What's filming in Vancouver this spring and summer

Dec 19 2017, 10:29 pm

Filming season in Vancouver is just beginning and a number of prominent TV shows and films are gearing up start shooting. Notable additions to this year’s annual crop of television series are big films such as ‘Deadpool’ and Spielberg’s ‘The B.F.G.’

Check out the list of productions below, and let us know if you spot any of these filming around town.

Arrow (TV)

Arrow CW

Image: CW

Shooting: Season 4 expected to shoot beginning in July
Starring: Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy
Plot: The adventures of playboy billionare, ‘Arrow’.

Backstrom (TV)

Image: Fox

Image: Fox

Starring: Rainn Wilson
Plot: Portland Police Bureau Detective struggles with his self-destructive tendencies while being a part of an eccentric team of criminologists.

Continuum (TV)

Image: Showcase

Image: Showcase

Shooting: March 25 to May 22
Starring: Rachel Nichols
Plot: A detective from the year 2077 finds herself trapped in present day Vancouver and searching for ruthless criminals from the future.

Deadpool (film)

Image: 20th Century Fox

Image: 20th Century Fox

Shooting: March 23 to May 29
Starring: Ryan Reynolds
Plot: Spin-off to ‘X-Men’ films
Director: Tim Miller

Fear the Walking Dead (TV)

Image: The Walking Dead

Image: The Walking Dead

Shooting: Spring and summer
Starring: Kim Dickens, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam Carey
Plot: A family struggles for survival during a zombie apocalypse. Spin-off of ‘The Walking Dead’

The Flash (TV)

Image: CW

Image: CW

Shooting: July 11, 2014 to April 10, 2015, season 2 expected to shoot beginning in July
Starring: Grant Guston
Plot: The adventures of Barry Allen, a man with special powers, including super speed.

Once Upon a Time (TV)

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Image: CTV

Shooting: July 9, 2014 to April 2, 2015, season 5 expected to shoot beginning in July
Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison
Plot: A woman with a troubled past is drawn to a town in Maine (Vancouver) where fairy tales are to be believed.

The B.F.G. (film)

Image: RoaldDahl.com

Image: RoaldDahl.com

Shooting: March 23 to June 16
Starring: Ruby Barnhill, Mark Rylance
Plot: Sophie, an orphan girl is taken away one evening by the Big Friendly Giant and brought to the his home – a place populated by blood-thirsty giants.
Director: Steven Spielberg

The 100 (TV)

Image: CW

Image: CW

Starring: Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, Isaiah Washington
Plot: 100 juvenile delinquents are brought back to earth 97 years after a nuclear war destroyed civilization.

Supernatural (TV)

Image: CW

Image: CW

Shooting: June 17, 2014 to April 21, 2015, season 11 expected to shoot beginning in June
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles
Plot: Two brothers fight evil ‘supernatural’ monsters.

Shut In (film)

Shooting: March 30 to April 24
Starring: Naomi Watts, Oliver Platt
Plot: A woman discovers a terrifying secret about her troubled son.
Director: Farren Blackburn

The Girl in the Photographs (TV)

Shooting: April 20 to May 16
Starring: Unknown
Plot: Inspired by Wes Craven’s ‘Scream’, brought into the world of fashion
Producer: Wes Craven
Director: Nick Simon

Army of One (film)

Image: Wikipedia

Image: Wikipedia

Shooting: March 30 to May 22
Starring: Nicholas Cage
Plot: Gary Faulkner’s story of single-handedly hunting down Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan.
Director: Larry Charles (Borat)

Star Trek 3 (film)

Image: Bad Robot

Image: Bad Robot

Shooting: June 1 to September
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto
Director: Justin Lin

Impastor (TV)

Shooting: Summer
Starring: Michael Rosenbaum
Plot: A gambling addict slacker ends up stealing the identity of a gay pastor in a local small-town community in order to go on the run from a loan shark.

X-Files (TV)

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Shooting: Summer
Director: Chris Carter

Filming In Vancouver: Spring & Summer 2015

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Did you know

  • Arrow

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    Now in it’s fourth season, we follow the adventures of billionaire playboy Oliver Queen, aka “Arrow”.

  • Backstrom

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    Backstrom, a show following a misanthropic police detective, takes on new and daunting cases during it’s first season.

  • Bates Motel

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    In it’s third season, the prequel to “Psycho” follows how Norma Bates shaped Norman Bates to become a killer.

  • Continuum

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    In it’s fourth and last season, Continuum follows a detective from the year 2077, trapped in present day Vancouver and searching for ruthless criminals from the future.

  • Deadpool

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    Starring Ryan Reynolds, who was born in Vancouver. Deadpool will be shooting in various spots in YVR, including the Georgia Viaduct.

  • Fear The Walking Dead

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    The prequel for “The Walking Dead” has just been moved from L.A. to Vancouver, after shooting the pilot.

  • The Flash

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    In it’s 2nd season, Barry Allen wakes up 9 months after he was struck by lightning and discovers that the bolt gave him the power of super speed.

  • Once Upon A Time

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    A woman with a troubled past is drawn to a town in Maine where fairy tales are to be believed, now in it’s fourth season.

  • The B.F.G.

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    The tale of a young girl, the Queen of England and a benevolent giant known as the BFG, who set out on an adventure to capture the evil, man-eating giants who have been invading the human world.

  • The 100

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    97 years after a devastating nuclear war wiped out almost all life on Earth, 100 juvenile prisoners are declared expendable and sent to Earth’s surface from their space “Ark”.

  • Supernatural

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    A fan favourite in it’s 11th season, Supernatural follows the mis-adventures of Sam and Dean Winchester, battling supernatural evil.

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