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7 Movies Filming In Vancouver This April

Filming In Vancouver

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While more movies began production in March, a few more will begin filming in Vancouver this April.

In fact, there are 7 exciting movies scheduled for production in and around Hollywood North this month.

Movies Filming in Vancouver

Bad Times at the El Royale

Bad Times at the El Royale has a star studded cast including Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Nick Offerman, Chris Hemsworth, Jeff Bridges, Russell Crowe and Cailee Spaeny. The movie started filming in town in January and is scheduled to wrap up by April 6.

Director Drew Goddard made his debut in 2012 with The Cabin in the Woods which also starred Chris Hemsworth. He is also known for being an Executive Producer in 2015’s space movie The Martian starring Matt Damon.

Dakota Johnson is no stranger to Vancouver having filmed the 50 Shades trilogy here over the last few years.

Read more: Chris Hemsworth visits Tofino to catch some waves

Daughter of the Wolf

Toronto’s David Hackl known for directing Saw II, Saw III and Saw IV is taking on this Canadian action thriller movie. It’s scheduled to shoot from March 18 to April 13. Gina Carano stars in the Yukon Territory / Alaskan border-set movie which is filming in West Kelowna.

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The Personal History of Rachel Dupree

Viola Davis is set to star in this period drama which is scheduled to start production in town this month.

Body Remembers When the World Broke Open

“Rosie grew up in northern B.C. and has recently aged out of foster care….”  Filming until April 13.

The Art of Racing in the Rain

The film adaptation of Seattle author Garth Stein’s novel The Art of Racing in the Rain is starts filming in Vancouver at the end of April. It stars Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us).

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Marrying Mr. Darcy

TV Movie scheduled to shoot from April 2 to April 20 is the sequel to Unleashing Mr. Darcy from 2016. Ryan Paevey plays Donovan Darcy.

The Perfect Bride 2

TV Movie scheduled to shoot from April 9 to April 27 for Hallmark. Pascale Hutton from Creston, BC played Molly in the first movie and also stars in the show When Calls the Heart which also films locally. Molly’s house is located in Fort Langley.

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It’s Christmas Eve

Christmas movie starring country music star and actress LeAnn Rimes!

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Wrapped Up

The Predator

The sixth movie in the Predator series already brought us UFO’s, tanks and Olivia Munn. The blockbuster was back in town for additional photography shoots ahead of its September 14, 2018 release date. One of the star-studded cast members is Vancouver-born and Langley-raised Jacob Tremblay who had a breakout performance in Room with Brie Larson. He took his co-star Olivia Munn boating on the Fraser and went on to co-star with Julia Roberts in Wonder which also filmed locally.

The additional photography shoots were from March 12 to 29.

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Spontaneous

21-year-old Australian actress and 13 Reasons Why star Katherine Langford plays the female lead in Spontaneous, a sci-fi fantasy film based on the young adult novel of the same name by Aaron Starmer. Filming wrapped up on  March 2.

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The Perfection

Richard Shepard is directing The Perfection – “a cello prodigy’s pursuit for perfection takes a sinister turn” (IMDb) starring Allison Williams from Get Out and HBO’s Girls. The movie started filming in Vancouver on Valentine’s Day and wraps up on March 16. Vancouver’s Aliana Huffman also stars.

The Bad Seed

Rob Lowe starred and directed Lifetime’s remake of horror film The Bad Seed. Also starred Mckenna Grace who played Young Emma in the Vancouver-filmed ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time which is in the middle of its 7th and final season.

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Five other made for TV movies wrapped up production in Vancouver last month including Harry and Meghan: A Royal Romance 

Coming Soon

This untitled Bermuda Triangle movie was originally slated to start in February or March and is attached to Sam Esmail, the creator of Mr. Robot and newly wed to Emmy Rossum (Shameless). Skydance is the studio behind the film which has a massive facility in Surrey. Filming is now expected to start in May.

Cowboy Ninja Viking starring Chris Pratt is scheduled to start production this June.

Descendants 3 starring Dove Cameron is scheduled to start production on May 16 and will air on Disney’s new streaming service in Summer 2019.

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The Kimberlite Process starring Sir Ben Kingsley was slated to start in March but is now scheduled for May.

Filming dates: Whats Filming Vancouver, yvrshoots, CRBC

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