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Filming in Vancouver: Stars align for 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival

by Craig Takeuchi in Town on October 10, 2017

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vancouver International Film Festival executive director Jacqueline Dupuis helped open the 36th edition of VIFF.

As with previous years, the Vancouver International Film Festival has brought a bevy of filmmakers and stars to the city, to converge upon a cinematic smorgasbord.

The whole shebang kicked off back on September 28 with a spotlight on truly homegrown project.

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Filming in Vancouver: Stars align for 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival

Filming in Vancouver: Snowpiercer, Jennifer Connelly, Dirk Gently, Elijah Wood, Meat Loaf, and more

by Craig Takeuchi in Town on August 28, 2017

Jennifer Connelly will star in the TV adaptation of Snowpiercer.

This week’s roundup focusses on the homescreen side of things.

And it’s a trio of sci-fi and fantasy series this time: a TV pilot for a human survival drama, a second season of an unconventional detective’s adventures, and a new show about a ghost invasion in a remote town.

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Filming in Vancouver: Snowpiercer, Jennifer Connelly, Dirk Gently, Elijah Wood, Meat Loaf, and more

Filming in Vancouver: Dwayne Johnson, Singularity, UnReal, and more

by Craig Takeuchi in Uncategorized on May 8, 2017

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be touching down in Vancouver soon.

Get ready, kids, because a Rock is going to hurtle through the sky and hit our town in the near future.

But before that, a tech comedy starts shooting, a holistic detective is back to solve some mysteries, and a TV series about reality TV (how meta is that?) is calling it a wrap.

That’s all in this week’s roundup of what’s shooting in Vancouver. Interested? Well, let’s get to it, shall we?

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Filming in Vancouver: Dwayne Johnson, Singularity, UnReal, and more

Filming in Vancouver: Dirk Gently, Miranda Sings, Shah Rukh Khan, and more

by Craig Takeuchi in Uncategorized on May 1, 2017

Colleen Ballinger plays the lipstick-challenged Miranda Sings on Haters Back Off.

This week, there’s some serious girl power in the mix: a gaggle of smart gals call it a wrap, a hilariously untalented girl keeps the laughs coming, and a girl’s harrowing story of survival is getting told. In the boy department, there’s a detective duo getting ready to start shooting and one of Bollywood’s biggest boys (well, men) paid Vancouver a visit.

With that said, let’s take a look at what’s coming and leaving town.

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Filming in Vancouver: Dirk Gently, Miranda Sings, Shah Rukh Khan, and more

Vancouver Screen Scene: From The Deep to Wanda Sykes and Joel Kinnaman

by Craig Takeuchi in Uncategorized on August 29, 2016

Comedian Wanda Sykes will star in the TV series World’s End.

Nothing is what it seems in Hollywood—and that’s also this week’s theme in our roundup of what’s shooting here in Hollywood North.

With shows about insane asylums, con artists, downloadable humans, and mysterious mermaids, there’s a lot of imaginative action going down in town.

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Vancouver Screen Scene: From The Deep to Wanda Sykes and Joel Kinnaman

Vancouver Screen Scene: From Imaginary Mary and Death Note to Everything, Everything

by Craig Takeuchi in Uncategorized on August 22, 2016

Vancouver-born Mackenzie Davis will star in Tully.

This week’s roundup of what’s shooting in Vancouver includes several big productions wrapping up, some TV series kicking off, and some film projects soon to come to town.

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Vancouver Screen Scene: From Imaginary Mary and Death Note to Everything, Everything

Vancouver Screen Scene: Julia Roberts and Jacob Tremblay, Dirk Gently and Elijah Wood, Jamie Dornan, and more

by Craig Takeuchi in Uncategorized on May 27, 2016

Hollywood luminary Julia Roberts will brighten Vancouver when she comes to shoot a film with our own Jacob Tremblay.

Hollywood luminary Julia Roberts will brighten Vancouver when she comes to shoot a new film here.

One of Hollywood’s biggest names is coming to town to join one of our own homegrown talents.

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Vancouver Screen Scene: Julia Roberts and Jacob Tremblay, Dirk Gently and Elijah Wood, Jamie Dornan, and more