Some of 2017 and 2018’s biggest films are prepping to film a chunk of their production in Vancouver, British Columbia later this year, and we have the details on when three highly anticipated projects will be getting started. There’s some interesting crossover here–which is really only useful for trivia and means nothing outside of that–in the fact that each of these films has a rather monstrous character at the center of all the action.
Courtesy of theDirectors Guild of Canada, BC(viaAVPGalaxy), we have a look at the upcoming productions scheduled for the second half of 2016. Here’s a brief look at the major movie productions coming to Vancouver this year:
Now, for more on each film, let’s break down what we know so far.
Death Note, the big-screen, live-action adaptation ofTsugumi OhbaandTakeshi Obata’smanga series that once actually had Shane Black attached to direct at Warner Bros. before the studio dropped it. Netflix then swooped in to pick up the R-rated, mid-$40 million budget adaptation that starsNat WolffalongsideMargaret Qualley(The Leftovers). The story centers on a student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone just by writing the victim’s name in it. Though he plans to rid the world of evil, he soon becomes the target of a dogged police detective.
For our recent coverage onDeath Note, get caught up at the links below:
TheSnowpiercerwriter/director’s next project,Okja, was scheduled to shoot in South Korea, Canada, and the U.S.; it looks like the Canadian branch of production will get underway later this summer. StarringTilda Swinton,Seohyun An,Jake Gyllenhaal,Paul Dano,Steven Yeun,Lily Collins,Devon Bostick,Byun Heebong,Shirley Henderson,Daniel Henshall,Yoon Je Moon, andChoi Wooshik, the story centers on Mija (Seohyun An), “a young girl who must risk everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend — a massive animal named ‘Okja.’” The film is co-written by Bong andJon Ronson.
Check out more onOkjahere:
Fox has setThe Predator, the R-rated event film for a June 24, 2025 release date, making it the only one of the three to have a locked-down date. We’re still not sure if the original starArnold Schwarzeneggerwill return, but Black himself confirmed that the script is set in the present day, so it’s certainly a possibility. (I wonder what Dutch has been up to since 1987? Maybe running for political office?)
Get caught up onThe Predatorhere:
