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: Riverdale, Get Shorty, Chesapeake Shores, and Gabby Duran

Riverdale will wrap production on Season 3 this week.

This week’s rundown of what’s coming and going from Vancouver’s screen scene is all about TV series.

There’s a family drama starting over on Vancouver Island just before a youth comedy about babysitting aliens calls it a wrap.

Also finishing up are Archie and the gang—but don’t worry because they’ll be back.

And there’s a TV series that’s going to be relocating here from the U.S. for its third season.

So if any of this has piqued your interest, here’s a look at what’s happening in local screen industries.

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Filming in Vancouver: Riverdale, Get Shorty, Chesapeake Shores, and Gabby Duran

Filming in Vancouver: Charmed, The Murders, and Surveillance all call it a wrap

The TV series Charmed wraps up production on its first season this week.

’Tis the week before Christmas and all through the city, amid all the flurry of Christmas wrapping, TV and film productions shooting in Vancouver are also calling it a wrap.

This week, two TV series and a pilot, including a police procedural and a fantasy-drama about a trio of witches, finish up production on their latest seasons.

Here’s a quick look at which shows are winding down in Vancouver’s screen scene this week.

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Filming in Vancouver: Charmed, The Murders, and Surveillance all call it a wrap

Filming in Vancouver: Katie Holmes, John Cena, A Million Little Things, and more

Katie Holmes will come to B.C. to film The Boy 2.

Everyone may be busy rushing as we head towards Christmas and New Year’s Eve—but there’s another source of local activity.

This week, there are lots of film and TV productions coming and going from Vancouver and B.C.—and there are some big names attached to these projects, which span a wide range of genres from drama to horror to comedy.

And we’ve got a peek at what’s coming in the new year.

With so much going on, here’s a roundup of what’s happening in Vancouver’s (and B.C.’s) screen scene.

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Filming in Vancouver: Katie Holmes, John Cena, A Million Little Things, and more

Filming in Vancouver: A rebooted Twilight Zone, The InBetween, Loudermilk, and more

Although it’s still summer (technically speaking, despite the current weather), Vancouver’s screen scene has turned towards the spookier elements of autumn, with a supernatural tone running through this week’s roundup that continues on from previous weeks.

This week, two news TV series that are deal with limbo realms will be coming to town to shoot their first seasons.

Meanwhile, a cranky comedy wraps up—and there’s brief news about a new series that centres around everyone’s favourite subject: puppies!

If you’re curious, then read on.

But be warned: You are about to enter a new dimension.

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Filming in Vancouver: A rebooted Twilight Zone, The InBetween, Loudermilk, and more

Filming in Vancouver: Jason Momoa, Seth Rogen, Child’s Play, Chesapeake Shores, and more

Aquaman star Jason Momoa is coming to Vancouver to head up a new TV series.

While this week’s roundup of what’s shooting in Vancouver has a recurring theme of projects revolving around child characters, they may not be what you expect at all.

To wit, there’s a sci-fi babysitting TV series, a horror remake, and an R-rated comedy (yes, an R-rated film about kids!).

But there are lot of other things in the mix, including a new sci-fi TV series with a rising action star, a potential new TV series about warrior witches, and some productions that recently wrapped nearby in B.C.

Here’s a look at what’s been coming and going from Vancouver’s screen scene and elsewhere in the province.

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Filming in Vancouver: Jason Momoa, Seth Rogen, Child’s Play, Chesapeake Shores, and more

Katniss on a hot tin roof—Hunger Games finale gets spoofed in Mockingjay: The Musical

It seems like Katniss is getting on someone’s nerves…

Who doesn’t love a good dystopian sci-fi spoof, especially when it comes wrapped up in pop tunes?

Local company District 13 continues its spoofery of everyone’s favourite never-ending YA dystopian soap opera Hunger Games with Mockingjay: The Musical.

This is the third in the company’s well-received efforts at dressing-down the Suzanne Collins-Katniss Everdeen juggernaut. The show starts this Thursday (Nov. 23) and runs until Saturday at Studio 1398, 1398 Cartwright Street on Granville Island. Get your tickets soon; Saturday’s show is already sold-out.

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Katniss on a hot tin roof—Hunger Games finale gets spoofed in Mockingjay: The Musical