It may be the end of Riverdale and Cole Sprouse sightings in Vancouver, but with the Directors Guild of Canada (B.C. chapter) and averting a strike, it's poised to be a busy summer and fall with filming happening in and around the Lower Mainland.
Interestingly enough, all of these series are from streaming sites including Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+ and Paramount+ and each have a full season order. Comic book series and YA and children's book adaptions are on order, as well as a murder mystery and a female-centric superhero story. Here's what's filming this summer and fall.
Career Opportunities in Murder and Mayhem
Delightful curmudgeon and TV/Broadway/film/Instagram star Mandy Patinkin stars in this new Hulu series which already has a full season, 10-episode order. Patinkin stars as the “world’s greatest detective” who sets out with his protégé (Violette Beane) to solve a murder aboard a luxury ship that is sailing across the Mediterranean.
Production dates: Aug. 4 to Dec. 6, 2022.
Hourglass (Godzilla series)
first announced that Apple TV+ is working on a live action Monsterverse series, tentatively titled Hourglass. Set in San Francisco after the destructive Godzilla vs. the Titans battle, the series will follow a family that tracks its roots to the mysterious Monarch organization.
Production dates: July 6 to Dec. 19, 2022.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Mink Golden)
This highly anticipated Disney+ series adapted from Rick Riordan’s mythic novels has a bunch of big names attached, including Walker Scobell (who received support from his The Adam Project co-star Ryan Reynolds), Megan Mullally, Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri and Jason Moustakas. Disney+ has already posted about filming being under way and it is expected to last until mid-December.
School Spirits
This new Paramount+ series is based on a graphic novel series by Nate and Megan Trinrud and Maria Nguyen, which is set to be published in 2023. Starring Cobra Kai’s Peyton List, this YA mysterious focuses on a teen who spends her time in the afterlife investigating her mysterious death.
Production date: Aug. 15 to Nov. 2, 2022.
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Another Disney+ show adapted from a beloved book series, The Spiderwick Chronicles is about a family who moves into their great-uncle’s home and uncovers a world of fairy tales that exists parallel to their own lives. Like Percy Jackson and the Olympians, this is not the first time this book has been adapted — there was a film starring Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor), Seth Rogen and Martin Short made in 2008, as well as a video game. No word yet on who will star in this reboot.
Production dates: Sept. 27 to Jan. 27, 2023.
The Power
There aren't many details about this new female-centric Amazon Prime series except an intriguing logline: “A group of teenage girls mysteriously develop a special power that allows them to electrocute people at will.” The cast includes Leslie Mann, AuliÊ»i Cravalho (Rise), Tim Robbins and John Leguizamo. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»is just part of the production for this series, which has already spent time filming in the U.K.
Production dates: July 18 to Aug. 26, 2002.
