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Popular TV show to film fight scenes under Granville Street Bridge

The area may look a bit smoky.
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"Upload," starring Robbie Amell will film scenes under the Granville Street Bridge in Vancouver, B.C. on Thursday, October 3, 2024.

A popular TV series will film fight scenes with atmospheric smoke in the pedestrian tunnel under the Granville Street Bridge. 

Upload stars Robbie Amell as a man who chooses his afterlife after his "untimely death by having his consciousness uploaded into a virtual world," according to Imdb.com.

Reunion Upload Productions Inc. will film scenes for the show's fourth season on Thursday, Oct. 3 at the Granville Loop Park Tunnel on the south side of the Granville Street Bridge. 

The company will film fight scenes inside the pedestrian tunnel of the Granville Park Loop and atmospheric smoke effects will be used in the area. A prop gun will be visible on set but there won't be simulated gunfire. 

The film crew will arrive in the area at 7 a.m. and prep the area until 2 p.m. Filming will continue through the afternoon and evening until 10 p.m., and the crew will wrap the set and load out by 11 p.m.

The film crew will return on Friday at 7 a.m. to restore the area until 7 p.m.

Temporary "no-stopping" zones

The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) will be on-site for support during filming.

Temporary "no-stopping" zones include several city blocks on Thursday and Friday. 

From 7 a.m. on Thursday to 7 p.m. on Friday: 

  • North, 1400 block of West 5th Avenue, from Granville Street to Hemlock Street, except at the bus stop

From 7 to 11 a.m. on Thursday:

  • South, 1400 block of West 5th Avenue, from Granville Street to Hemlock Street

From 7 a.m. Thursday to noon on Friday: 

  • North, 1500 block of West 5th Avenue, from Granville Street to Alley West 
  • South, 1500 block of West 5th Avenue, between two-hour parking stall poles  

Vancouver beach transformed into a tropical paradise

The production recently transformed Stanley Park's third beach into a tropical paradise with surfboards, white cabanas, and thatched-roof huts. 

Locals could not access a portion of the beach during filming.