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Filming in Vancouver: Jurassic World, The Stand, Helstrom, Kung Fu, and more

by Craig Takeuchi in Town on March 9, 2020

James Marsden

In this week’s look at what’s filming in Vancouver, there’s everything from prehistoric creatures and martial arts to satanic superbeings and post-apocalyptic drama.

A dinosaur blockbuster has departed from this part of the world for shoots elsewhere, taking with it some big Hollywood names.

In its place are several other projects, including a TV pilot in which part of a family finds themselves immersed in a mysterious primeval world after a sinkhole rips open in Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, the 1970s are a recurring theme in source material this week.

A TV adaptation of a 1970s post-apocalyptic horror-fantasy novel calls it a wrap while a ‘70s martial-arts TV series gets rebooted with an update for the identity of the lead character.

Speaking of adaptations, two hellish Marvel Comics characters are making the transition from page to screen with a fiery new TV series.

So if any or all of this interests you, here’s our roundup of what’s happening in Vancouver’s screen scene.

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Filming in Vancouver: Jurassic World, The Stand, Helstrom, Kung Fu, and more

Filming in Vancouver: Jurassic World 3, Woke, and The Astronauts

by Craig Takeuchi in Town on February 24, 2020

Chris Pratt will star in Jurassic World 3

It looks like Vancouver is about to revisit the Mesozoic era.

A Hollywood blockbuster full of prehistoric monstrosities will be rampaging into town this week.

To add to the fun and festivities, a bunch of kids stowaway on a spacecraft and find themselves on their own in outer space in a new TV series that starts shooting this week.

And while that one gets going, a comedy about a cartoonist who becomes socially and politically enlightened through experience finishes shooting its first season.

There’s lots happening, to say the least, in this week’s roundup of what’s filming in Vancouver’s screen scene. So for more details on all of these shows, read on, screen believers.

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Filming in Vancouver: Chris Pratt, Hilary Swank, Laura Dern, Riverdale, and more

by Craig Takeuchi in Town on December 30, 2019

Greetings once again, screen believers.

Hope you all had—or are having—enjoyable holidays and may the merriment continue into the new year.

That said, this is the last instalment of this column for 2019—and of this decade. And we have a whole new year ahead of us.

And you know what that means: lots of new projects and stars will be coming this way.

In this week’s roundup of what’s going on in the local screen scene, we’ve got one mammoth of a project coming here in the near future.

Plus, we’ll run down the list of productions getting back on set after their holiday hiatuses.

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Filming in Vancouver: Chris Pratt, Hilary Swank, Laura Dern, Riverdale, and more

Filming in Vancouver: Chris Pratt to star in Cowboy Ninja Viking, cop comedy Take Two gets going

by Craig Takeuchi in Town on February 26, 2018

Chris Pratt is set to star in the action-adventure movie Cowboy Ninja Viking.

While we had a lot of action and thriller flicks filming in the city in 2017 with the likes of Deadpool 2, The Predator, and Skyscraper, this year is starting to show signs that things may be shaping up to follow suit.

In this week’s roundup of what’s going on in Vancouver’s screen scene, we take a look at a cop comedy TV series that gets underway today and a Hollywood blockbuster that’ll keep the action momentum going.

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Filming in Vancouver: Chris Pratt to star in Cowboy Ninja Viking, cop comedy Take Two gets going