These movies and TV shows are filming in Metro Vancouver this April
Don’t miss your chance to see actors in their natural habitat.
by Elana Shepert
as published by Vancouver is Awesome
Looking to stumble onto a larger-than-life, alternate world on your commute?
In Metro Vancouver, there’s always a chance that could happen. Hollywood North teems with film productions big and small, with A-list celebs and emerging actors navigating the rainy season and those glorious three-ish months of summer that make so many locals look deliriously happy.
Several major productions recently wrapped filming this month, including Percy Jackson and the Olympians – Season 3, which was planned to finish on March 13. Another one, In a Holidaze, is a Netflix film based on the 2020 book of the same name and completed its Lower Mainland filming on March 12.
The CBS medical drama Watson, about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes’s famous companion, was slated to wrap on March 9. Two shows wrapped just a few days later on March 13: a crime drama for CBC Gem called Wild Cards, and Hope Valley 1874, a new eight-episode series from the When Calls the Heart universe.
But some wraps don’t stop this regional Hollywood train from rolling to a neighbourhood near you.
Here’s what’s currently filming this April across Metro Vancouver, according to Creative BC and ACFC West, Local 2020 Unifor, a B.C. technical film union (and check out the gallery above for set photos).
Elle – Season 2
Hillcrest Road is the working title for Elle, the prequel series for the enormously popular 2001 comedy and all-around heartwarming flick Legally Blonde.
The show “follows Elle Woods’ journey through high school, exploring the formative experiences that mould her into the iconic, confident character we meet in the Legally Blonde film,” according to IMDb.com
Reunion Snap Productions Inc. commenced filming for the show’s second season on March 2 and will continue through June 21.
Phony – Season 1
Stage 49 Ltd. will start filming for season one of Phony in Metro Vancouver on March 20. The Hulu series stars Connie Britton (Nashville, American Horror Story) and Sam Nivola (The White Lotus, White Noise), according to Deadline.
Sonny wakes up from a car accident and discovers his mother has been replaced by an imposter.
Filming on the show will continue until May 22.
Queens For a Day
Queens For A Day is an upcoming feature film taking place in and around Vancouver, according to the Film and Television Industry Alliance (FTIA).
Producers include Chris Carter, a former journalist, editor of Surfing magazine, creator of 1993’s The X-Files, and his wife, Dori Carter, who is also a director and author of Beautiful Wasps Having Sex, according to IMDb.com.
Queens for a Day Productions Inc. commenced filming on Feb. 23 and will continue through April 2.
Yellowjackets – Season 4
Yellowjackets is a survival tale about a group of “wildly talented” teenage soccer players who must survive in the wilderness following a plane crash, according to IMDb.
The Showtime series stars Christina Ricci, Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress and Sophie Nélisse.
The show has previously filmed at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, David Lam Park, and on West Pender Street.
Yellowjackets 4 Productions BC Inc. commenced filming on Feb. 25 and will continue through July 30.
God of War
The working title for God of War is Anaheim Realm. It is an Amazon Prime Video live-action series based on the God of War gaming franchise.
“God of War follows Kratos, the God of War, who, after exiling himself from his blood-soaked past in ancient Greece, hangs up his weapons forever in the Norse realm of Midgard,” according to Hollywood North Buzz.
If you want to stumble on this epic set, there’s limited time.
Pico Productions (BC) Limited started filming Feb. 25 and will continue through April 1.
Shōgun – Season 2
Shōgun began filming in and around Vancouver for the 10-part miniseries in September 2021, with the show streaming on Disney+ and Hulu not until February 2024. Filming took years due to its detailed sets, intricate fight choreography, historical accuracy and elaborate costumes.
Exact filming locations for all of the second season are unknown, but some sets have been spotted in Port Moody.
The show filmed scenes for its first season in Port Moody, Belcarra, Coquitlam, Burnaby and North Van’s Princess Park, to name a few. It also filmed scenes on Vancouver Island in Ucluelet.
The second season will continue the larger-than-life, historic saga “of two men from different worlds whose fates are entwined, jumping ahead 10 years as Lord Toranaga strives to become Shōgun, the leader of Japan’s warrior class,” according to Hollywood North Buzz.
The show stars Cosmo Jarvis (Warfare), Hiroyuki Sanada (John Wick: Chapter 4, Westworld) and Anna Sawai (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Pachinko).
The production films under the working title Category 10. It started filming on Jan. 28 and will continue through Sept. 4.
Untitled Hockey Project – Season 1
Untitled Hockey Project is a new, eight-show Netflix series about a woman who becomes the coach of a high school team after the old coach (her husband) is killed in a bus crash.
The show will star Michelle Monaghan (True Detective, The White Lotus, Trucker) and a “team of young recruits” as the hockey players, according to Netflix.
Icefields Productions, ULC, commenced filming for the show on Jan. 12 and will continue through May 5.
Murder in a Small Town – Season 3
Murder in a Small Town is a Canadian crime drama based on the Alberg and Cassandra Mysteries, a series of nine novels by Canadian author L.R. Wright that are set in B.C.
The show stars Rossif Sutherland (The Handmaid’s Tale, Three Pines), Kristin Kreuk (Beauty & the Beast, Smallville, Eurotrip) and Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Gallactica, The Bridge), according to IMDb.
Production company Alberg Productions S3 Inc. commenced filming for the third season on Feb. 20 and will continue until June 2.
Anything But Ghosts
Imagine pretending to investigate paranormal incidents only to discover real ghosts? The premise of this spooky horror — which sounds mildly comedic — is also about how the duo will grapple “with the deception of their own fraudulent business,” according to IMDb.
Anything But Ghosts stars Curry Barker and Cooper Tomlinson, who also wrote the screenplay.
Two fake paranormal investigators must face actual ghosts while dealing with the deception of their own fraudulent business.
ABG Productions BC Inc will film scenes for the film from March 9 until April 10.
The Last of Us – Season 3
The Last of Us filmed its first and second seasons in and around Metro Vancouver, bringing its star-studded cast and apocalyptic sets to the streets, parks, forests and the UBC campus.
The HBO zombie drama has starred Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent), Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones) and Nico Parker (Dumbo).
This season, production company Bear and Pear Productions Inc. is filming under the working title “Calm Current.” It commenced filming on March 2 and will continue through Nov. 27.
The third instalment of the zombie drama is speculated to be the final season and focus on Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), as she tells the story from the beginning of the zombie apocalypse and after killing Joel (Pedro Pascal).
Tracker
The CBS show Tracker is filming its third season in the region, including a recent set in Ladner Village in South Delta. TNG Television Productions Inc. also filmed scenes for the show in January inside and near the Wedgewood Hotel in Vancouver.
Justin Hartley stars as Colter Shaw, a lone wolf travelling across America in an RV and helping police and strangers solve crimes “until his latest case changes everything,” according to IMDb.
The series is based on the novel by Jeffery Deaver, who also wrote The Bone Collector, a crime thriller adapted to a movie starring Angelina Jolie and Denzel Washington.
Filming for the third season began in July and is scheduled to continue through April 2026.
Upcoming: The Audacity – Season 2
You won’t stumble onto this set in April, but you can spot its actors once the temperature starts really warming up in Vancouver.
The Audacity is about the power struggle between an “ambitious CEO and his manipulative psychologist” after a data privacy scandal threatens their livelihood in Silicon Valley, according to IMDb.com.
The show stars Leah Gibson (Batwoman, Jessica Jones), Curtis Lum (The Night Agent, Titans), Evan Rein (Heartland, Upload) and Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis).
It filmed scenes for the first season in and around Vancouver in 2025.
Voltaire Productions Inc. will commence filming for the second season on June 16 and continue through the summer until Sept. 28.
