Photo: @Jim_Genac / Twitter
The City of Vancouver has announced that there will another film shoot with highly visible graphic content this weekend in Gastown.
Last week, the city issued a warning to the public due to a shoot for a TV series. Based on the post-apocalyptic, horror novel The Stand by Stephen King, the TV shoot involved a great deal of disturbing imagery, dialogue and noise.
Now, the city says that weekend filming will be taking place in Gastown around Cambie street and Cordova. It notes that it, "involves highly visible graphic content including mock dead bodies, a mock dead police horse, trash & debris."
The CBS All Action show, "Radio Nowhere," is created by Salvation Productions, and a Resident Notification letter notice states that filming will take place at 1086 Bute Street on Sunday, Nov. 3. It adds that scenes will include, "the brandishing of a weapon, course language, and special effects rain."
Another notice states that Cordova Street from Homer Street to Abbott Street, as well as Cambie Street from Water Street to Hastings Street, will be temporarily closed. Cordova Street from Water Street to Hastings Street, as well as Abbott Street from Water Street to Hastings, will be closed, too.
Bus and traffic will be diverted as a result of the shoot.
@WhatsFilming signs for The Stand (aka Radio Nowhere) Season 1 spotted by Lafarge Lake Skytrain Station this morning pic.twitter.com/fnGq4QQcTX
— MakLeo🔭 (@MakLeo1999) November 2, 2019
@WhatsFilming The Stand miniseries filming in the West End this weekend. pic.twitter.com/EbXuOKMrJp
— Rhiannon (@rhinnyw) November 1, 2019
Stephen King's #TheStand is taking over downtown #Vancouver again this weekend - filming more post-apocalyptic scenes around Cordova and Homer/Abbott/Cambie/Carrall on Sunday. Thank you @JuGuerreiro for the info! https://t.co/QE2seqOncc
— What's Filming (@WhatsFilming) October 31, 2019
Prep work underway in downtown Vancouver (Howe & Pender). Street is transformed into New York City for a chaotic postapocalyptic scene involving traffic mayhem as part of a new film version of Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ starring Whoopi Goldberg. @yvrshoots @YVRFilming #TheStand pic.twitter.com/MPWgt4Ry79
— Jim Genac (@Jim_Genac) October 26, 2019
According to StephenKing.com, The Stand is about a deadly flu that wipes out most of the world’s population. The survivors must choose between following two people and, “The two factions prepare for a confrontation between the forces of good and evil.”
IMDb states that the 10-episode series is set to air in 2020 and stars Whoopi Goldberg, James Marsden, Jovan Adepo, and Amber Heard.
