How come?
Why is the series being filmed in Toronto and not LA like the other series were?
- Thread starter SailorLadyGaga
- Start date
BETRAYAL.
Why else?
Oh yeah, and it's cheaper. The last movie was partly filmed in Canada too.
Why else?
Oh yeah, and it's cheaper. The last movie was partly filmed in Canada too.
They want to replicate the iconic images of the alien forests of Stargate SG-1.
That maybe part of the equation, but there are other factors. Hollywood is booked out. It may no longer be the center for filming motion pictures, but it is still big in TV shows. Also, there is nothing in the LA area that has sound stages the size of the ones at Pinewood in Toronto.
Yeah, cost is the main factor. And the financial incentives productions get for filming in Canada. They get tax credits.
Pinewood studios is one of THE BIGGEST studio complexes in the world. 11 hectares, total size with the biggest soundstage being 46 thousand square feet. The filmed a tiny little movie their called Pacific rim, may have heard of it lol. But after all that you're looking at an 80 cent canadian dollar to American conversion. So that's a straight savings of 20% plus the heavy provincial AND city incentives I could easily see the saving something like 35% or more. Why wouldn't you film in Toronto?
That was the Vancouver area in British Columbia on the west coast, not Toronto.
According to what I've heard, the main reason is because Bryan Fuller was trying to do this show and American Gods at the same time, and since AG was being made in Toronto, Fuller wanted DSC filmed there too. By the time Fuller left DSC, the production in Toronto was already underway.
Yup. Vancouver is just north of Seattle, Toronto is just north of Niagara Falls and Buffalo, NY. Toronto is the home of shows like Orphan Black, 12 Monkeys, Dark Matter, Killjoys, Lost Girl, Flashpoint, etc.
Yup. Vancouver is just north of Seattle, Toronto is just north of Niagara Falls and Buffalo, NY. Toronto is the home of shows like Orphan Black, 12 Monkeys, Dark Matter, Killjoys, Lost Girl, Flashpoint, etc.
Because they have actual land set aside for the 'Planet Canada' sets <--- It's a production shortcut for all sci-fi series needing a Forrest planet.
Seriously though - as almost everyone above has mentioned...Money. The U.S. Dollar goes farther and Canada gives A LOT of production rebates to production companies filming up there.
It's seriously hilarious, I don't even go up north in the summers like my fellow Canadian brethren and I can spot right away to 100% accuracy when it's a Canadian forest. Have no clue what it is, it just looks different and some sort of subtle way I can't even put my finger on.
Because the weather is depressing and horrible.
They will film in Los Angeles if they have to. I noticed briefly while browing news on the series that the sequence with Burnham flying through space was filmed at Paramount Studios Stage 16.
Similar threads
