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 […]
Alumni Interview – Lee Shorten
“It’s definitely the biggest project I’ve worked on yet,” says Lee Shorten (@lcshorten). The Acting for Film Television and Voice-Over grad spoke with us while in the midst of filming his eighth episode of the upcoming Amazon On Demand adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s alternate history series, The Man in the High Castle. Two years ago the Australian native would […]
