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BRENT RICHTER
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In a business that is notoriously feast and famine, the film industry has been managing to put three square meals a day on the North Shore’s tables.
The District of North Vancouver hosted 85 productions in 2025 for a total of 193 days of filming. That resulted in just over $430,000 in revenues for the municipality, according to the most recent stats. The City of North Vancouver granted 79 permits for local filming last year for TV shows, commercials and feature films, which brought in $259,000 for municipal coffers. And West Vancouver saw 92 days of filming in 74 locations, raising $340,000 in revenues for the district. Some of the notable TV titles with locally shot scenes in the last year include Virgin River, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Fire Country, a reboot of Fear Factor and a prequel to the Legally Blonde movie franchise called Elle. One of the higher profile North Shore-shot feature films making its debut in 2026 is Remarkably Bright Creatures, an adaptation of a popular novel by the same name starring Sally Field and Lewis Pullman. Viewers should recognize Gallant Avenue and the Panorama Park Pier in Deep Cove when the film begins streaming on Netflix in May. Its opening scene was shot in the massive dive tank in the parking lot of Lower Lonsdale submarine research and Continued on A17
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