Yaletown

SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME Films Jennifer Morrison & Christopher Gorham in Yaletown as New York City – Updated

by Susan Gittins
November 26, 2013February 18, 2014
Once Upon a Time

If you don’t want to be spoiled for Once Upon a Time’s spring premiere New York City Serenade, please stop reading now. When I saw… Read More »SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME Films Jennifer Morrison & Christopher Gorham in Yaletown as New York City – Updated

WEEK: August 26 – September 1, 2013

by Susan Gittins
September 1, 2013September 15, 2013
News

Sunday, September 1st – Cedar Cove 1×08 Help Wanted airs on the W network. An ex-con Olivia (Andie MacDowell) sentenced comes to Cedar Cove to… Read More »WEEK: August 26 – September 1, 2013

WEEK: August 19-25, 2013

by Susan Gittins
August 25, 2013April 3, 2024
News

Sunday, August 25th – Cedar Cove 1×07 Free Spirits airs on the W network. Olivia (Andie MacDowell)’ worries about her daughter Justine who’s gone to… Read More »WEEK: August 19-25, 2013

SHOOT: Stephen Amell & Kevin Alejandro Film ARROW’s “CA$H FOR GUN$” Under Granville Bridge – Updated

by Susan Gittins
August 20, 2013October 30, 2013
Arrow

Arrow’s “CA$H FOR GUN$” event under the Granville Bridge yesterday filled the Yaletown neighbourhood with smoke and the echoing sounds of simulated gunfire. The scene:… Read More »SHOOT: Stephen Amell & Kevin Alejandro Film ARROW’s “CA$H FOR GUN$” Under Granville Bridge – Updated

SHOOT: ARROW’s Willa Holland & Bex Taylor-Klaus in Yaletown’s Mary & Lorne Brown Park

by Susan Gittins
August 19, 2013August 20, 2013
Arrow

Willa Holland (Thea Queen) and Bex Taylor-Klaus (Sin) were spotted on set together at Yaletown’s Mary and Lorne Brown Park this morning. They greeted Katie… Read More »SHOOT: ARROW’s Willa Holland & Bex Taylor-Klaus in Yaletown’s Mary & Lorne Brown Park

SHOOT: ARROW’s Lauriver (Katie Cassidy & Stephen Amell) in Yaletown’s Mary & Lorne Brown Park

by Susan Gittins
August 19, 2013August 20, 2013
Arrow

Lauriver, aka Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy) and Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), don’t look particularly romantic in this Arrow scene filmed in Yaletown’s Mary & Lorne… Read More »SHOOT: ARROW’s Lauriver (Katie Cassidy & Stephen Amell) in Yaletown’s Mary & Lorne Brown Park

WEEK: May 13-19, 2013

by Susan Gittins
May 19, 2013April 3, 2024
News

Sunday, May 19th – RoboCop starring Joel Kinnaman wraps its fourth & final day (May 16-19) in the Washington Building at Vancouver Shipyards in North Vancouver, Standoff between heroes and villains with simulated gunfire. You could hear the pop, pop, pop sound nearby.
Saturday, May 18th – Lexus commercial films in downtown Business District.
Friday, May 17th – Amanda Tapping directs Continuum on Cambie St. and Arch Alley downtown. First a scene with Stephen Lobo and Magda Apanowicz on Cambie. And then a scene with Victor Webster and a corpse in the gravel parking lot off Arch Alley.
Friday, May 17th – Globe and Mail: Election upset has BC Film industry reeling over lost taxbreaks
Friday, May 17th – Lifetime series Witches of East End,starring Julia Ormond, back on BC Production List. New filming dates: July 16 to October 21.
Thursday, May 16th – Godzilla terrorizes Steveston for third night shoot on docks dressed as San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf.
Thursday, May 16th – Vancouver whydunnit Motive season finale airs on CTV with Amanda Tapping guest starring as hot psychologist. Crime scene filmed in David Lam Park in Yaletown.
Thursday, May 16th – YVRShoots Series – Four filmed-in-Vancouver American pilots Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Almost Human with Karl Urban & Michael Ealy, Intelligence with Josh Holloway and The 100 make it to series. But Intelligence will film its series in Los Angeles not Vancouver.
Thursday, May 16th – The CW Upfront: The CW becomes the Amell network with cousins Arrow star Stephen Amell & Tomorrow People star Robbie Amell on stage and sharing a childhood photo to a chorus of Awwwws from the audience. The network plans to break up Supernatural and Arrow on Wednesday nights by moving the Winchesters to Tuesdays at 9 p.m. and replacing them with Tomorrow People, a new show which may shift production to Vancouver. But picked up series The 100 is not expected to air until 2014. Here’s a trailer filmed in local forest.
Thursday May 16th – Continuum films inside CBC Vancouver. Episode directed by Amanda Tapping.
Thursday, May 16th – The Killing films at Riverview.
Thursday May 16th – Falling Skies showrunner Remi Aubuchon announces he’s stepping down. David Eick from Battlestar Galactica will take over for season four.
Wednesday, May 15th – Godzilla in Steveston. Night shoot on docks dressed as San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf.
Wednesday, May 15th – Supernatural season eight finale. Angels fall from Heaven.
Wednesday, May 15th – Arrow‘s epic season finale. Throughout the taut episode almost every character looked like he/she was about to sacrifice themselves but ultimately Tommy (Colin Donnell) was the one who did, sacrificing himself to save the woman he loved, Lauren (Katie Cassidy). Archer showdown between Emerald Archer (Stephen Amell/stunt double) & Dark Archer (John Barrowman/stunt double) on Hudson’s Bay roof downtown. Read More »WEEK: May 13-19, 2013

WEEK: April 15-21, 2013

by Susan Gittins
April 21, 2013April 3, 2024
News

Sunday, April 21st – Continuum 2×01 debuts on Showcase. Invisible fighting at CBC Vancouver parking garage. Shown to be Kiera (Rachel Nichols) in her black high-tech cat suit. Mayor shot at Vancouver Public Library. Kiera meets Carlos (Victor Webster) at Vanier Park with the Burrard Bridge and West End as backdrop. And the crime scene for mayor shot at Vancouver Public Library with Kiera & Carlos on set. Kiera later investigates the kill shot with her head tech and points to the apartment it came from. Kiera and Alec (Erik Knudsen) talk at Vanier Park. And the final VFX by Artifex: a time lapse of sea level rising in English Bay and dam being built while West End skyline changes.
Sunday, April 21st – Once Upon a Time 2×19 Lacey: Father-and-son (Bae & Henry) have play swordfight watched by grandfather Rumplestiltskin, who chooses that moment to tell Regina that Henry is his grandson. Regina takes revenge by turning Belle into her cursed self, the scantily-clad barfly Lacey. Plus unexpected guest star Jorge Garcia back as Anton and introducing Tom Ellis as Robin Hood and Wil Traval as the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Sunday,April 21st – Deadline’s Primetime Pilot Panic: The Latest Buzz gives CBS pilot Intelligence a nod because of its “hunky actor” Josh Holloway & deems CBS pilot Backstrom with Rainn Wilson “a wild card”. Fox pilot Human with Karl Urban is called “strong”. ABC pilot Big Thunder & presentation OnceWonderland have buzz & preliminary good notices because in house. The CW pilot The 100 has lost steam but still in contention, Deadline says. But no mention of NBC pilot I Am Victor with John Stamos or The CW pilot Blink.
Sunday, April 21st – Second day of Fan Expo Vancouver at Canada Place.
Sunday, April 21st – Lord of the Rings actor & Fan Expo Vancouver guest Sean Astin wears Boston shirt in Vancouver Sun Run to honour the Boston Marathon victims
Sunday, April 21st – Arrow wraps filming of its first hit season early in the morning.
Saturday, April 20th – Arrow films fight scene with Stephen Amell on the Hudson’s Bay rooftop overnight. Photos to come.
Saturday, April 20th – Simon Pegg’s Hector and the Search for Happiness wraps filming here after a three-day shoot (April 18-20) in a Yaletown penthouse.
Saturday, April 20th – First day of Fan Expo Vancouver at Canada Place. YVRShoots series: Continuum panel & Cosplay.
Friday, April 19th – Godzilla films at old paper recycling plant in Coquitlam on Fraser River.
Thursday, April 18th – Supernatural wraps filming of season eight.
Thursday, April 18th – Bravo pilot Rita with Anna Gunn films at the University of British Columbia.
Thursday, April 18th – Continuum films at CBC Vancouver.
Thursday, April 18th – PaleyFest announces Bates Motel evening on May 10th – Reimagining a Cinema Icon – with cast Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Nestor Carbonell, Olivia Cooke, Nicola Peltz and showrunners Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin.
Wednesday, April 17th – Season two finale of Arctic Air goes interactive on CBC. Krista (Pascale Hutton) breaks up with Bobby (Adam Beach) at the airport. Read More »WEEK: April 15-21, 2013

WEEK: April 1-7, 2013

by Susan Gittins
April 7, 2013April 3, 2024
News

Sunday, April 7th – Feature film Words & Pictures with Clive Owen & Juliette Binoche spends weekend filming at St. George’s private school in Vancouver.
Saturday, April 6th – Once Upon a Time season two wrap party attended by showrunners Adam Horowitz & Eddy Kitsis.
Saturday, April 6th – Arrow films 1×22 in the Telus Tower with Stephen Amell, John Barrowman, Willa Holland, Colton Haynes, Colin Donnell, Paul Blackthorne, Emily Bett Rickards on set.
Saturday, April 6th – CBS pilot Backstrom films in The Regent Hotel in the downtown eastside and in the Vancouver Art Galley downtown with star Rainn Wilson on set.
Saturday, April 6th – Early edition of Deadline’s Primetime Pilot Panic features six Vancouver-shot pilots: I Am Victor with John Stamos, Human with Karl Urban, Intelligence with Josh Holloway, Backstrom with Rainn Wilson, Big Thunder and The 100.
Friday, April 5th – Once Upon a Time wraps filming of its second season in Vancouver very late Friday/early morning Saturday.
Friday, April 5th – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes films in Golden Ears Park with Andy Serkis as Caesar, Jason Clarke, Keri Russell and motion-capture apes spotted on set.
Friday, April 5th – Video of Godzilla in Golden Ears Park filming military rappelling down from helicopter to recover nuclear missile after Godzilla wrecks train carrying it.
Friday, April 5th – TNT series King & Maxwell wtth Jon Tenney & Rebecca Romijn films driving scene near the Queen Elizabeth Theatre and more scenes inside The Centre.
Friday, April 5th – CBS pilot Backstrom wraps three days of filming (Wednesday to Friday) inside the old Pappas Fur building downtown.
Friday, April 5th – BC Production List says ABC pilot Big Thunder and CW pilots The 100 and Blink wrapped filming in Vancouver.
Friday, April 5th – Cult 1×07 airs on The CW. Contains scene of Billy Grimm (Robert Knepper) speaking at Vancouver Art Gallery while Kelly Collins (Alona Tal) inspects his signature red car looking for evidence of an abduction.
Friday, April 5th – Paul Reubens, aka Pee Wee Herman, cast as White Rabbit on Once Upon a Time‘s pilot presentation OnceWonderland, joining Sophie Lowe as Alice, Peter Gadiot as Cyrus, Michael Socha as the Knave of Hearts and Emma Rigby as the Red Queen. Filming is scheduled from April 8th – 12th.
Thursday, April 4th – Vancouver whydunit Motive 1×09 airs on CTV with a young art lover as the victim.
Thutsday, April 4th – Supernatural‘s Jensen Ackles & Jared Padalecki film an establishing shot with the Impala at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in New Westminster after filming scenes inside and then at the law courts.
Thursday, April 4th – TNT series King & Maxwell films Jon Tenney & Rebecca Romijn at The Centre.
Thursday, April 4th – CBS pilot Intelligence with Josh Holloway, Marg Helgenberger and Meghan Ory wraps filming in Vancouver.
Thursday, April 4th – FOX pilot Human with Karl Urban, Michael Ealy, Minka Kelly & more wraps filming in Vancouver overnight in the Terminal City Ironworks complex in Read More »WEEK: April 1-7, 2013