SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 movie - Fort Langley shoot with James Marsden, Tika Sumpter and set dressing5/13/2021  THIS BLOG POST IS FOR "SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2", AND MAY CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON. 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. . . . last warning . . . PLEASE NOTE - Photo limits are in place for website use/social media posts. THERE IS NEW LIMITS IN PLACE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2021.... SO CHECK THOSE OUT. PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES POSTED HERE I will not be responsible for your ignorance. If I file a takedown notice on you, it really is on you for not educating yourself. If you are confused on how many you can post, ASK FIRST, and I will let you know. The cast & crew of the upcoming sequel to the popular Sonic The Hedgehog movie, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, filmed for about a week in Fort Langley, an hour south east of Vancouver. I managed to make the trip out there twice that week. On the first day I was there, they had a scene set up in the middle of a street there with a pile of debris, and military personnel around. Shortly after, they started shooting a scene with James Marsden as Tom Wachowski, and Tika Sumpter as Maddie Wachowski. In the scene, the pair run through the middle of the street in a panic, with Maddie yelling "Sonic" as they run towards a place in the middle of the street. That was all you could see from the actual filming. Fair to assume some post-filming editing will add some things to it. A bit later, they moved across the street, and about 200 feet down to film a scene in fromt of "Green Hills City Hall" where a massive helicopter (without its rotor on it) was parked on the lawn in front of it. There, Tom & Maddie do a scene where they get out of this chopper, with a man who seemed like a higher up ranking member of G.U.N. They are flanked by others who are carrying higher calibre weapons, thus it would seem they are concerned at this point about some type of threat. They all walk along about 40 feet, while the trio share a few words. aaaaand that was all I saw on the first day really. I took some set design photos that day that will be added to the blog section below.                               On the second day, there was no cast on set at all. While I was there, I decided to take a few more set piece photos, and watched 1 scene done with members of G.U.N. facing Mean Bean, with their guns drawn into the air. The only other scene I saw done that day was across the street, where we see a member of G.U.N. seemingly run & leap off a platform for some reason. Below is some of those scene photos, along with all the set decoration photos I took over the two days. Some of the signs around town were interesting, as you know when it is on camera, it will probably be a blur, but detailed stories were put on them. Also, please, can someone find Sgt. Whiskers? I made it to 1 other Sonic location earlier in the shoot, and you can see my blog HERE on that (no cast were at that location, it was all driving stunts). Below the photos is the video of the scenes I shot during that shoot in Fort Langley.... and a few photos from this blog added at the end of each part. Sonic The Hedgehog 2 is expected in theatres in April 2022.                                 
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 THIS BLOG POST IS FOR "SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2", AND MAY CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON. 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. . . . last warning . . . PLEASE NOTE - Photo limits are in place for website use/social media posts. THERE IS NEW LIMITS IN PLACE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2021.... SO CHECK THOSE OUT. PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES POSTED HERE I will not be responsible for your ignorance. If I file a takedown notice on you, it really is on you for not educating yourself. If you are confused on how many you can post, ASK FIRST, and I will let you know. The cast & crew of the upcoming sequel to the popular Sonic The Hedgehog movie, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, filmed for about a week in downtown Vancouver late last month & early this month. The director is Jeff Fowler for this movie. The cinematographer is Brandon Trost. Sadly, none of the cast, which includes James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Jim Carrey, and Ben Schwartz were seen on set. It was entirely driving scenes they did, with some explosions mixed into the bunch. The first night I went down, they worked on a driving scene with a camera attached to the front of a truck to giv ea 1st person view.Unfortunately, no way to know who, or what the view was from. They simply just drove down the street to the end of the block, where a street festival was set up. The next night, I at least got to see the vehicles that were being used in the scene they shot that night. A security truck that said "Lock & Load" on it, was speeding thru the streets of "Seattle" while several Seattle PD cars chased it. I was actually impressed the speed that truck could get to. Again, for the time I was there, this was the only scene I saw them working on. A few days later, I went back and checked out the scene 1 night, and caught them doing another chase scene with the same truck & cop cars, this time, it ended with an explosion down the street. Unsure what the context of what caused the explosion. Shortly after that (they had to wrap up the explosion scene by a specific time because of City rules) they moved ot doing a scene where a 1st person truck slowly went through a pile of cars, at a painstakingly slow pace. It seemed to just be looking around. Was it looking for someone, something? I dont know. Attached below is some video from these shoots (along with some of the still photos you are seeing in this post after them) Sonic The Hedgehog 2 is expected in theatres in April 2022.              THIS BLOG POST IS FOR A "PEACEMAKER" SEASON 1 EPISODE, AND MAY CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON. 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. . . . last warning . . . PLEASE NOTE - Photo limits are in place for website use/social media posts. THERE IS NEW LIMITS IN PLACE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2021.... SO CHECK THOSE OUT. PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES POSTED HERE I will not be responsible for your ignorance. If I file a takedown notice on you, it really is on you for not educating yourself. If you are confused on how many you can post, ASK FIRST, and I will let you know. The cast & crew of the new DC Comics spin-off series "Peacemaker" (filming under the working title of "The Scriptures") spent the last couple of days filming scenes at a quiet residential street in Port Moody, about 1/2 hour outside of Vancouver. I cant be entirely sure, but I THINK this is the first ever set I have worked in Port Moody. The series, based on the character Peacemaker, who will be featured in the upcoming Suicide Squad 2 movie (directed by James Gunn), was given a series order by HBO Max several months before the film even drops. With James Gunn also directing the series, and WWE superstar John Cena attached as the star, there is hope this less PC style comic based show will be a hit for HBO Max in a way similar to how The Boys has been a shining example for Amazon. On this day, John was on set shooting a scene as a civilian, and not in his Peacemaker attire. Unsure if they will be giving him the same name he has in the comics of Christopher Smith. He was shooting a scene where he walks up to a house, and then gets in an argument with a neighbour, before going inside the hose where Auggie Smith, played by Robert Patrick lives. From where I was, about 1/2 a block away I could only hear what Cena was saying, and it was not pleasant. They did a few variations of the dialogue, with Cenas character calling him an "old F***" at the end of it. Also on set, was the director of course, James Gunn, who I saw a couple times conversing with John between takes. There was also a flag pole with a U.S. flag on it upside down. When I first got there, they had a cab from the fictional area of Charlton County, Washington (a nod to the original owners of the Peacemaker comics, Charlton Comics which DC bought in the 1980s... funny enough there is a Charlton County, but it is in Georgia). Also at the house was the car Peacemaker will have, which was covered in a U.S. flag design. From where I was, I could only see the back of it, with its "PSS MKR" license plate. But I did see a photo some person in the neighborhood had of the side of it with the re& white stripe design going across the car to the front hood, where a blue hood was covered in white stars, similar to the American flag. During his breaks, John walked around a lot, and constantly waved & gave the peace sign to the 2 photographers that were there (myself & a pap). Despite 2 crew members who were under the delusion they were going to stop us, (and under the delusion that he didnt want to be photographed, despite the multiple times he waved & gave peace signs.) we did of course get some photos. It was not a fun experience for them as shown below. UPDATE - I have 1 more Peacemaker set from later in the season, HERE Peacemaker will also star Danielle Brooks, Jennifer Holland, Steven Agee, Freddie Stroma, Annie Chang, and Chukwudi Iwuji PEACEMAKER will air on HBO Max January 13, 2022. When I get more posts on it, they will be in this blog section. So check back occasionally for any further updates.                         THIS BLOG POST IS FOR A "ZOEYS EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST" SEASON 2 EPISODE #unknown (believe either 3 or 4), AND MAY CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON. 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. . . . last warning . . . PLEASE NOTE - Photo limits are in place for website use/social media posts. THERE IS NEW LIMITS IN PLACE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2021.... SO CHECK THOSE OUT. PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES POSTED HERE I will not be responsible for your ignorance. If I file a takedown notice on you, it really is on you for not educating yourself. If you are confused on how many you can post, ASK FIRST, and I will let you know. The cast & crew of Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist was filming scenes back in October, 2020 for season 2 at the Vancouver Art Gallery. A popular filming spot in Vancouver that has been used by more or less every major project in Vancouver at one point or another. While there was also some filming inside later in the day, in the early part of the day they shot a scene out on the steps of the North end of the Gallery. In the scene Jane Levy as Zoey Clarke, comes down the steps, joins Andrew Leeds as David Clarke, then proceed to sit on the steps and talk for a very long scene. Unfortunately I did not get to stay at that set long, as I had somewhere else I actually was on my way to at that time. So I only stuck around for about 4 or 5 takes of the scene. To see more Behind The scenes blog posts and photos from other shows I have photographed in the past go HERE I have one other Zoey's set from the start of last season HERE Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist season 2 is under way right now on NBC on Tuesday nights.                LEGENDS OF TOMORROW set photos for season 6 - Nick Zano, Jes Macallan and Dominic Purcell on set.1/14/2021 
THIS BLOG POST IS FOR A "LEGENDS OF TOMORROW" SEASON 6 EPISODE #unknown, AND MAY CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON.
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. . . . last warning . . . PLEASE NOTE - Photo limits are in place for website use/social media posts. THERE IS NEW LIMITS IN PLACE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2021.... SO CHECK THOSE OUT. PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES POSTED HERE I will not be responsible for your ignorance. If I file a takedown notice on you, it really is on you for not educating yourself. If you are confused on how many you can post, ASK FIRST, and I will let you know. The cast & crew of Legends Of Tomorrow was filming earlier this week at Central Park, in Burnaby. It is a frequently used location for shows. From Arrow, to The Flash, to Once Upon A Time, and many more have all used it repeatedly, along with Legends themselves. There was 2 scenes shot there today. One I did not wait around for later in the afternoon, as the weather was awful, and there wasnt somewhere to sit down, stay dry and wait. So I just watched them shoot some of the first scene, then left. But another local saw some of the 2nd scene shot. So here is 1 of their posts from that set. Here is a short clip she shot, she also has a few photos on her IG from it too if you go there. But I chose this post to show. It has Dominic Purcell as Mick Rory, walking with Jes Macallan as Ava Sharpe doing a scene with apparently some armed troopers following behind them.
For the scene I shot, they had Nick Zano as Nate Heywood, and Jes Macallan as Ava Sharpe shooting a scene.
They shot this scene from a couple different angles, which is why in some photos it appears I am behind them, even though I never went anywhere. They do this sometimes when they want a particular view for the wider shot, but then, for the closer shots, they maybe want/need something different. So in the scene, the pair are walking through a large grass field (which by the way was only slightly more solid than a swamp from all the rain, they had to use 100s of boards to create walk ways for the equipment to get out there) looking for something, when Nate slows down, and Ava walks forward. Eventually Ava finds what they are looking for when she its it head first. She then checks her head for a second, as the pair realize they have found the invisible thing they are looking for, and eventually back away from it, before looking up in the sky, as if they are watching it take off. What is the invisible thing they were looking for? Nate has some device in his hand that he seems to be using to help them in this search. The Waverider? An alien ship? As I said about how gross the field was, in 1 take, Jes lost a shoe, as it got sucked into the mud, and she continued on with the take balancing on 1 foot till they called cut. Then held on to Nick for balance till an assistant could get her show back to her. I have seen scenes cut for far less than that, but to the credit of Jes, she powered through it and did everything she could to make it possibly work. This scene was still going on when I decided to leave. Like I said, it was a gross gross day out there. So this was all I had to offer you from this set... but I have added in some of the other stuff I photographed there that day..... mainly some ducks & squirrels or chipmunks (I still dont know the difference, despite being told dozens of times, and am too lazy to check now despite being on the internet). Legends Of Tomorrow will return for season 6 in later 2021. If you want to see my autograph gallery for DC's Legends Of Tomorrow go HERE To see other Arrowverse shows, you can go to these links BEHIND THE SCENES of Batwoman go HERE BEHIND THE SCENES of Arrow go HERE AUTOGRAPHS for Arrow go HERE BEHIND THE SCENES of The Flash go HERE AUTOGRAPHS for The Flash go HERE BEHIND THE SCENES of Supergirl go HERE AUTOGRAPHS for Supergirl go HERE 
 THIS BLOG POST IS FOR A "MOTHERLAND FORT SALEM" SEASON 2 EPISODE 4, AND MAY CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON. 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. . . . last warning . . PLEASE NOTE - Photo limits are in place for website use/social media posts. PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES POSTED HERE. I will not be responsible for your ignorance. If I file a takedown notice on you, it really is on you for not educating yourself. If you are confused on how many you can post, ASK FIRST, and I will let you know. Tuesday I went back to the set for the Freeform hit series Motherland Fort Salem, in downtown Vancouver at a location thats been used by many productions throughout the years, the Plaza Of Nations. The episode is directed by Nimisha Mukerji. On this day, they were using the same stage they used in the early part of Mondays shoot in this blog post. But this time, they had more cast on set. Taylor Hickson as Raelle Collar, Ashley Nicole Williams as Abigail Bellweather, Jessica Sutton as Tally Craven, joined Lyne Renee as Sarah Alder this time on set. Along with them, was two newcomers.                  Joining the cast you are all familiar with was 2 newcomers, Mellany Barros (thanks to twitter users for figuring it out, I had not come up with the name at first) as an unknown yet singer. As well, an actor some will recognize from The Boys as "Cindy" the super powered asylum escapee from this past season, Ess Hödlmoser, as another yet unknown character. It was funny, because I looked at Ess a few times thinking "I know her from something", but assumed it was another Vancouver production, and not 1 of the top shows out there. The scene in its entirety sees the group, along with a few other people in the same uniforms come out to the stage. The leads standing on stage with Mellany. Eventually Mellanys character goes up to the podium & makes a loud, long (quite frankly uneasy to listen to) groan/moaning sound. Then she leaves and stands back, as Sarah walks up to the mic. Sarah calls what she said as a "song" and goes on to talk for a couple minutes, before a young Asian actress who I do not have an ID for yet walks up to the stage, and is booed by protesters that were off to the left of the stage (to my right). The girl was taken by a main in a suit up to the stage, where Tally takes her to the back of the stage, before returning to stand to the side of Abigail. Raelle in that time, moves to where Tally was originally standing, to the side of Sarah. Sarah then turns to talk with Raelle. A moment later, several protesters break thru the barricades, and "throw" (they didnt physically do it in the takes I was there for, just made the motions) things at the stage. The group all ducked for cover, eventually slowly rising back up, giving a variety of intense glares of anger towards the group. I know a few of the fans will wonder where these new scenes match up with the days before. Its unclear. They clearly are not in immediate order, as when we saw Sarah in the first days set, she was busy being interviewed by a news crew without the rest of the cast on stage. So whether thats before, or after this, is unknown. As well, the protest groups were filmed on different sides each day. The right side of the stage protesters on Monday with Amalia & Demetria in the crowd, the left side crowd, which seemed to not include any cast, on Tuesday. After that scene they went on their lunch break, and I called it a day, even though there probably was still a little exterior filming to do. Since this is my first post about this show, I just want to re-iterate, if you plan to post photos from this set on social media platforms, you ABSOLUTELY should familiarize yourself with my photo usage policy (its the link in the red text paragraph near the top). Failure to do so, could have your accounts punished/or terminated by social media platforms. Motherland: Fort Salem season 2 will air on Freeform in the U.S. sometime in 2021.                                                         THIS BLOG POST IS FOR A "MOTHERLAND FORT SALEM" SEASON 2 EPISODE 4, AND MAY CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON. 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. . . . last warning . . PLEASE NOTE - Photo limits are in place for website use/social media posts. PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES POSTED HERE. I will not be responsible for your ignorance. If I file a takedown notice on you, it really is on you for not educating yourself. If you are confused on how many you can post, ASK FIRST, and I will let you know. Monday I was lucky enough to stumble across the set for the Freeform hit series Motherland Fort Salem, in downtown Vancouver at a location thats been used by many productions throughout the years, the Plaza Of Nations. The episode is directed by Nimisha Mukerji. This was the first time I had made it to a location for this show. In season 1, I had not heard of it, so the couple times I crossed paths with it, I didnt stick around. On this day they were filming a scene at a place made to look like a U.S. Armed Forces building. In the early morning scene, they had Lyne Renee as Sarah Alder doing a scene, where she comes out from behind a stage, followed by a news crew, and several older women that stay down below, as Sarah, and the news crew go up onto the stage. As Sarah is heading to the stage, she gives an unimpressed glare off to her right, where a plethora of protesters are standing. Once up on stage, she does a very quick interview with a reporter, then the news crew leaves, and a few moments later Sarah leaves, again giving a glare at the group of protesters off to the side of the stage. After that scene, they spent the rest of their exterior shoot working on scenes for the protest scene. First they shot some scenes of a bus showing up that had a banner on it that said "Not Our Daughters" on it. The protesters on the bus join the crowd that is already there, as they continue chanting. Later a second vehicle, a winnebago, showed up that said "Save Our Sisters" on it. But they never filmed (at leas ton this day) anyone getting out of that vehicle. A little later they did more scenes with the crowd, but this time there were other cast members on site. The first person I saw was Demetria McKinney as Anacostia Quartermain. At the time I thought she had a face tattoo, as I was looking at her through the little 2 inch screen on my camera. As it turned out, its a print she has on a face shield she is wearing on set (I have been to several sets post-pandemic re-starting, and this is the first one I had seen using face shields as the standard. Most just use masks, except for the hair & make up team). Amalia Holm as Scylla Ramshorn was also on set, but not being familiar with the show, I did not realize that till I got home and could see the photos on a larger screen. It was hard to really say what they were doing in the scene, as they were mostly obstructed by the crowd, the signs, and crew. The rare time I did see them, it was for a fraction of a second, and only partially. Most of the time when I did see them, it was between takes. After that scene they moved inside for some interior shooting. They returned the next day to shoot more, and I will have another post on that in the upcoming days, that has more cast. Since this is my first post about this show, I just want to re-iterate, if you plan to post photos from this set on social media platforms, you ABSOLUTELY should familiarize yourself with my photo usage policy (its the link in the red text paragraph near the top). Failure to do so, could have your accounts punished/or terminated by social media platforms. Motherland: Fort Salem season 2 will air on Freeform in the U.S. sometime in 2021.                                                           |
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