BC’s Film Industry Sizzles as Netflix Extends Lease Agreement with Martini Film Studios

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British Columbia’s film, TV, visual effects and animation industry is one of the province’s top-performing sectors, generating over $4 billion in economic activity in 2019 and fuelling a powerful pandemic comeback in 2020. With recent blockbuster hits like The Adam Project, as well as fan favourite streaming series such as Riverdale and Space Force, showcasing recognizable BC landscapes and attractions, BC is swiftly becoming worthy of its own IMDB page. And now, we’re about to see a lot more made-in-BC content, with Netflix signing an additional five-year lease agreement to continue filming at the Langley-based Martini Film Studios (MFS). Continue reading:
BC’s Film Industry Sizzles as Netflix Extends Lease Agreement with Martini Film Studios

Filming in Vancouver: Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, Hilary Swank, Kurt Russell, and more

Sandra Bullock

If you haven’t put your Christmas tree away yet, you’re not alone.

In this week’s look at what’s filming in Vancouver, a Christmas movie finishes up and finally puts away those holiday decorations.

Meanwhile, some big Hollywood names are also coming and going this week, including a few Oscar winners.

A comedic female star known for her congeniality takes on a serious drama about life after prison in a new feature film.

Meanwhile, a babysitter gets the job of her life when she has to babysit a bunch of alien kids in a new TV series that’s calling it a wrap.

And an astronaut has to leave behind her family as she leads a global team into space.

If any or all of that makes you want to know more, well, read on, screen believers.

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Filming in Vancouver: Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, Hilary Swank, Kurt Russell, and more

Filming in Vancouver: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before 3, Loudermilk, Motherland, and more

Lana Condor will star in To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before 3

We’ve got horror, we’ve got romance, we’ve got dark comedy, and—yes, folks—we’ve even got witchy supernatural drama.

What are we talking about? Why, Vancouver’s screen scene, of course.

In this week’s roundup of what’s filming, there’s a freaky scarefest about high-school students being pursued by a serial killer while on the flip-side, there’s a romcom about the travails of the heart during high school.

Meanwhile, a recovering alcoholic blusters his way through the third season of a comedy TV series while a trio of witches gear up to fight for America (and no, we’re not talking about Charmed).

Wanna know more? See you after the jump.

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Filming in Vancouver: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before 3, Loudermilk, Motherland, and more

Filming in Vancouver: WWE’s The Main Event, Christmas Chronicles 2, and more

WWE’s Corey Graves will star in The Main Event.

The Vancouver screen scene is in a perpetual state of flux, where everything is constantly coming and going.

Such is the case with this week’s roundup of what’s filming in the city.

While a new TV series and a movie are calling it a wrap this week, there’ll be a new TV series and another movie coming this way next month to fill the gap.

From WWE wrestling stars to Santa Claus, and from a talking emotional-support dog to a ghostly rock band, it seems like the projects shooting in the city have covered quite the hodgepodge of subject matter.

Well, that’s Vancouver for you.

And for more details about all of this, see you after the jump.

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Filming in Vancouver: WWE’s The Main Event, Christmas Chronicles 2, and more

Filming in Vancouver: Hilary Swank, Camilla Mendes, Chesapeake Shores on Vancouver Island

Hilary Swank

In this week’s roundup of screen productions coming and going from these parts, a horror-thriller feature is calling it a wrap in Vancouver.

Meanwhile over on Vancouver Island, a multi-generational family drama TV series is also finishing up.

However, there’s some exciting news as a two-time Academy Award winner will be coming to town this summer to shoot a new sci-fi series.

So if this interests you, meet us after the jump for what’s happening in Vancouver’s (and B.C.’s) screen scene.

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Filming in Vancouver: Hilary Swank, Camilla Mendes, Chesapeake Shores on Vancouver Island

Filming in Vancouver: Altered Carbon to come, Deadly Class filming, and Monkey Beach wraps

Altered Carbon

Can you imagine living in a world where you could upload yourself into a new body if you wanted to?

Or a world in which you could attend a high-school to be trained to be a killer?

Or grew up with the ability to foretell when someone is about to die?

Those are the premises of three productions on the slate for filming in Vancouver. And they’re a part of this week’s roundup of what’s shooting in the city.

Interested? Well, then, read on.

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Filming in Vancouver: Altered Carbon to come, Deadly Class filming, and Monkey Beach wraps

Filming in Vancouver: Lost in Space, Cosmos, Monkey Beach, and the Detour

Lost in Space

So this week’s roundup of what’s happening in Vancouver’s screen scene is kind of spacey.

Well, what we mean by that is that we take a look at two TV series shooting here, one about science and space while the other is a science-fiction series about a family in space.

Speaking of families, there’s another series in the mix about a family on the run that has wound up in Vancouver this season.

Meanwhile on the local talent front, an Indigenous cinematic production will take a novel by a B.C. First Nations writer to the big screen.

So if you want to know more about all of this stuff, here’s a quick look at what’s shooting in Vancouver this week and in the weeks to come.

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Filming in Vancouver: Lost in Space, Cosmos, Monkey Beach, and the Detour

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