER With Jesse Metcalfe, Meghan Ory & Dennis Haysbert Streams March 27th on Crackle
[sz-youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7AvZPTT4kU” /] Both the Lego Trailer and the Fifty Shades of Grey-inspired Audi commercial have the infamous Christian Grey and Ana Steele elevator scene… Read More »PARODIES: Lego Trailer & Audi Commercial with Vanessa Bayer Among New FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Parodies
I’m also working with this guy for the first time today. No big deal. #AtomMeetsFlash #BrandonWillAlwaysBeSupermanToMe #TryingToPlayItCool @BrandonJRouth A photo posted by Grant Gustin (@grantgust)… Read More »SHOOT: ARROW’s Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh) in A.T.O.M. Suit Films THE FLASH at CBC Vancouver
Bravo renewed its dramedy series Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce today for a second season of thirteen episodes which are expected to start filming in Vancouver… Read More »RENEWED: Bravo Renews GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE for Season 2