THIS BLOG POST CONTAINS PHOTOS AND A WRITE UP FOR THE SEASON 4 FINALE OF THE CW HIT SCI-FI SHOW "IZOMBIE". If you do not want to read or see any possible spoilers prior to the episode airing, Do not continue on with this article.
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For the 4th consecutive year, I caught iZombie filming scenes for their season finale.... and for the first time ever, Robert Buckley was NOT on set for it (but a Robert was).

On this day, I caught them filming on a side street near Victory Square in downtown Vancouver. A lot of extras were playing the part of an angry moderately armed mob with bats, wood planks and more. At the time of watching it, I obviously had ZERO idea what was going on since this show is filming their entire season before even one episode has aired. Of course, seeing it now, I suspect one of two things was happening in the scene.

On set was Robert Knepper as Angus McDonough, sitting on top of a horse with his now trademark hammer in his hand. It seemed the new reverend was considering riding into the situation that those earlier mentioned mob members were running towards. David Anders, as Blaine Debeers was also there, and in the scene it seemed like he was trying to convince his father to not do it, and reminding him that it was him who made zombies happen, not god. A little while later, they shot scenes with a stunt double riding the horse at a decent pace up the street. The next day, they shot more scenes with the Reverend on the horse, in the Downtown Eastside. I missed that day unfortunately.

iZombie season 4 finale airs Monday night on The CW or on Netflix the next day.

For more past behind the scenes photos of iZombie you can find my posts HERE (season 3 finale) and HERE (season 1 thru 3)
For autographs from the show, you can find them HERE

With the 2nd installment of the incredibly popular Marvel movie Deadpool coming to theatres today, May 18, 2018, it seemed like maybe it was time for me to start posting some of the photos I took at the set back when it was filming last summer.

These photos see Ryan in & out of his DP suit on set just a day after the production had to shut down after the death of their new stunt driver S.J. (Joi) Harris  Needless to say many of us were shocked to see them pick right back up. But, there they were, doing more scenes, along with stunts at the location under the Granville Bridge that has been used by many productions over the years..

On the day I was there, they shot almost exclusively with Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. They did stunts, but those were apparently super early in the morning, to avoid inconveniencing people too much. A bit later, they did scenes with Julian Dennison as Russell, along with a stunt person in a suit that clearly is going to be CGI'ed over for the scene.

Favorite part of the day was the 1 crew member (its always just one.) who was OBSESSED with me & the pap that was there to the point he followed us around photographing us.
 So since he was eager to be famous, I gave him his wish today. Congrats generic dude. You made my blog post.

Also at set was Zazie Beetz dressed as Domino. But I never saw the scene she was shooting, as it was clearly later in the day.

Deadpool 2 is in theatres RIGHT NOW!

With the 2nd installment of the incredibly popular Marvel movie Deadpool coming to theatres on May 18, 2018, it seemed like maybe it was time for me to start posting some of the photos I took at the set back when it was filming last summer.

If you remember the end of the first Deadpool movie, you will recall the Merc With A Mouth telling us all that Cable would be coming for the 2nd one... and sure enough, he is. They got none other than Thanos to be Cable. Josh Brolin came on to the project as Cable, and I was lucky enough on 1 day to see him & his stunt double out doing scenes for the movie.

On the day I was there, they had Cable running down the street with his big ass gun. Not a lot of action during the times I was there.  But I did get a couple takes of him where he aimed his gun right at where I was. Of course a lot of CGI work has been done after the fact, to make him look more like Cable, and less like Josh Brolin cosplaying as a homeless assassin.... but only a smidge less than what it took to make him look like Thanos.

I also saw upcoming "Atlanta" star Zazie Beetz and her stunt woman (NOT S.J. (Joi) Harris, this was before she came on) filming scenes one day where she simply was driving around. This was before the terrible tragedy that took the life of S.J. Harris, no real stunts of note were being done on this day. Just a lot of driving around attached to the back & front of a film truck.

I had the pleasure of meeting her on two different occasions. First, just before filming started when I stumbled upon her quite literally by accident one day. Another time, part way through filming when she was returning from being out of town. Wondefully sweet both times I met her.

Also on 1 of the days I caught some stunt scenes with Deadpool (not sure if Ryan Reynolds was in the suit for these takes.... i'm inclined to say no since it entailed driving in & around traffic). I will have more Deadlpool photos, including many of Ryan in another blog post soon.

For now, heres a snall teaser to hold you over till the movie gets here later this month.

THIS BLOG POST IS FOR "LEGENDS OF TOMORROW" SEASON 4 EPISODE 8 "CRISIS ON EARTH X" AND MAY CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE EPISODE.
If you have not seen the episode, and do not want to see or read possible spoilers about it prior to seeing it, do not continue reading the article or viewing the photos below.
 
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Legends Of Tomorrow filmed some scenes last week for their part in the 2017 Arrowverse cross over event.

Just like I said in the prior blog post on this HERE, many cast were on hand from the 4 shows, and just as many stunt doubles. Later in the afternoon, I had the luck of catching them shoot a scene in the made up garden they had built that had Dominic Purcell as Mick Rory filming a scene with a guy I personally hadnt seen on a set in a couple years, Wentworth Miller as Leonard Snart, aka Captain Cold.

As most bloggers and youtube channels had noted, Wentworth was seen on set sporting some new threads.... and, as a few of those who didnt rush to get their articles out were able to also discuss.... he had some new glasses as well. Gone, the old goggles style glasses of years gone by, now Captain Cold is rocking glasses more in line with what his character wears in the comics. Also noticed, some type of weapons on his shoulder/arm area.

The scene they shot was pretty simple. The duo were busy kicking asses, shooting their cold & heat guns at people.Whether its for the good guys, or the bad guys.... that still is yet to be determined. Guess we'll just have to wait & see if this was the Earth X versions of them, or the prime earth versions of them.

Also shooting during the day was a stunt scene that I posted a youtube video of HERE where Rene Ramirez aka Wild Dog goes & saves someone from a field of bombs going off.

Also caught shooting stunt scenes during this time was The Green Arrow and his Earth X counterpart.throughout the afternoon, White Canary & Black Canary stunt doubles could be seen practicing training routines for possible stunts later on.

The most entertaining part of the day had to be when the set decorations guy, Chris, thought he was being clever taking photos of everyone who was taking photos of the action. More adorable was when he went on a TWENTY MINUTE PLUS temper tantrum rant TO ANOTHER CREW MEMBER because the crew member wasnt physically trying to stop people from taking photos, despite that crew member having his own boss to be accountable to and telling Chris "go talk to him if you have a problem with me" on multiple occasions throughout the whinefest....besides what he was expecting the other crew member to do not being legally allowed, he failed to notice that crew member DID in fact on multiple occasions tell people "please dont take photos" which is the MOST a crew member CAN do, legally. Chris was eager to be noticed, so I am giving Chris his 15 minutes of fame.  If you want to see photos from the set, you can find them below the photo of set dec for Legends Of Tomorrow, Chris.

Legends Of Tomorrow is airing on Tuesday nights on The CW. The cross over event is scheduled for Novemeber 27th & 28th

For my Legends Of Tomorrow autographs gallery go HERE
For more BTS photos from the cross over go HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE

THIS BLOG POST IS FOR "LEGENDS OF TOMORROW" SEASON 4 EPISODE 8 "CRISIS ON EARTH X" AND MAY CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE EPISODE.
If you have not seen the episode, and do not want to see or read possible spoilers about it prior to seeing it, do not continue reading the article or viewing the photos below.
 
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Legends Of Tomorrow filmed some scenes this week for their part in the 2017 Arrowverse cross over event.

While lots of stunt people were on hand while I was there for characters like Green Arrow, Black Canary, Wild Dog, Mr. Terrific, White Canary and others from Arrow, The Flash and Legends Of Tomorrow, in the earlier scene I saw they did have two actual cast out there. Grant Gustin as Barry Allen aka The Flash and Tom Cavanagh, who may be playing any variation of Harrison Wells/Eobard Thawne since he frequently plays variants of himself & with the slight change to the Reverse Flash outfit hes worn on The Flash in the past, its safe to assume this is the Earth X version of him.

The Grant & Tom scene sees The Flash grab Toms character and throw him up against a wall.... after a moment or two of dialogue between the two, Barry lets the Tom Cavanagh character go. What does Toms character say to convince The Flash to let him go?

Throughout the day, various stunt scenes were being practiced, and executed at the set. While I was there a Black Canary and Mister Terrific VS Nazis scene took place.

I will have another blog post with photos of other stunt scenes including the Green Arrow, Wild Dog, and White Canary later, along with action scenes including Dominic Purcell & the much anticipated return of Wentworth Miller as Captain Cold.

Legends Of Tomorrow is airing on Tuesday nights on The CW. The cross over event is scheduled for Novemeber 27th & 28th

For my Legends Of Tomorrow autographs gallery go HERE
For more BTS photos from the cross over go HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE

THIS BLOG POST IS FOR "LEGENDS OF TOMORROW" SEASON 4 EPISODE 8 "CRISIS ON EARTH X" AND MAY CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE EPISODE.
If you have not seen the episode, and do not want to see or read possible spoilers about it prior to seeing it, do not continue reading the article or viewing the photos below.
 
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As you may have seen already from my previous blog posts that I added in the Arrow and The Flash blog sections, Legends Of Tomorrow shot scenes for the 4 episode DC Universe Arrowverse cross over event in Stanley Park last week.

While much of the internet will be talking about the Arrow & Flash centric scenes they shot that day, another scene was shot with notable impact on the cast of 1 of the shows..... namely the show whos episode was being shot at the time, DC's Legends Of Tomorrow.

On this day, we caught Caity Lotz as Sara Lance and Dominic Purcell as Mick Rory shooting scenes with Arrow stars Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen and Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak, Flash stars Grant Gustin as Barry Allen, Candice Patton as Iris West, and Supergirl stars Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers and Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers. The scene the group was shooting was for the representatives from each group to seemingly say their good byes to each other after a funeral for LOT member and former Flash member Victor Garber as Dr. Martin Stein. Garber recently announced he was leaving the show to take on a Broadway role.

The scenes seem to be divided into 4 or 5 smaller parts.
A scene where Arrow, Flash & Supergirls cast are talking together & saying their goodbyes to Kara & Alex. Kara then pulls out a device she was given by The Flash member Cisco Ramon to transport between worlds. She then opens a portal and seemingly her and Alex go thru it, leaving the Arrow and Flash couples there to talk...and likely is the lead up to the wedding scenes.

Another scene had the Arrow and Flash couples coming across the park with Kara to meet up with Alex, presumably just before the Supergirl sisters departure.

We then saw a scene where Alex & Sara are walking along, alone together thru the park, before they are met by Mick Rory. The pair share a quick chat, before Sara and Mick leave together, leaving Alex alone watching them leave.

Another scene saw all 8 cast in a scene together with the Flash, Supergirl and Arrow pairings all facing the Legends duo, before Mick turns and walks away.

Throughout the day the cast tried their hardest to stay dry, and warm. The weather was quite damp throughout the first two or three hours of their filming, and was pretty cold as well. Luckily for them they had crew members holding umbrellas and winter jackets for them in between scenes.  When they had longer breaks, they would go to their dry, heated tends and wait... while those of us out there waiting to see the scenes endured the elements.

Eventually, the cast of Legends and Supergirl wrapped, and the production moved on with the cast of Arrow and The Flash for those other scenes I blogged about earlier.

Legends Of Tomorrow is airing on Tuesday nights on The CW. The cross over event is scheduled for Novemeber 27th & 28th

For my Legends Of Tomorrow autographs gallery go HERE
For more BTS photos from the cross over go HERE and HERE and HERE (coming soon)

THIS POST CONTAINS POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR "TRAVELERS" SEASON 2. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS EPISODE YET, AND DO NOT WANT TO SEE OR READ POSSIBLE SPOILERS, DO NOT CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE BELOW OR VIEWING THE PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM.
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The second season of Travelers starts tomorrow in Canada (and soon on Netflix I'm sure). The cast & crew were hard at work getting it done back during the spring & early summer here in Vancouver.

After last seasons amazing first season, I was pretty hyped on the second season, and with the announced additions of Stephen Lobo from Continuum, Amanda Tapping from Sanctuary and Enrico Colantoni from Person Of Interest, this next season has me even more excited.

This past year, I was lucky enough to catch them out filming 4 or 5 times, but only two of those locations did I manage to get any shots from the set.

The first set I shot was early in their filming season as I caught up with the crew and cast member Reilly Dolman as Philip Pearson shooting a scene where he walks down the street talking with a pretty stunning looking red headed woman that I dont immediately recall seeing in season 1. The scene was basically just the pair walking & talking. After they wrapped the scene I was lucky enough to get Reilly to sign my cast photos which I already had Eric McCormack on from a previous interaction elsewhere.

Later on in the season I caught up with the cast again at a building in the Kerrisdale/West Side aprt of Vancouver. There I saw Eric, MacKenzie Porter and Jared Abrahamson. They were dressed as Grant MacLaren, Marcy Warton and Trevor Holden. It was all interior shooting, so i was unable to get any photos of them, but I did manage to meet MacKenzie and Jared there and got them to sign my cast photo.

As the season was winding down, I was eagerly looking for chances to catch up to them, but kept finding them at either hard to get to locations, locations where seeing them would probably be difficult, or days when it was raining it seemed. By this point I was also eagerly trying to track them down to get Enrico, but was finding the task of simply finding them, and having the time to go for them, challenging.

I managed to find them two more times on back to back days very late in their filming season. First, at the DelMar Hotel with Patrick Gilmore and MacKenzie Porter shooting scenes as David Mailer and Marcy Warton. The scene was in the hotel, so there was nothing to see, but I met MacKenzie and Patrick outside after the wrapped a scene. Managed to get Patrick on my cast item and chatted with the pair for a couple minutes. The next day, I found the same pair shooting a scene just a few blocks from the day before shoot. This time they were in an alley used by many productions just off the east end of Victory Square. The scene they shot had Marcy & David talk, before Marcy kisses him. In a funny twist, The Flash was shooting just a couple blocks from there, and 1 of the crew members came over to me and told me that they werent The Flash, when I told him I knew, and knew exactly what it was, he seemed both surprised and happy that there were people taking an interest in there show...... we'll see if that same level of enthusiasm is there if this show is around for 4 or 5 seasons. I find crew usually are pretty happy with any recognition for 1 or 2 seasons.

When season 3 starts filming, I'll be eagerly trying to track them down again. I mean for one, I still need Nesta Cooper to finish my cast items, and I still need to meet Enrico, but also, Travelers was 1 of my top 3 favorite shows to come out of 2016.

Travelers returns in Canada on Showcase TOMORROW NIGHT October 16, 2017.
It will return on Netflix soon (and hopefully in CANADA too this time.)

THIS POST CONTAINS POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR "SUITS" SEASON 7. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS EPISODE YET, AND DO NOT WANT TO SEE OR READ POSSIBLE SPOILERS, DO NOT CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE BELOW OR VIEWING THE PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM.
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In the past 4 years while I have been in Toronto for the Toronto International Film Festival, there has been ONE constant.... I'm going to find Suits filming there. While in the past years I didnt find the time to stop and check it out, on this particular year I did (very briefly.. I only stayed for two takes). The scene was inside an office tower, so there was a few challenges to shooting it. It was late at night, it was from about 200 feet away, and thru windows.... but I still managed to get enough shots to tell somewhat of the story from this shoot.

As this is a new fandom to my site, even though this might be a 1 off shoot of them, I just want to say, if you use the photos elsewhere... DO NOT remove the watermarks I WILL file takedown notices. If you DO post them properly, I strongly prefer you credit the post to this blog post, and DO NOT use more than 3-4 photos TOTAL (not 3-4 photos "per tweet/instagram post") and let your followers know if they want to see more, theres a FREE place to do that.... here.

On this particular day... err night, Gabriel Macht as Harvey Specter and Sarah Rafferty as Donna Paulsen were shooting a scene in the business tower across from the Adelaide Hotel. This is a common shooting location for them, in fact, 3 of the 4 years I have stumbled across them, it has been there.

While many fans of the show, especially "shippers" were hoping this was some romance fueled scene between the two after they share a kiss in the season 7 mid-season finale, I can tell you this chat seemed a bit more tense. Not argumentative, or even mean, just not what I would call "a chat between two lovers", more like a chat between two co-workers... or at least a boss and his employee.

The scene involves Harvey walking out of an elevator bank into the lobby of the office tower with Donna following behind him. Eventually she gets up to him and he turns around to have a conversation with her in the middle of the lobby of the tower.

Many of the fans speculated based on their attire that this has to be the episode directly after that moment, but I cant confirm or deny that, as their filming schedule doesnt line up with what I know to be the normal timeline of a film shoot. So I really cant say if this is episode 11, or a later episode.

The back half of season 7 of Suits has no start date for airing yet, but you can get caught up on what the show has to date in the U.S. on the USA Network or you can find it on NETFLIX (only first 6 seasons)

Day 5 of TIFF started for me later than I wanted it to, but when I did get started, boy did it pay off.

I first made my way over for the premiere of Jim & Andy featuring Jim Carrey. In recent years, Carrey has become a major name that you just dont see around much, so this was a big one to go for. Thanks to some good position scouting from another Vancouver hound, I ended up with a great spot, and managed to get 2 autographs from the comedic legend.

From there, I momentarily went to the Ryerson Theatre before I realized I had something far bigger I wanted to go for than a premiere with notoriously fan unfriendly brie Larson at it. So I went right back to the venue I just left to try for the next premiere there.

I managed 1 autograph each from Travis Fimmel, Charlie Plummer & Steve Buscemi on the way in for Lean On Pete premiere. Shockingly Chloe Sevigny refused to even acknowledge the people waiting before she headed in.

Afterwards I went around back to try and get Mr. Carrey again, and I would have, if the autograph hound he told "no blue pens, just black" had actually handed him a black pen. Instead he handed him a blue, when Jim saw that, he signed 1 item & annoyingly tossed the pen back and left. Those on the far side were luckier, as he signed for everyone on that side.

The next premiere at that venue, Downsizing, unfortunately downsized their red carpet names. Only Christoph Waltz showed up out of the several people attached to it. I managed two autographs from the 2X Academy Award winner, but the no shows of Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig definitely left a bit of a disappointed feeling at that premiere.

Next up for me was a Javier Bardem sighting at his 1 on 1 conversation event. I managed two autographs from the Skyfall & most recent Pirates Of The Caribbean star. 

I then hurried over to the Princess Of Wales theatre to get a spot for the Hostiles premiere. While I managed 3 Christian Bale autographs there, the disappointment that Rosamund Pike avoided signing autographs for anyone with an item for her was a tad displeasing. I helped someone there get an autograph from Wes Studi, but I never brought anything for him myself.

I hurried back to the venue I spent most of my day at to get Alicia Vikander leaving the premiere of Euphoria. The new Tomb Raider star was nice enough to do two autographs for me as she left there.

I ended my evening going for what I assumed would be the easiest event of the day, and instead was the hardest. The Midnight Madness premiere for The Disaster Artist. It had a massive cast list, but only four names were on the confirmed list, and unfortunately only 3 of them showed. The massive 4-7 rows deep crowd that went all the way to the back door made it hard to get any of them, and I only managed 1 autograph from Alison Brie at almost the last possible moment, while the Franco brothers eluded me due to the density of the crowd.

GRADES
A+ Javier Bardem
A+ Christian Bale
A  Jim Carrey
A Alicia Vikander
B+ Christoph Waltz
B- Wes Studi
B- Alison Brie
C+ James Franco
C+ Dave Franco
C+ Travis Fimmel
D+ Rosamund Pike
F+ Brie Larson
F Chloe Sevigny

Day 5 Total Autographs - 16
TIFF 2017 Total Autographs - 80

​Day 6 got off to a late start for me, and I didnt do anything till the press conference for the new TV program Alias Grace, based on a Margaret Atwood novel. While I managed to get Canadian actress & director Sarah Polley on the way in to the event, much of the cast however, either didnt come, or didnt have to sign going in. On the way out, I managed an autograph from the surprisingly hard Edward Holcroft, as well, I got 1 from Margaret Atwood. Had I done my homework more efficiently, I would have made more for her, unfortunately I didnt know she was also attached to multiple Emmy Award winner, The Handmaids Tale.

After the presser, I made the foolish decision to go to the premiere of Racer & The Jailbird. While Matthias Schoenaerts was nice, and the director Michael Roskam was nice too, the actress in the movie, two time TIFF worst interaction list finalist Adele Exarchopoulos soured most that were there on ever giving this film a chance. Even with 1 of the other autograph hounds & myself being given tickets for free, we had little ot no interest in seeing it, and much of that decision was based off Exarchopoulos terrible attitude the last two years at TIFF.

I did the arrivals of In The Fade to get my 1 Diane Kruger photo I had with me signed. I got it, turned around and headed off to do the next premiere.

Midnight Madness premiere for Brawl In Cell Block 99 unfortunately only brought 3 cast. One was Udo Kier, who was nice enough. Unfortunately, longtime unhappy to see fans actor, Vince Vaughn was 1 of them, although to his credit he did put in a few minutes meeting fans...even if he did put "W"s on items he signed. The worst however, was former 1980s star Don Johnson. The mostly unknown in the last generation TV actor strutted the carpet like he was still in the 80s and treated requests for his autographs or photos with like he was handing out his own blood. Definitely one of the least classy examples shown in all of TIFF.

I salvaged the evening by making it back to Loving Pablo departures where I got two autographs from Javier Bardem before he walked on foot to his movies after party near by.

GRADES
A+ Margaret Atwood
A+ Javier Bardem
A  Matthias Schoenaerts
A- Sarah Polley
B+ Udo Kier
C+ Edward Holcroft
C+ Sarah Gadon
C  Diane Kruger
C  Vince Vaughn
F  Adele Exarchopoulos
F  Don Johnson

Day 6 Total autographs - 12
​TIFF 2017 total autographs - 92

Day 7 was unusually light compared to the final days. With only 5 potential events on the day, I chose to work 3 that were all close together.

First up was a 1 on 1 conversation with Glenn Close. I had gone for Ms. Close in the past and found her to be pretty unaccommodating, so this was an important one for me. This time, Glenn was quite good. Despite being late for the start of her event, she found the time to squeeze out about 4 autographs on the way in, and in that were my two items. I heard from many others, she was also quite good leaving as well.

Next for me was the premiere of Kings with Halle Berry, and another of the major TIFF no shows this year, Daniel Craig. Luckily I managed to get 1 autograph from Halle, which doesnt even come close to making up for the FIVE previous times I have seen her and never managed to get her...but at least this time she signed one for me.

Last event of the evening for me was The Tragically Hip documentary Long Time Running. With the absence of their lead singer Gord Downie, who is battling terminal brain cancer right now, the rest of the band showed up, and all four members Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair & Rob Baker signed some items­. Thankfully the two I needed the most signed near me and helped finished an item I started ten years ago. I managed three autographs from that premiere, which was a few less than I anticipated, but since I got the two I needed the most, I consider it a major win. Also seen at the premiere was Canadian TV personality Mike Holmes, who came across as a bit unfriendly and full of himself as he just zipped by most people asking him to stop for an autograph or a selfie.

GRADES
A- The Tragically Hip
B+ Glenn Close
B  Halle Berry
C- Mike Holmes

Day 7 Total autographs - 6
TIFF 2017 Total Autographs - 98

Day 8 was a bit busier, but only slightly. I started by going for the premiere of The Wife. Just getting Glenn Close the day earlier, I was really there for Christian Slater.... who surprise surprise, NO SHOWED. Luckily I had a photo for Annie Starke, or else I would have went away from that premiere shut out. Ms. Close was again terrific, signing anything she could physically get near.

Next was the premiere of Three Christs. Everyone had hopes of Peter Dinklage from Game Of Thrones there, and of course, like many others from this fest, no showed. Richard Gere arrived and signed a fair amount, but stopped literally 1 person short of me, and Walton Goggins signed but missed me by maybe 3 people. So I left that theatre with a whole zero autographs. 

I then dragged my mostly defeated self over to the back end of the Alias Grace premiere. I still had hopes there of 4 or 5 autographs, but with Zachary Levi no showing, it severely reduced my hopes to two. Rebecca Lilliard signed both items I had thankfully, minimizing the terrible day that I had. Both Sarahs, Polley & Gadon signed for most everyone there, but newcomer Edward Holcroft, like he did at his press conference, signed sparingly & missed many.

GRADES
A+ Glenn Close
A- Richard Gere
A  Annie Starke
B+ Sarah Polley
B- Walton Goggins

Day 8 Total Autographs - 3
TIFF 2017 Total Autographs - 101 (yay, finally limped over the 100 mark)

Day 9 of TIFF turned out to not be too bad for me. It actually outdid the last two days before it combined & then some.

I started with the premiere of 55 Steps. Helena Bonham Carter bucked the recent trend for TIFF and actually showed up...thankfully. I managed two autographs from the actress before getting ready for the next event.

The premiere of My Days Of Mercy was next, and I managed autographs from all 3 actresses that arrived. I got former The Killing actress Amy Seimetz to sign the 3 photos I had for her while the rest of the carpet was busy desperately trying to get Kate Mara and Ellen Page to come to them. Eventually Ms. page made her way to me and I got 1 on a photo I had previously signed by Drew Barrymore. Then Kate Mara came by and put a `K -`on my photo. Then I managed to salvage 1 more Page autograph after she did an interview on the stage they set up on the carpet. 

From there, I went to the departure of the premiere for Plonger. There I managed to get 4 autographs from Melanie Laurent, which really helped turn an òk`day into a `good day`.

My final event of TIFF would be the Midnight Madness showing of Downrange. With a cast full of people I didnt previously know, it was interesting to meet people still early in their careers. I managed to get all 3 photos I had for that premiere signed. First, getting Stephanie Pearson, then her cast mate, and my final autograph of TIFF 2017, Kelly Connaire, who was telling me and the other person asking her how she created the costume she was wearing in our photos herself. I then hung around a few minutes to see the other autograph hound there get autographs from Alexa Yeames, Jason Tobias & the director Ryuhei Kitamura. All in all, probably the nicest cast of TIFF was where my 2017 Toronto International Film Festival ended.

GRADES
A+ Melanie Laurent
A  Kelly Connaire
A Stephanie Pearson
A  Alexa Yeames
A  Jason Tobias
A  Ryuhei Kitamura
A  Helena Bonham Carter
A- Ellen Page
B+ Kate Mara
B+ Amy Seimetz
C+ Rebecca Lilliard
C- Edward Holcroft
C- Sarah Gadon

Day 9 total Autographs - 15
TIFF 2017 Total Autographs - 116 (3rd highest total for me ever)

​For Days 0 thru 4 go HERE

The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival has ended, and now that I have some time, here is my reports for my time at the festival at who was great & who was terrible with the fans,

On Day 0 I met 3 celebs that day. It started with Armie Hammer, he was in town to promote his film Call Me By Your Name. Hammer was accommodating enough, giving out autographs to anyone that asked, but refused to stop walking while doing them.

A while later, former Sons Of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam came through the airport. The star of the TIFF debuted Papillon made fans line up to get their autographs & selfies. then when they failed to follow his instructions shut it down & got in his truck....but after a minute or so, he got back out when the hounds showed him that they had re-assembled the line up, and he signed willingly for everyone there.

Just as I was about to leave, music legend Grace Jones came through. She signed for anyone that had their items on them at the time.

GRADES
A+ Charlie Hunnam
B+ Armie Hammer
B  Grace Jones

Day 0 Total Autographs - 5

On Day 1, I started things off with a press conference for the Shia LaBeouf & Stellan Skarsgard led movie Borg VS McEnroe. I managed 1 autograph from the often odd LaBeouf, and two from Skarsgard there. Both entertainers took lots of time out to sign on the way into their presser. On the way out, torrential rainfall deterred most from staying around, so there was little to no one left when they came back out to leave.
I lucked into an encounter with former Davincis Inquest star Nicholas Campbell as he walked down King Street towards the TIFF Bell Lightbox. I managed 2 autographs from the star.

A bit later, I went to the premiere for Papillon, and managed 1 more Hunnam autograph, after he told me "I got you already" & I replied back with "yes, but not today".. I found Charlie a fair bit less accommodating on this day, but still did well.

The Midnight Madness showing for day 1 was supposed to be 1 of the biggest events of TIFF. But the name everyone went for, of course no showed. Music legend Eminem was originally on the confirmed guest list for TIFF, but as many who follow his career predicted accurately, he didnt show for this event. I did manage to get autographs from the cast of Bodied with 1 from both Calum Worthy and Rory Uphold. But the lack of Slim Shady being there soured everyone on this event, and left most leaving there disappointed, myself included.

GRADES
A+ Stellan Skarsgard
A+ Calum Worthy
A+ Nicholas Campbell
A  Shia LaBeouf
A- Rory Uphold
B  Charlie Hunnam 

Day 1 autographs total - 8
TIFF 2017 autographs total - 13

Day 2 started with me attempting to go to the premiere of the Toronto shot Kodachrome with Ed Harris & Jason Sudeikis. However, the fest closed down the red carpet for it early, leaving a sparsely attended red carpet for the cameras. I did luck into getting Sudeikis still however, as he walked to the red carpet, and luckily, right past where I was standing. But I was still unimpressed with TIFF closing off a carpet so early, and with so few people in the fan zone.

I then checked out a new place that some celebs were going. UNFORTUNATELY, the cast that was there during my time was those for Stronger. Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany and Miranda Richardson, three of the lease friendly people you can have the misfortune of meeting all in 1 spot. They didnt waver from their cancerous reps, as the 3 of them combined signed 0 things, and took 0 photos with anyone, and in the case of Maslany, she practically speed walked & dove into her vehicle.

Next up I went to the premiere of The Death Of Stalin. I was lucky enough to get a Steve Buscemi autograph there, and 2 from Andrea Riseborough. While I hoped for more from Buscemi, I didnt go away disappointed at least. Jason Isaacs, who was not on the original confirmed list showed up as well, and I managed 2 autographs from him as well.

I waited around at that venue to him up Mollys Game premiere an hour later with Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba. Both stars signed multiples for me, but there was a substantial difference in which one was most accommodating, as Chastain spent several minutes meeting fans, and Elba spent less than 2, maybe even less than 1.

I next got Ben Schwartz, Kaitlyn Dever and Jay Duplass as they left the the premiere of Outside In. Unfortunately Edie Falco didnt show to that. 

Shortly after I went to the front of that venue to do the premiere of Lady Bird directed by Greta Gerwig, and starring Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamat, Laurie Metcalf and others. Despite an unfortunate no show by Ronan, this cast was quite good with those waiting to meet them. Even Ms. Gerwig, who I once gave a scathing review in a past TIFF was good here. The least friendly was The Big Bang Theory recurring guest star & former Roseanne star Laurie Metcalf. She only obliged maybe 1/4 of the requests for autographs or photo ops that were asked of her.

I then hustled over to try the back end of the I Tonya premiere with Allison Janney, Margot Robbie and Sebastian Stan. Unfortunately they didnt sign at the venue, but I was lucky enough to stumble acorss their after party, and managed 1 from Margot and 1 from Allison Janney there. Shockingly, the usually super nice Sebastian Stan, didnt oblige any requests asked.

My evening ended with stumbling across the after party for The Upside with Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman. Unfortunately Ms Kidman no showed for the party, and Mr. Cranston snubbed the dozen or so people waiting out there, despite telling them all "just 1 minute".

GRADES
A+ Jessica Chastain
A  Andrea Riseborough
A  Jason Isaacs
A  Timothee Chalamat
B+ Jay Duplass
B+ Ben Schwartz
B+ Marielle Scott
B+ Odeya Rush
B  Steve Buscemi
C+ Greta Gerwig
C+ Allison Janney
C  Idris Elba
C  Kaitlyn Dever
C- Margot Robbie
D+ Laurie Metcalf
F  Jake Gyllenhaal
F  Tatiana Maslany
F  Miranda Richardson
F  Sebastian Stan
F  Bryan Cranston

Day 2 Total Autographs - 25
TIFF 2017 Total Autographs - 38

Day 3 started for me by sitting and waiting. Like many in Toronto I was suckered in to waiting around for the 3:45 PM showing of The Carter Effect at the Princess Of Wales Theatre. With the promise of large profile NBA stars, including 1 of Torontos most popular players ever & Canadian TV actor & wannabe musician drake confirmed to be there, many people went.  Unfortunately, the entire thing was just a hair short of a complete farce. Vince Carter no showed his own event, drake came 20 minutes late,  didnt even acknowledge the fans, got loudly booed by the crowd for not doing anything, and hurried inside, then afterwards allowed his hired meatsuit to get into a traffic altercation. The Toronto Raptors showed up, but their teams security guy thought alienating fans was a good sales tactic & refused to allow them to go over and meet fans who called out to them. The only exceptions were Chris Bosh, and Patrick Patterson, who both only signed a small handful before going inside. In fact, the ONLY person who showed any class there,had nothing to do with the movie at all, and that was Canadian track superstar Andre Degrasse. He actually spent tenfold more time meeting fans than the entire basketball roster and former Degrassi actor drake combined. All in all, 1 of the worst premieres I have ever been to. Needless to say not many people from Toronto will feel inspired to ever see the Carter Effect after that fiasco.

Because of how late the last event was, I had to skip an event right across the street that i had planned to go to and instead went across the downtown core to a different event. The premiere for I Love You Daddy had a large cast of mid-level names, and for the most part, it was a mixed bag. Charlie Day from Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia was terrific, while Louie CK & Pamela Adlon signed sparingly, and John Malkovich and Edie Falco ignored everyone. I managed 5 autographs from that premiere, and felt ripped off for the time & effort that had to be put in for them.

On my way to my next event, I cane across several cars sitting at a hotel waiting to leave for the premiere of Mary Shelley. Excited to find them, I pulled my stuff out, went across the street to the hotel & had to wait all of 10 seconds for the person from that cast that I wanted the most to come out. Maisie Williams from Game Of Thrones strolled out the front door, and after a breif discussion with her, her publicist, and the hotel security, she eventually walked down the driveway to sign for me before heading off to her premiere. 

Back to the place I started my day, where I wasted hours of valuable time. I again waited around for the premiere of The Current War with the Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch. Unlike the last time he came to TIFF where he went down every side of the red carpet for 20+ minutes, Benedict was more sparingly using his time out there this time, and met with maybe only 60-75 of the 1000s of fans out there.  was lucky enough to get 1 of the VERY FEW autographs he handed out, and even rarer, on an item. He was more like the Benedict I met the 1st time he came to TIFF, than the last time where I managed to get him on multiple occasions. I also managed an autograph from Nicholas Hoult there.

I had planned from there to head to a large party that takes place every year, and I really should have...... instead I got lured in to the appeal of a row 1 prime centre spot at the back of the theatre for Cumberbatch. I had hopes he would leave immediately after introducing the film, but he did not, and after it was apparent that was going to be the case, it was a bit of "well, I've already invested this much time, i might was well wait it out" then. So I did, to no avail. When Benedict left, I followed after him to their afterparty where he pretended I didnt even exist. I did salvage getting Katherine Waterston there at least, which was good since, I didnt hear of anyone else even seeing her while she was here.

GRADES
A+ Charlie Day
A  Andre Degrasse
A- Emma Thompson
B+ Katherine Waterston
B- Nicholas Hoult
C+ Maisie Williams
C  Pamela Adlon
C  Benedict Cumberbatch
C-  Louis CK
F+ John Malkovich
F  Lebron James
F  Edie Falco
F- Drake


Day 3 Total Autographs - 11
TIFF 2017 Total Autographs - 49

Day 4 started for me doing a couple press conferences.

While Matt Damon no showed both of his premieres at TIFF, he did get in to Toronto long enough to do his press conferences for both films. 
The Suburbicon presser snagged me a Julianne Moore autograph, but racking machine George Clooney, skipped me 3 different times.Not sure if it was bad luck, or if he just didnt like the item I had out, but its odd to be skipped by him 3Xs. Odder, a guy with a sign stating "Clooney Is Looney" had a better chance of getting an autograph than me, as George saw the sign, he said to the guy "I can sign that for you if you want"?. Despite my bad luck with Mr. Clooney, cant say too much negative about his effort out there, many other celebs would have been soured by such a protester. For the Downsizing presser, I got no one, as Christoph Waltz didnt sign anything, and Matt Damon barely took 20 seconds with fans in 1 corner before bailing. Certainly not the Matt Damon  we all hear about most times.

The press conference for The Current War was nest, and as I saw the night before, Benedict Cumberbatch was being a lot more selective on what & how often he signed. I managed another Nicholas Hoult autograph, and got a Michael Shannon autograph out there, but for ther most part this was a waste of my efforts.

I then waited around for the press conference for Mother! with Jennifer Lawrence. No shock, she didnt sign going in..... while I heard she did some coming out, I never waited around for that. So, all I saw of her was her worst. 

I then headed over to what I THOUGHT would be a pretty easy premiere considering the venue it was at, the Battle Of The Sexes premiere at Ryerson. For reasons I cant quite explain, the crowd was the largest I had ever seen there outside of a Johnny Depp premiere there a few years ago. I did manage to get a few autographs there, including Steve Carell and Elisabeth Shue, but the amount of sparingly or outright unwilling signers for this premiere was surprising. Normally good Sarah Silverman was terrible here, and Alan Cumming, another person frequently considered a good signer, refused all requests. I also managed autographs from Andrea Riseborough and Bill Pullman on the red carpet. But considering how many cast were in attendance, I found the results underwhelming.

From there I went a few blocks over to go for my #1 target of TIFF. Ruth Wilson from Luther. Her premiere for Dark River was my main target of the day, and I passed on names like Denzel Washington and Jennifer Lawrence to schedule it in. It was worth it, as the woman who brought Alice Morgan to life did 3 for me on the way in to her premiere.

I then headed back for the departures of Battle Of The Sexes, and managed two autographs from Emma Stone there, which certainly made up for being snubbed by others in that cast. 

Then right back to Ruth Wilsons departure, and got two more from The Affair star.

Then back to Ryerson and tried for Denzel on the way out, but he did what Denzel always does when I have a good spot, ignores everyones requests. 

I then headed to the front of that theatre to do the Midnight Madness premiere of Revenge. Sadly, I ran in to the movies only cast member I needed, Matilda Lutz. The no name actress opted to stand on the red carpet, literally 1 foot from me, for well over five minutes with her photo in plain sight of her and instead of spending the 1 second it would take to scrawl her 1 1/2 letter autograph on them, she chose to ignore me, till a 2nd person came and finally got her attention. Her reaction to signing for the whopping two people there was comparable to if I had asked her to give me blood and money. Definitely one of the least friendly "celebs" I met during TIFF. Oh, and her choice to ignore me for those five minutes..... cost me missing my last drect bus back home, and essentially cost me 2 hours and $15 in cab fare. Definitely not worth the wait.

GRADES
A+ Emma Stone
A  Ruth Wilson
A  Julianne Moore
B+ George Clooney
B+ Bill Pullman
B+ Andrea Riseborough
B+ Elisabeth Shue
C+ Michael Shannon
C  Steve Carell
C- Matt Damon
D+ Benedict Cumberbatch
F+ Matilda Lutz
F  Sarah Silverman
F  Christoph Waltz
F Jennifer Lawrence
F  Denzel Washington
F- Alan Cumming

Day 4 Total Autographs - 15
TIFF 17 Total Autographs - 64 

​For Days 5 thru 9 go HERE