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.
[sz-youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3gRjvsiySw” /] Six months after it was shot in downtown Vancouver, Jeep Cherokee’s River in the City commercial finally debuted last weekend. It’s wonderful. Two unsuspecting drivers… Read More »COMMERCIAL: Jeep Cherokee Commercial that Turned 400 Granville into Flowing River in Winter
Monday, January 5th Production resumes on The 100 season 2 (wraps January 23) for The CW, Falling Skies season 5 (wraps January 27) for TNT, iZombie season 1 (wraps January 27)… Read More »WINTER 2015: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Release, BACKSTROM, THE RETURNED, iZombie Premieres & SUPERNATURAL, ONCE UPON A TIME, ARROW, THE FLASH, BATES MOTEL, PROOF, TV Pilot ROADIES Filming
VIFF Industry Conference: Specific Voices-Episodic TV from VIFF on Vimeo. Moderator: Tim Goodman, The Hollywood Reporter. Jack Amiel, co-creator and writer of Cinemax’s The Knick about… Read More »VIFF INDUSTRY: THE KNICK’s Jack Amiel & THE WIRE/SONS OF ANARCHY’s Chris Collins on 2014 Writers Room Panel
VIFF Industry Conference: Genre Smash! sponsored by ACFC West, Local 2020 Unifor from VIFF on Vimeo. One Marvel screenwriter. Three Homegrown Showrunners. Panel moderated by… Read More »VIFF INDUSTRY: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY’s Nicole Perlman, BONES/BACKSTROM’s Hart Hanson; CONTINUUM’s Simon Barry, & MOTIVE’s Dennis Heaton on 2014 Genre Writers Panel
VIFF Industry Conference: Genre Smash! sponsored by ACFC West, Local 2020 Unifor from VIFF on Vimeo. Fast forward to 5:50 for Continuduumb & Duumber. If… Read More »VIFF INDUSTRY: CONTINUUM’s ContinuDuumb & Duumber Gag Reel Starring Victor Webster
Updated with details of the filming of the Squamish bear attack. Helmed by director Alejandro González Iñárritu and lensed by Oscar-winning Gravity cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, this A-list… Read More »SHOOT: THE REVENANT Films Bear Attack With Leonardo DiCaprio & “The Bear” in Squamish
UPDATE: Vancouverites will get a chance to see Seth Rogen’s international-incident comedy The Interview in theatres this Friday but not downtown. We”ll have to drive… Read More »SCREENINGS: Seth Rogen’s THE INTERVIEW To Open in B.C. – Where It Was Made – This Friday
[sz-youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KxIHVGch8I#t=128″ /] Fans Mr. 8866 and “Alex Luthor” created a DC vs Marvel superhero showdown video featuring clips from The Flash, Arrow and Man… Read More »MASHUP: Fan’s DC Vs Marvel Superhero Showdown Features THE FLASH, ARROW & MAN OF STEEL
Do older brothers Sheldon (Harland Williams) and Ryan (Jay Malone) finally succeed in breaking up baby brother Danny (Randal Edwards)’s romance with Kim (Julia Voth),… Read More »FINALE: Sitcom PACKAGE DEAL Season 2 Finale Tonight on City With Back to Back Episodes