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Story by Lesley Diana

This year is shaping up to be a great one for Hollywood North. The industry is reaping the rewards of our homegrown talent in front and behind the camera. The rest of 2024, is busy with multibillion-dollar productions, which is an excellent boost to our local economy and puts B.C. third behind Los Angeles and New York.

Here are a few B.C. productions for you to enjoy

One of the most explosive TV series,The Last of Us, starring Pedro Pascal, hasmoved to British Columbia. Under theBridge, starring Riley Keough and GoldenGlobe winner Lily Gladstone, is nowstreaming on Disney+ and Hulu.Tracker is a hit series on CBS/CTV thatstars Justin Hartley (This is Us) as ColterShaw,

a lone-wolf survivalist who roams thecountry as a reward seeker using his experttracking skills to help private citizens and lawenforcement solve all mysteries, has beenrenewed for season two. CTV/CBS.The Canadian legal drama Family Law hasbeen greenlit for a fourth season.

AbigailBianchi (Jewel Staite) is tackling intriguingnew cases as she juggles work, family, andher love life. Abigail’s father, Harry, is playedby award-winning actor Victor Garber.

Seasons one and two air on STACKTV.We say goodbye to ABC/CTV’s hit seriesThe Good Doctor, the long-running medicaldrama after seven seasons. Star and EPFreddie Highmore says, “Playing Dr. ShaunMurphy has been an immense privilege andone of the most remarkable and rewardingexperiences of my life.”

Feature Film Sight – Photo Credit: Angel Studios

The Good Doctor – Photo credit: CTV/ABC

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Hallmark Movies, a staple in the B.C. fi lm industry, Blind Date Book Club stars Erin Krakow and Robert Buckley. A bookstore owner fi nds love and direction after agreeing to review a famous author’s new novel in her blind-date-with-a-book club. STACKTV. Legend of the Lost Locket starring Viv Leacock and Natasha Burnett. When an antique expert takes on a quest to fi nd a long-lost locket that promises to bring the wearer true love, she fi nds herself in confl ict with, but also attracted to, the town sheriff . STACKTV

Pottery Throw Down – Photo credit: Erich Saide for CBC

We couldn’t be happier seeing Vancouver’s A-list actor and comedian Seth Rogen’s reality TV show The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down airing on CBC Gem. In Deadman’s Curse, prospector Kru Williams, young Indigenous explorer Taylor Starr, and her father,

Family Law – Photo credit: Global TV

Legend of the Lost Locket – Photo credit: W Network/Hallmark

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Feature Film Get Fast – Photo credit: IndustryWorks Studios

master carver Don Froese, join seasoned legend hunter and mountaineer Adam Palmer to solve the mystery of Slumach’s lost gold mine. The HISTORY Channel and STACKTV.

Get Fast stars multi-award-winning actor Lou Diamond Phillips, shot in Kamloops and Cache Creek when the thief’s (James C. Clayton) partner is kidnapped after stealing millions in cash from a ruthless drug lord Nushi (Fei Ren).

The feature fi lm Sight, starring Greg Kinnear and Terry Chen, follows the inspiring true story of Ming Wang, an impoverished Chinese prodigy who fl ees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America.

When tasked with restoring the sight of an orphan who was blinded by her stepmother,

he must confront the trauma of living through the violent uprising in his youth,the Cultural Revolution. Sight is in theatres worldwide.

Tracker – Photo credit: CBS/CTV

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