Alumni Interviews: Dylan Playfair Shines on CraveTV’s Letterkenny
Vancouver Acting School’s Acting for Film & Television alum Dylan Playfair stars in Bell Media/CraveTV’s new hit series, Letterkenny. “When you get on set, they don’t want an actor who’s still on a huge learning curve. They want you to walk in with an answer to their problems. That was drilled into our heads at […]
BREAKING NEWS: North Carolina Law Brings Lionsgate TV Production to Vancouver
Lionsgate Films, founded in Vancouver and now in Santa Monica, Calif., has roared its disapproval of North Carolina’s controversial new law discriminating against members of the LGBT community, opting to move one of its big budget television productions to Vancouver. According to the Charlotte Observer, the new show called “Crushed” and starring Regina Hall, was initially […]
The Economics of Deadpool in B.C.
Future Looks Bright As Deadpool Delivers $40 Million To B.C. Economy According to the Motion Picture Association of Canada, one very bad superhero has really good news for B.C. Even before homeboy Ryan Reynold’s Deadpool started breaking box office records, it injected $40 million into the province’s economy. Filmed in just under 60 days in […]
2016 Projected To Be The Best Year Yet for British Columbia’s Film & Television Industry
According to Business In Vancouver, 2015 was the best year on record for B.C. film and television production, and 2016 is looking even better. Between 20th Century Fox’s The Revenant, Paramount’s Star Trek: Beyond, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG, DC’s Suicide Squad, Marvel’s uber-anticipated Deadpool, and Industrial Light & Magic’s work on […]
