“That was, again, very fun, very vibrant, very colourful.”īecause of the need for physical distancing, productions required more space for things like mobile dressing rooms and work trailers. “They had dance scenes everywhere from the megabench and Shipbuilders Square, down the pier and Wallace Mews – all over,” Husk said. The musical rom-com, which is available to stream on Amazon Prime, is about a single-father attempting to date again. Others are likely to get noticed locally – like a Mexican commercial that includes construction workers singing the Pepto Bismol jingle to a man with an upset tummy as he sits in a traffic jam on Grand Boulevard.Īnd the Shipyards was featured prominently in Honsla Rakh, the highest-grossing Punjabi film ever made.
When it debuts, it will feature Jude Law as Captain Hook and comedian Jim Gaffigan as his bungling first mate, Smee. Several locations around the North Vancouver and West Vancouver were featured in Swan Song, Apple TV+’s sci-fi/drama about human cloning, starring Oscar winner Mahershala Ali and many-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close.Īnd, although it has not yet been released, Peter Pan & Wendy – the Disney+’ mostly live-action remake of the 1953 animated classic, was also shot locally. Sonic the Hedgehog got some shopping done at the West Esplanade IGA in his sequel move, which is still in theatres. Keen-eyed viewers of Netflix’s highly popular The Adam Project may have spotted Dundarave Village and John Lawson Park as the backdrop to Vancouver-born film star Ryan Reynolds.
In 2020, the district had only 63 productions and $827,804 in revenues.įor years, the North Shore has been a mainstay for scenes in Nancy Drew, The Flash, Batwoman and Supergirl, all of which were back in 2021. The District of North Vancouver hosted 82 film shoots, requiring 206 permits and providing more than $1 million in revenue (including costs recovered for things like RCMP overtime) last year. West Vancouver hosted 108 film “circuses” as the mobile production sets are called, yielding $451,500 in fees to the district, up significantly from the $285,200 and just 65 permits in 2020. The city issued 97 film permits for 61 different movies, TV shows and commercials in 2021, bringing in $349,800 in revenue for municipal coffers, up from 78 permits and $117,751 in 2020. “In the middle of March, everything stopped,” said Clare Husk, filming co-ordinator for the City of North Vancouver.Īfter the initial shutdown, production studios were able to get back up and running, albeit under some very strict protocols. Local filming activity had been at record levels in 2019, and 2020 was shaping up to be another doozy when the pandemic struck. If it feels like there’s been more lights, cameras and action around here lately, it’s because there has.Īfter tanking in 2020, thanks to COVID-19, the amount of filming activity shot up in 2021, according to North Vancouver and West Vancouver stats.
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