Inside Vancouver

Filming in Vancouver: Nicolas Cage, Ben Platt, the Bletchley Circle: San Francisco, and more

by Craig Takeuchi in Town on June 4, 2018

What? Who says Nicolas Cage is over-the-top? Pffft.

Get ready, Vancouver, because a Hollywood star with a reputation for excess will be arriving in the city this summer.

While we wait for that to happen, a Pitch Perfect star will start shooting his first lead film role. And later on this week, a team of brainy female sleuths will finish up shooting the first season of their new TV series.

Let’s take a look at these shows (and more) in a roundup of what’s going on in Vancouver’s scene scene this week.

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Filming in Vancouver: Nicolas Cage, Ben Platt, the Bletchley Circle: San Francisco, and more

Filming in Vancouver: Riverdale, Sabrina, Charmed, Bletchley Circle, and more

by Craig Takeuchi in Town on March 19, 2018

The Riverdale cast will be calling it a wrap on Season 2 this week.

This week, there’s lots happening on the TV side of things.

A popular teen drama series wraps up but its related witchcraft series starts up. Meanwhile, a reboot of a witch-based series is shooting a pilot. And another pilot follows two pizza place workers who become enlisted to hunt down alien criminals (hey, it’s a more interesting gig than food delivery).

There’s also a new series in which British and American female codebreakers team up. And a relocated comedy series, about a big city lawyer taking on small town cases, lands in town.

Let’s check out what’s going in Vancouver’s screen scene this week.

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Filming in Vancouver: Riverdale, Sabrina, Charmed, Bletchley Circle, and more

Filming in Vancouver: Charmed, Herbie the Love Bug, Van Helsing, and more

by Craig Takeuchi in Town on February 19, 2018

The original Charmed TV series ran from 1998 to 2006—but a new version is being filmed.

This week’s roundup of what’s shooting in Vancouver is all about TV series—including two entries that are new takes on previously popular shows.

There’s also a new sci-fi series about pizza workers who become alien hunters, a British period drama about codebreakers who become detectives, and a vampire fighter returns.

All of these shows feature female lead characters—except for one that also features a car as a lead character. And why not?

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Filming in Vancouver: Charmed, Herbie the Love Bug, Van Helsing, and more