Toronto -- As athletes prepare to compete for gold at the Vancouver Winter Olympics next month, film and TV producers have begun to run a gauntlet of road closures and security restrictions in and around the host city.
Los Angeles and local producers have been told by Mayor Gregor Robertson that the downtown core and areas with Olympic venues will be off-limits to location filming during the Feb. 12-28 Games and the Paralympic Games in March.
Vancouver will continue to issue film permits for shooting in suburban locales that might stand in for the city. Local soundstages, post and visual effects facilities outside the downtown core will remain open.
And L.A. producers still will be able to secure script breakdowns, digital location packages, scouts and ongoing production support from the B.C. Film Commission through the Games.
But disruption in Hollywood North during the Olympics will be inevitable for...
Los Angeles and local producers have been told by Mayor Gregor Robertson that the downtown core and areas with Olympic venues will be off-limits to location filming during the Feb. 12-28 Games and the Paralympic Games in March.
Vancouver will continue to issue film permits for shooting in suburban locales that might stand in for the city. Local soundstages, post and visual effects facilities outside the downtown core will remain open.
And L.A. producers still will be able to secure script breakdowns, digital location packages, scouts and ongoing production support from the B.C. Film Commission through the Games.
But disruption in Hollywood North during the Olympics will be inevitable for...
- 1/18/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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