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This...house...was used as a location on last week's _Strange New Worlds_:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkwood_Estate
https://twitter.com/bradycummings/status/1535119730654076928
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkwood_Estate
https://twitter.com/bradycummings/status/1535119730654076928
So...Toronto and Trek
Mar. 28th, 2022 01:08 pmI was wondering how long it was going to take for this to happen. Apparently, Strange New Worlds, the Pike-focused series, is doing location shoots around downtown Toronto...which will finally get to be itself on-camera.
https://twitter.com/TOFilming_EM/status/1508091199399337987
https://twitter.com/TOFilming_EM/status/1503186418813833221
https://twitter.com/TOFilming_EM/status/1503549698900168711
https://twitter.com/AnitaWindisman/status/1503108418772602883
Noting that the "police cruiser" was deliberately detailed to not look like an official Toronto police cruiser. There are several possible reasons for that: avoidance of "paid duty" fees, lack of script approval, and quite possibly not wanting their rented vehicle to be mistaken for a real cruiser for safety reasons unrelated to any other concerns.
(Although that faux prison bus with "Illinois State Penitentiary" detailing is poking holes in my theory.)
https://twitter.com/TOFilming_EM/status/1508091199399337987
https://twitter.com/TOFilming_EM/status/1503186418813833221
https://twitter.com/TOFilming_EM/status/1503549698900168711
https://twitter.com/AnitaWindisman/status/1503108418772602883
Noting that the "police cruiser" was deliberately detailed to not look like an official Toronto police cruiser. There are several possible reasons for that: avoidance of "paid duty" fees, lack of script approval, and quite possibly not wanting their rented vehicle to be mistaken for a real cruiser for safety reasons unrelated to any other concerns.
(Although that faux prison bus with "Illinois State Penitentiary" detailing is poking holes in my theory.)
MOVIES: Gibson in ByTown
Feb. 16th, 2020 09:19 amI was reading a report from Jewel 98.5 FM Radio on my cleverphone earlier this morning, and apparently it's true. Mel Gibson, actor and difficult-to-deal-with human being, has been plying his trade in location shoots around Ottawa and Gatineau (and Chesterville, too, maybe).
https://www.narcity.com/entertainment/ca/mel-gibsons-movie-fatman-filming-in-ottawa-is-taking-over-the-city
https://985thejewel.com/2020/02/14/2201/
I haven't really noticed, mainly because neither his path nor that of his movie's production team have crossed mine. OH well.
https://www.narcity.com/entertainment/ca/mel-gibsons-movie-fatman-filming-in-ottawa-is-taking-over-the-city
https://985thejewel.com/2020/02/14/2201/
I haven't really noticed, mainly because neither his path nor that of his movie's production team have crossed mine. OH well.
2014: Camera Gear - The Best Laid Plans
Jan. 7th, 2019 08:49 pmThere was this mini-series based on a political satire novel by one Terry Fallis, and the idea was to film it here in Ottawa. So I spotted this gadget whilst passing through the University of Ottawa grounds one day during the filming process.
On the filming location:
https://twitter.com/extspace/status/1070887905168510976
On the chronological context:
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/writers-of-the-new-star-trek-short-explain-how-it-fits-into-official-trek-canon
https://twitter.com/extspace/status/1070887905168510976
On the chronological context:
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/writers-of-the-new-star-trek-short-explain-how-it-fits-into-official-trek-canon
Toronto Trek: Confirmed
May. 2nd, 2016 08:45 pmNo, not talking about the convention that renamed itself Polaris.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/star-trek-tv-filming-toronto-1.3562759
It's on. Confirmed.
VFX Logistics
Apr. 22nd, 2016 10:18 pmLooking at this for a few minutes...
It gets me thinking about the logistics for location VFX work that would be needed for some of the projects I hope to see on the big - or small - screen before I die. Classic version of Northguard, as originally created by Mark Shainblum and Gabriel Morrissette, with the story set in Montréal, maybe. Or, going back to Marvel for a moment, a story featuring the classic Canadian-made Alpha Flight set in Ottawa or Toronto or Vancouver (or, hopefully, some combination of the three cities). Or any version of Captain Canuck...
The filming restrictions in play in NYC for Avengers' purposes, or in Washington for use in The Winter Soldier, would be applicable to some extent here. Ottawa being a national capital, with all the issues that go with that, you couldn't not expect some of the same hurdles ILM and their partner/competitors had to deal with on those productions.
I may revisit this train of thought. Not sure where to take it yet.
