Toronto's Culture Production Boom

[rdaner]

Kind of surprising to see how much sound stage activity is happening in Mississauga.

Any updates?!

 

[Northern Light]

Seems as apt a place to drop this as any.

Law and Order: Criminal Intent: Toronto ' s first trailer has dropped:

Something to do with a crack smoking mayor.

 

[afransen]

It's nice that Toronto gets to play itself. Is it picked up by US networks? It always seemed odd to me how much America didn't want stories involving Toronto/Canada.

 

[Northern Light]

It's nice that Toronto gets to play itself. Is it picked up by US networks?

Not last I heard.

It always seemed odd to me how much America didn't want stories involving Toronto/Canada.

True, although CTV's Transplant aired on NBC in the U.S. and 1/3 of the CW's lineup in the U.S. is Canadian.

 

[JasonParis]

Any updates?!

I believe it is 410/401 area.

 

[afransen]

I believe it is 410/401 area.

Seems like a lot of repurposed industrial/warehouse space. Paramount films a few Star Trek shows there. CBS Stages in Mississauga.

CBS Stages Canada · 1850 Matheson Blvd E, Mississauga, ON L4W 5R9, Canada

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Century Studio

Century Studio · 7030 Century Ave, Mississauga, ON L5N 2V8, Canada

★★★★★ · Movie studio

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Aspect Film Studios

Aspect Film Studios · 2365 Dixie Rd, Mississauga, ON L4Y 0E6, Canada

★★★★★ · Movie studio

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[jje1000]

Tangential, but an interesting reuse of a former downtown convention centre in Oklahoma City. The uses are probably interim, but it's still cool to see how these large spaces get repurposed for film uses.

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[Northern Light]

Just noting for everyone, Law and Order (Criminal Intent) Toronto, starts in 12 minutes, on City TV!

 

[rdaner]

Popcorn and beverages ready!

 

[rdaner]

Some screenshots from YouTube as you cannot take them from the Prime app!

 

[Northern Light]

Watched the show last night.

Production values were solid. I thought the pacing was a bit off, but that may just be pilot legs.

Good use of Toronto; weak point, they really tried to recreate the Goran/Eames dynamic from the original Criminal Intent and that felt a bit forced. They should have aimed for more original characters w/i the L&O universe.

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Things I 'learned' about Toronto.

TPS has no idea what a search warrant is............

Filmores has at least 13 floors, and the 13th floor uses the number 13.

 

[rdaner]

A shot from ‘The Boys.’

 

[afransen]

The Boys has lots of Toronto locations.

 

[rdaner]

I thought that I would post this as Burtynsky is perhaps our most well-known living photographer. I know that his papers and archives went to the Image Centre at TMU but is there a plan/space for his huge (lol) collection of work? I think that the Commissioners Transfer Station would be ideal and a wonderful backdrop to the park! Just a crazy idea.

I would have suggested the Hearn but that may be too big for even his works.

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[Northern Light]

We'll see whether the numbers hold; but Rogers has to be pleased with the ratings for the Canadian version of Law and Order.

Their debut broke 1.1M overnight viewers which is far more than anything else on broadcast television in Canada, that night.

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent opens big at over 1.1M Citytv viewers – brioux.tv

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